Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

World's largest aluminium wheel maker, shipping wheels and knuckles to Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan

Updated Sep 2026

CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd. is a Qinhuangdao-based automotive component manufacturer, established on 26 May 1988 as Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with CITIC Group investment and renamed to its present form in 2012 [3][5]. It is the largest supplier of aluminium wheels and chassis components in the world, with capacity above 60 million wheels a year, a global share reported above 35 per cent in April 2025, and 2024 revenue of 32.4 billion yuan [3][5]. Production runs from Chinese plants at Qinhuangdao, Chengdu and Wuxi and from overseas sites in Mexico, the United States, the Czech Republic, Germany and Morocco, the last of which was named Africa's first World Economic Forum Lighthouse Factory and runs six million wheels and five million castings a year [5][7]. Its US ocean import trail over January to August 2026 covers 197 shipments, 470.6 TEU and $26.4 million in declared CIF value, mostly aluminium road wheels under HS 8708.70 with knuckle and suspension castings alongside [1]. Quality credentials run back two decades: ISO/TS 16949 in 2003, ISO 14001 in 2004 and Ford Q1 global strategic partner status in 2005, and the company has held Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard and Chain of Custody certifications since joining in September 2023 [3][5].

Business type

Automotive component manufacturer — OEM aluminium alloy wheels (cast, forged, cast-spun, two-piece) and aluminium chassis castings including knuckles, control arms, cylinder heads and housings^3,5

Legal name

CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd. — 中信戴卡股份有限公司; formerly Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., renamed in 2012 after a 2007 shareholding reform^3,5

Established

26 May 1988, in Qinhuangdao, Hebei — the first aluminium wheel manufacturer in mainland China, set up with CITIC Group investment^3,5

Registered address

No. 185 Longhai Road, Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hebei Province, China³

Parent group

CITIC Group Corporation, which lists CITIC Dicastal among its industrial subsidiaries as mainland China's first aluminium wheel maker and the global number one by wheel sales^4,5

Scale

Over 60 million aluminium wheels of annual capacity; global market share reported above 35% as of April 2025; 2024 revenue of RMB 32.4 billion; ranked 50th among global OEM parts suppliers^3,5

Plant locations

China: Qinhuangdao, Chengdu, Wuxi. Overseas: Mexico, the United States, the Czech Republic, Germany and Morocco⁵

US manufacturing arm

Dicastal North America, Inc., 1 Dicastal Drive, Greenville, Michigan 48838 — incorporated 29 August 2014 and a 100% owned subsidiary of CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.^2,6

Morocco operation

Kenitra Atlantic Free Zone plant running 6 million aluminium wheels and 5 million castings a year; first plant in Africa named a World Economic Forum Lighthouse Factory⁷

Group acquisition

Acquired German light-metal casting group KSM Castings from Cognetas in July 2011 — plants in Hildesheim, Wuppertal, Radevormwald and Wernigerode (Germany), Hrádek (Czech Republic) and Changchun (China), serving Volkswagen Group, Daimler, Benteler, Bosch, ZF and TRW⁸

Certifications

ISO/TS 16949 (August 2003), ISO 14001 (February 2004) and Ford Q1 global strategic partner status (2005); Aluminium Stewardship Initiative member since September 2023 with Performance Standard and Chain of Custody certificates across its plants, valid into 2028^3,5

US export mix

Aluminium road wheels under HS 8708.70 account for 152 of 197 shipments; suspension and knuckle parts under 8708.80 for 34; steering components under 8708.94 for 4¹

US trade footprint

197 US ocean shipments between 2 January and 19 August 2026, 470.6 TEU and $26,388,686 declared CIF value, down 41.75% year on year; 28,710 shipments on record since 3 January 2015¹

Country on file is a filing artifact

South Korea reflects routing, not origin — 125 of 197 shipments load at Pusan (Busan) as a transhipment hub and the remaining 72 at Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin/Dagu and Yangshan; the manufacturer is registered and headquartered in Qinhuangdao, China^1,3

US ports of entry

Seattle (107), Savannah (24), Los Angeles (17), Long Beach (17), Mobile (10), Tacoma (8), Charleston (6) and Houston (5), moving mainly on CMA CGM, MSC, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd¹

Customers

Honda, Nissan, Ford, KSM Castings USA Inc, Hollingsworth Logistics Group, CITIC Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing / Citic Dicastal (US entities), Stellantis (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), Hyundai Motor Manufacturing, DLG International Inc, Tesla Inc, General Motors LLC, Kia Georgia Inc, Dicastal Mexico / Dicastal Logistics Group^1,2,3,5,8

Key people

Zhu Zhihua, Chairman, General Manager and legal representative³

Best suited for: OEM and Tier 1 buyers sourcing cast or forged aluminium alloy road wheels and aluminium chassis castings — knuckles, control arms, housings — at automotive programme volumes, with proven US, Mexican and European delivery and an established record of shipping into North American assembly plants.

Researched profile of Citic Dicastal Co Ltd, 2 Sept 2026, from 9 sources. Shipment figures elsewhere on this page are from US customs records, not from these sources.