Electronics manufacturer Kimball Electronics Group announced that in order to strengthen its global service capabilities to customers and enhance its competitive advantage in automotive and industrial equipment, it will recently establish a production base in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is expected that the factory construction will begin in the fourth quarter of this year and be put into use in the autumn of 2006. Combined with existing factories in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, and Poland, Komball will have stronger production capacity.