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Wescast, Linamar Awarded Peugeot Citroen Contract.


Oroszlany, Hungary-based Weslin Industries, Inc., the joint venture of Wescast Industries, Inc., Brantford, Ontario Coordinates:

Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. This single-tier municipality was once part of Brant County.
, Canada, and Linamar Corp., Guelph, Ontario Guelph (IPA: gwɛlf) (population 114,943[1]) is a city located in the Southwestern region of Ontario, Canada. , Canada, agreed to a contract with Groupe Valfond, Vouziers, France, to supply cast exhaust manifolds for PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce.  Peugeot Citroen.

The 1.8L diesel engine program for Peugeot will begin this fall at Wescast's casting facility in Brantford and then transfer to Weslin in February. At full production, 440,000 castings will be manufactured annually for five years.

The manifolds will be shipped to the PSA Peugeot-Citroen engine plant in Tremery, France to be used in the Peugeot 206,306 and small utility vans Partner and Expert; the Citroen Xsara and small utility vans Bellingo, Jumpy and C15; and the Fiat small utility van Scudo scu·do  
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A monetary unit and coin formerly used in Italy and Sicily.



[Italian, shield, scudo, from Latin sc
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Weslin Industries was established in 1999 for the sales, design and manufacture of iron automotive castings for the European market. Wescast casts and machines iron exhaust manifolds and other automotive components, and Linamar machines components, assemblies and castings for the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. .
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Title Annotation:Weslin Industries contracted by Groupe Valfond
Comment:Wescast, Linamar Awarded Peugeot Citroen Contract.(Weslin Industries contracted by Groupe Valfond)
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EXHU
Date:Aug 1, 2001
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