About Hetian

Chassis parts manufacturing since 1998

Wuhu Hetian Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. is an IATF 16949-certified manufacturer of chassis suspension and NVH rubber parts — four production plants totaling 160,000 m², about 700 employees, exporting to more than 50 countries.

Established in 1998 and headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, Hetian covers 160,000 square meters and specializes in chassis suspension and NVH rubber parts manufacturing.

The company holds IATF 16949 quality certification and co-drafted two national standards since officially released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Products cover mainstream car series in China, Germany, the United States, Japan and France, and are exported to more than 50 countries across Europe and the Americas.

Backed by the provincial-level technical center and the CNAS laboratory, Hetian drives industry innovation with intelligent factories and green production, and provides OEM supply for Tier-1 vehicle manufacturers.

Hetian headquarters building in Wuhu with red HETIAN logo

Wuhu headquarters — one roof over six major manufacturing processes: forging, die casting, stamping & welding, rubber vulcanization, machining and assembly.

Hetian showroom with metal company emblem and heritage exhibits

The Hetian showroom — chassis parts heritage on display for customer audits and visits.

80+

Professional technical team

60

R&D engineers

60

Development engineers in synchronous OEM design

2

National standards co-drafted (MIIT-released)

Synchronous product development runs on CAD, CAE and PLM systems — from raw-material inspection to product bench life testing, a full verification chain inside the provincial-level technology center. How our engineers take a part from concept to SOP →

Milestones

From bushing workshop to national high-tech enterprise

Aerial view of the Hetian plant campus, rows of production buildings

1998

Founded in Yuhuan, Zhejiang as an automotive rubber parts workshop

2008

Awarded the National High-Tech Enterprise title

2014

National Torch Program award for aluminum-forged control arms

2017

The two national standards Hetian co-drafted are officially released

2019

In-house laboratory earns national CNAS accreditation

2022

Named a national “Little Giant” enterprise (specialized & sophisticated)

2025

National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise

Certificates & Honors

Certified and audited

IATF 16949 certificate issued by TÜV SÜD, cert. no. 12 111 33217 TMS

Quality management

IATF 16949

Certified quality management system for automotive production — see the certificate page.

CNAS laboratory accreditation certificate

2019 · accredited

CNAS Laboratory

National laboratory accreditation — one of China’s few comprehensive testing centers also recognized by OEMs.

National High-Tech Enterprise certificate

2008 · first awarded

National High-Tech Enterprise

Recognized for R&D capability since 2008 — 80+ technical team members today.

National Little Giant enterprise certificate

2022

National “Little Giant”

MIIT-listed specialized & sophisticated SME leading in its niche.

2014

National Torch Program

National Torch award for aluminum-forged control arms.

National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise certificate

2025

IP Demonstration Enterprise

National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise, co-drafter of two MIIT-released national standards.

Inside the Plant

Six major processes under one roof

160,000 m² of manufacturing space organized around six major manufacturing processes — forging, die casting, stamping & welding, rubber vulcanization, machining and assembly — backed by heat treatment, injection molding, fluorescence and X-ray inspection. Explore all ten processes →

1600T aluminum forging press with heating furnace

12,000 m² · 7M pcs/yr

Forging

10 aluminum forging lines up to 6,300 T plus two steel lines — control arm bodies, steering knuckles and ball joint housings.

Die casting workshop with high-pressure casting machines

6,002 m² · 2M pcs/yr

Die Casting

9 high-pressure and 3 low-pressure machines from 160 T to 800 T — die-cast control arms, engine mount and transmission housings.

Robotic welding cells with arc sparks in the stamping and welding shop

9,500 m² · 1.2M pcs/yr

Stamping & Welding

25+ presses from 60 T to 315 T and 10 welding robots — brackets, plates and welded assemblies.

Rubber vulcanization press with mold

18,365 m² · 10M pcs/yr

Rubber Vulcanization

30+ injection vulcanizing machines, 8 hydraulic presses and dedicated filling lines — bushings, mounts and strut mounts with in-house mixing.

Machining shop with rows of white vertical CNC centers

4,000 m² · 6M pcs/yr

Machining

88 vertical + 20 horizontal machining centers — bushing bores, ball joint seats and mounting faces, plus in-house molds, jigs and gauges.

Assembly shop with two parallel lines

4,000 m² · 6M pcs/yr

Assembly

Spin riveting, lubricant injection, air-tightness testing, torque & swing-angle measurement and QR-code laser marking.

Explore all ten processes with areas, capacity and key equipment →

Quality & Laboratory

One of China’s few comprehensive testing centers

The Hetian laboratory holds CNAS accreditation and is simultaneously certified by OEMs including Jetour, BYD, Geely, Chery, Changan and Leapmotor — one of the few testing centers in China to hold both.

X-ray inspection of an aluminum control arm inside the detection chamber

CNAS Lab

Detection & materials testing

X-ray internal-defect inspection on forged arms, plus metallography, spectral analysis, salt-spray and fatigue testing — tensile and yield strength verified for every material batch.

CNAS laboratory →

Inside the Lab

Bench life & vehicle adaptation

Ball-joint and bushing benches reproduce real load cases — durability, torque and swing-angle verification from component sample to vehicle adaptation.

Full equipment list →

50+

Quality specialists in the Scale & Quality Department

11

Quality functions, from system audits to supplier quality

24h

First response to every customer complaint

3

Pillars: rapid response, root cause, prevention

Every complaint is worked on three pillars: initial communication within 24 hours, cross-departmental root-cause analysis with 5Why and Fishbone diagrams, and system-level prevention — containment first, long-term corrective actions documented.

Global Markets

Exporting to 50+ countries

Parts for mainstream car series in China, Germany, the United States, Japan and France — aftermarket and OEM programs shipped from Wuhu to more than 50 countries.

Container ship loaded for export

95%

German-brand vehicle coverage

85%

Land Rover & Jaguar coverage

100%

Tesla coverage

50%

Japanese-brand vehicles — on aluminum control arms

Our Vision

Masters of the core processes, leaders in innovation — dedicated to automotive lightweighting and chassis suspension systems.

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