PORTAGE, Mich., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- CONTECH U.S., LLC, a Marathon Automotive Group Company, has been awarded aluminum die casting business by American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) for multiple castings used on GM platforms.
CONTECH was awarded new Axle Carrier and Cover business to be used on the GM Epsilon II platform. These parts will be launched for the 2009 and 2010 model years and represents $6.7M in new sales.
In addition, CONTECH was awarded as takeover business from a failed supplier, the Axle Carrier, Cover and two Disconnect Housings used on the GMT- 360/370 platform and the Adjuster Nut Housing used on the GMT-900 platform. This business represents an additional $7.1M in immediate sales. CONTECH was able to take over existing tooling, modify it to run in CONTECH equipment, sample and receive production approval in 10 - 14 days for all five parts.
"This is an important award for a valued customer as we focus our efforts on expanding our casting presence in the high integrity aluminum axle market," says Mark Hunter, President of CONTECH. These castings are being produced at CONTECH's plants in Auburn, IN and Dowagiac, MI.
CONTECH is a North American market leader of highly engineered, geometrically complex, light-weight cast component solutions for the automotive and light truck markets, and offers a wide variety of die cast process technologies in the industry and produces a full range of "thick wall" and "thin wall" cast components. In addition to its leadership position in cast products, CONTECH also manufactures steel forged automotive components and steel tube fabrications.