Before: One Manufacturing line is located in France , Saint-Apollinaire (France) One back-end manufacturing line is located in Tianjin (China). After: Expansion of manufacturing line in Tianjin China with front end operations. The original manufacturing line is kept in France, Saint- Apollinaire. Reason: This project is part of the AVX strategic plan to manufacture and supply Asian and America market with medium power capacitors. Date of implantation: Beginning of production : October 2011 First deliveries to customer : January 2012 5-0311-4