Manufacturing Industry
Linimar, Wescast Win Joint VW Contract
Modern Casting, April, 2000
Weslin Industries, Inc., a venture of Linamar Corp., Guelph, Canada, and Wescast Industries, Inc., Brantford, Canada, will supply differential case castings for Volkswagen, AG, (VW) in Europe.
Weslin will supply these parts to a VW plant in Kassel, Germany, next year. VW will require nearly 500,000 parts/yr. The drivetrain components will be used in a number of VW and Audi vehicles such as the Audi A6, Audi A4 and VW Passat. Weslin is developing the design and preparing for production with Audi's technical staff.
Weslin Industries is a European joint-venture operation between Wescast and Linamar established in 1999 for the sales, design and manufacture of iron automotive castings for the European market, Linamar is a global manufacturer of precision-machined components, assemblies and castings primarily for the automotive industry. Wescast Industries manufactures iron exhaust manifolds for the light vehicle and truck industry.
- 5 Rules for Immediate Annuities
- Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now
- Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
- 6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
- The Real ‘Best Places to Retire’
- Best Credit Cards for You
- 12 Tough Questions to Ask Your Parents
- The Real ‘Best Colleges’
- Home Buyer Tax Credit: How to Cash In
- Why You Shouldn't Bash Cash
- 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- Danger: 3 Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- 6 Myths About Gas Mileage
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns
- Best Stocks to Buy Now
- Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Whose Recovery Is This?
- Long-Term-Care Insurance: 4 Biggest Risks to Avoid
Most Recent Business Articles
- Psyadon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Regulatory Milestones and the Initiation of a Clinical Trial of Ecopipam in Lesch-Nyhan Disease
- Emergence of “Femtomedicine” - New Frontier of Biomed Sciences - Reported at First Global Congress on Nano Medicine
- Research and Markets: Ethiopia Power Market Outlook to 2020
- Research and Markets: Orphan Drugs in Asia-Pacific: from Designation to Pricing, Funding & Market Access
- Research and Markets: Now You See It - TV Program Sponsorship & Product Placement in China
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FHM Features Anna Benson, Baseball's Hottest Wife
- Building a DNA database: the federal government has just enacted two bills related to DNA. The first would drive the collection of DNA from all infants. The second would attempt to prevent the DNA that is collected from being misused
- America's most wanted j-o-b-s - 10 hottest employment opportunities
- Developmental sequence in small groups
Most Popular Business Publications
Content provided in partnership with
