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2009 — Supply Delphi cam follower roller for GM and Toyota gasoline and diesel engines
About Us
History
1905 — Defiance Screw Machine established
1931 — Toledo Stamping established
1974 — Sandco Automotive established
1975 — Began production Ford Essex rocker arm
1987 — Produced first stamped roller finger followers
1996 — First supply of high volume cam follower rollers to Europe
1997 — Supplied first roller finger follower to Europe
1999 — Supplied first roller finger follower to Asia (Ford ‘Dingo’)
2001 — Initiated tappet with ceramic cam follower roller
2002 — Merged Toledo Technologies and Defiance Precision into GT Technologies
2006 — Consolidated Sandco & Purchased Precision Engine Products from Stanadyne
2009 — Supply Ford Boss Base 6.2L gasoline/Scorpion 6.7L diesel valve train actuation
assemblies
2009 — Supply Delphi cam follower roller for GM and Toyota gasoline and diesel engines
History in Europe
1995 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) produces the Type II HLA for the
Fiat 1.47 liter engine
1995 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) produces the Type III hydraulic cartridge
Fiat .9L engine
2001 — GT Technologies receives first order from Bosch for unit pump injector tappets
2003 — GT Technologies opens sales office in Volxheim, Germany
2003 — GT Technologies opens engineering office in Mainz, Germany
2005 — GT Technologies establishes first production site in Zella-Mehlis, Germany with Maren
2005 — GT Technologies receives first order from Daimler for the roller finger follower A160
smart engine
2006 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) receives order from PSA for HLA DV4 engine
2006 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) receives order from Volkswagen for the 11mm
Type III hydraulic cartridge in the 2.0 liter TDI engine
2007 — GT Technologies opens sales office in Paris, France
2008 — GT Technologies receives order from Volkswagen for the roller finger follower EA111 & 1.2L
2009 — Deutz awards GTT stamped rocker arm for 2010 engine
2009 — GT Technologies selected development contract major OEM Latchable RFF
2009 — GT Technologies awarded VW EA211 (3&4 cyl) RFF & HLA business
2009 — GT Technologies awarded Audi EA888 RFF & HLA business for Europe and NA
History in Brazil
1999 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) opens manufacturing facility in Curitiba
2000 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) begins production on Tritec Type III
hydraulic rocker arms for the 1.6 liter Mini Cooper engine (Chrysler and BMW joint venture)
2006 — Precision Engine Products (Stanadyne) begins production on Type III roller
rocker arms for the International Harvester as a Tier II supplier to Lupatech
2006 — GT Technologies acquires Precision Engine Products from Stanadyne
Acquisition includes Curitiba manufacturing facility
2008 — Fiat acquires the Tritec engine for use in Brazil and awards the
Type III hydraulic rocker arms to GT Technologies
2008 — Volkswagen awards the EA111 1.7 liter roller finger follower and HLA to GT Technologies
2009 — GT do Brazil begins production FPT Tritec rocker arms