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Linamar Agrees to Joint Venture With GF Automotive In July, Linamar Corporation,
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, reached an agreement with GF Automo- tive, a division of Georg Fischer AG, Schaff hausen, Switzerland, to provide integrated light metal castings and machining solutions to global custom- ers in the automotive, industrial and commercial industries. T e partnership was formed with the goal of utilizing combined resources and capabilities to pro-
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vide solutions for large powertrain, driveline and structural components. Linamar and GF Automotive have agreed to build a new jointly-owned metalcasting facility in the southeast- ern U.S. T e facility is scheduled to begin production in mid-2017. In ad- dition, Linamar plans to off er machin- ing services on-site. “We are very pleased with our prog-
ress in developing our global light metal casting strategy. GF Automotive is a
highly respected technical leader in the market, well-known and positioned in the powertrain, driveline and structural components market where we both intend to grow signifi cantly,” said Linda Hasenfratz, CEO, Linamar. T e new operation, which will be
named, GF Linamar LLC, is expected to represent a total capital investment of approximately $100 million over the next fi ve years. T e transaction was expected to be fi nal in September. ■
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