Engine Branch Company of NAVECO Ltd. is an enterprise specialized in the engine design and production, it is established with the joint investment of Yue Jing Auto (Group) Company and IVECO S.p.A. of Fiat Group. The company is located near the beautiful Yuhua Tai in Nanjing, having a land area of about 120,000 m 2 , and a building area of 50,000 m 2 approximately. There are the automatized lines for the production of cylinder block, cylinder head, crankshaft, connecting rod, camshaft and accessory case, and 4 production line for engine assembling and testing, which are set up with the advanced equipment, inspection instrument and testing facilities of more than 900 units. The company has a yearly production capacity of 75,000 engines and the fixed assets of 1 billion RMB approximately.  

Engine Branch of NAVECO Ltd. produces the SOFIM 8140 and 8142 diesel engines which are top-class engines designed and developed by IVECO Italy. Following upon the updating of technology of IVECO Italy, the company has invested 300 million RMB to develop new products and improve quality. The direct injection turbo-charged inter cooling diesel engine 8140.43 was launched successfully in 1998, and passed the intensive testing and reliability testing of 2000 hours in the testing center of IVECO Italy, reaching the emission level of Euro II as the first in China. This engine passed the certification for the conformity of production organized by the State Environment Protection Bureau General, the State Development & Reforming Ministry, and the State Tax Bureau General in August, 2003. The company is the only diesel manufacturer that got this certification in China.   At the end of 2003, the company launched the 8140.43S/43N diesel engine that conform to the emission level of Euro III adopting the advanced technology of high-pressure common rail and electronically-controlled injection. The company has had the capacity of mass production of this engine and marketed at home since the first half of 2004 and marketed. Therefore, SOFIM engines continue to hold a leading position in performance and environment protection.  

Engine Branch of NAVECO has established a quality system that is suitable for the management of modern enterprise, taking the technology as guide, the quality as root, and the management as means. It got the third party certification of TUV (Shang Hai) and Shang Hai Quality Certification Center according to ISO9001 in May 1998, certification of the State Quality Certification Center according to ISO9001/2000 version in 2000, certification of the environment protection according to IS014001 in April 2002, CQC certification of China Quality Certification Center in Octobor 2003 as the first in the section of vehicle engine manufacturing, and the third party certification of TUV (Shang Hai) according to ISO/TS16949 in December 2003.

The advanced technology, outstanding quality, high reliability and good reputation bring the company a lot of economic returns. Since 1999, the company has exported to IVECO Italy more than 50,000 sets of engine components, such as, cylinder block, crankshaft, cylinder head and camshaft, which meet completely the requirements of IVECO Italy. With the continuous enhancement of production capacity, the SOFIM products are supplied to many vehicle manufacturers except for the production of IVECO vehicles. In the future, there will be more and more manufacturers who will choose the high-quality SOFIM engines.

Following the operation philosophy of ?g honesty, quality, price, service?h, today?fs Engine Branch of NAVECO takes part in the market competition with modern management, remarkable technology advantages and reliable product quality. It is making great efforts to set up an international company, and striving to offer a world-class environment-friendly power to China auto industry.