Autokiniton - Greenville

About Autokiniton - Greenville

Autokiniton’s Greenville-area operation is part of a global automotive supplier formed in May 2018 when KPS Capital Partners and George Thanopoulos created Autokiniton Global Group to acquire L&W Group, a Tier 1 specialist in metal stampings, welded assemblies and tubular products. The combined entity acquired Tower International in September 2019, creating the second-largest body-in-white and vehicle-frame supplier in North America with $2.3 billion in annual sales. The company is headquartered in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, and operates as a private-equity-backed manufacturer. The company produces high-strength structural components and precision stamping assemblies for vehicle body-in-white and frame structures. Its manufacturing portfolio includes joining and welding (MIG, resistance spot, laser, friction stir, capacitive discharge and drawn arc), complex assemblies such as front/rear floor pans and door/pillar units, tube forming on three tube mills and two roll-form mills, cold stamping on 214 tandem presses (up to 3,000 tons), 40 transfer presses (up to 3,000 tons) and 105 progressive presses (up to 1,600 tons), hot stamping on eight lines with 23 in-die quenching lasers, and laser cutting on 40 machines. facilities, four in Mexico, one in Brazil and a technology center in India. Autokiniton serves the automotive industry as a Tier 1 supplier to the world’s automakers — Ford recognized the company with a World Excellence Award in 2021 — and also supplies tubular products to the trailer and recreational vehicle markets. Its plants are strategically located near customer assembly sites to streamline logistics. The company says its differentiation comes from a focus on value-driven, sustainable lightweighting solutions, proprietary expertise in joining dissimilar metals (aluminum, hot-formed and ultra-high-strength steels), extensive press and hot-stamping capacity, a global footprint co-located with OEMs, and a culture that prioritizes speed, simplification and empowered problem-solving over bureaucracy.

Equipment

• 1,200+ MIG welding robots
• 3,000+ spot welding robots
• 3 tube mills
• 2 roll form mills
• 214 tandem presses (up to 3,000 tons)
• 40 transfer presses (up to 3,000 tons)
• 105 progressive presses (up to 1,600 tons)
• 8 hot stamp lines
• 23 laser quenching units
• 40 laser cutting machines (1,000 lb capacity)
• Servo presses for aluminum and steel

Company details

Location

Fountain Inn, South Carolina

Company type

Manufacturer

Founded

2018

Listed under

• Automotive Parts Manufacturers in South Carolina

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