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Hydro to supply diesel engine blocks.


Hyrdro Aluminum Alucast (Norsk Hydro Norsk Hydro ASA (OSE: NHY, NYSE: NHY) is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. Hydro is the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. It has operations in some 40 countries around the world and is active on all continents.  ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and ), Dillingen There are three towns named Dillingen, two in Germany and one in Luxembourg:
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, Germany, received an order from DaimlerChrysler, Stuttgart-Mohringen, Germany, to supply aluminum blocks for Mercedes V6 engines. Customer requests already exceed more than 200,000 blocks per year, which made this component the first aluminum V-block for a high-performance passenger diesel engine to be cast at high-production levels.

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 76 million (899.4 million) to prepare for the project. This is the second time the facility has cast an aluminum diesel engine block. The first was for Volkswagen.

"With this first high-volume order, we are fulfilling our promise of two years ago: that aluminum is able to build the core of high-performing diesels and, at increased performances, is helping to save weight and space in yet another application," said Dieter J. Braun, president of Hydro Aluminum Automotive.
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Title Annotation:Around the World
Publication:Modern Casting
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Date:Mar 1, 2005
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