Brazilian foundry Tupy is investing in a 25% capacity increase and mainly itīs for CGI ( Compacted graphite iron) production. Itīs told to be for coming GM-engines. Could it be the coming V6 and V8 diesels? Tupy is spending 220 million US-dollars in this major breakthrough for CGI.

http://www.foundrymag.com/frontpage/...i_blocks_by_25

 

Located in Joinville in southern Brazil, Tupy has more than 7,500 employees and a production capacity of
500,000 tonnes per year of cast iron components in its two manufacturing facilities located in Joinville, State of Santa
Catarina and Mauá, State of São Paulo. With sales and engineering offices located in Brazil, United States,
Germany, Mexico, Italy and Japan, Tupy’s main customers include Cummins, DaimlerChrysler, Ford,
General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, Perkins, Mack Trucks, Wuxi Diesel, Iveco, Kubota, John Deere, Bosch, Ambrake,
Peugeot and many other premier automotive and diesel engine manufacturers.

Hmmm...

 

Tupy made the factory turbo elbow on our trucks (you'll see their name case into the part).

They also made all the 5x series CTD blocks.

CGI is great stuff-- the sooner we get it, the better.

jh

 

What engines are we talking about and in what numbers?

 

I suspect it is the new reverse-flow V6 and V8 GM diesels. Reverse-flow because the exhaust comes out through the inner portion of the vee, and the intake comes in from the outside--where you'd typically picture a header being.

jh

 

Brazil isn't the third-world country a lot of us make it out to be, it's actually quite prosperous. It has a well-respected aerospace presence (if you fly "feeder" airlines, you may be surprised how many times you've flown in an Brazilian-made airplane) and has been running on bio-fuels for many, many years. They are the 5th largest country in size and population and is in the top 10 of GNP, right behind Canada. I wouldn't have any problem with the quality of Brazilian-made autoparts, but would rather the jobs stayed here of course.

 

Brazil is a country of extremes- they have affluent areas and poor areas- what we think of as Brazil is the poor parts. The affluent parts are just like any other major country, but the poor parts are poor. The large influx or Brazilians here are because the poor parts are much larger than the rich parts- and the sections with no work mean literally that- no work. I live and work in the 2 largest cities in the us for Illegal Brazilians.

 

Was it not Brazil who made the famous 53 block for Cummins that was know to crack?

 

They are also the home to Imbel- the maker of arguably the best and most durable variant of the FAL assault rifle.