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--FILE--People visit the stand of Italian automotive supplier Magneti Marelli during the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, known as Auto Shanghai 2013, in Shanghai, China, 25 April 2015. Italian automotive supplier Magneti Marelli started building a major research and development center and manufacturing plant for powertrain components on Thursday (8 March 2018) in Hefei city, east China's Anhui province. Magneti Marelli China Powertrain in Hefei, a new company, has been established for the project, which will produce components for injection for gasoline direct injection (GDI) and multipoint injection (MPI) engines, as well as throttle body and intake manifold, according to the company. Based in the Hefei State High-tech Industrial Development Zone, the project will see an investment of 1 billion yuan ($158 million) and cover an area of about 4.5 hectares. Construction of the project is expected to be finished by September, according to the development zone's administrators.