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MascoTech

Since 1929, MascoTech has supplied products to the north American automotive industry, gaining a reputation for producing high-quality, value-added components, using the latest in automated manufacturing technology. Today, MascoTech is a supplier of products and services to the global automotive industry, employing over five thousand people and operating 32 facilities in North America and Europe.

The company is organized into three strategic businesses, the MascoTech Aftermarket Group, MascoTech Forming Technologies, and MascoTech Tubular Products.

MascoTech Forming Technologies is one of the world's largest and most diverse suppliers of automotive-related forgings for powertrain applications in:

  • Passenger cars;
  • Pickup trucks;
  • Sport utility vehicles;
  • Minivans;
  • Heavy-duty commercial trucks; and
  • Off-highway vehicles.

MascoTech's broad range of metal-working capabilities include:

MascoTech provides technology-based solutions for our customers' supply requirements and translates those solutions into products that are found in virtually every major automotive system, including:

  • Engine components;
  • Transmission/transfer case components;
  • Axle, final-drive and wheel-end components;
  • Chassis and suspension components; and
  • Engine accessories and safety components.

The size and diversity of MascoTech's metalworking capabilities affords our customers several benefits, including:

  • A solution-based approach to supply requirements that is not confined to one manufacturing process;
  • Economies of scale in procurement and manufacturing flexibility that are difficult for smaller competitors to achieve;
  • Sole sourcing for a broad range of metalworked components; and
  • The financial stability of a company positioned to invest in the latest manufacturing technologies.

To expand our expertise and efficiency in tubular steel fabricating. MascoTech has invested in a proprietary high-pressure hydroforming process that forms a tubular blank into the complex shapes of the surrounding die by using liquid that is forced into the die under extremely high pressure. Hydroforming delivers significant benefits to our customer, including;

  • Overall weigh reduction for improved fuel economy;
  • Fewer welds and seams for increased reliability and durability;
  • Lower cost for better overall value; and
  • Complex shaping and forming capabilities for increased component design flexibility.

In addition to enabling MascoTech to deliver these benefits for current products, we expect hydroforming to create opportunities for the Company to enter profitable new segments of the automotive supply market.

Aftermarket

MascoTech's  Aftermarket Group is comprised of several independently operated business units that are recognized leaders in their respective niche markets.

In total, the group operates 8 facilities in North America and Europe and distributes its diverse niche products world-wide.

Markets Served

MascoTech's Aftermarket Group serves four markets: national accounts, retail, heavy-duty and specialty accessory distributors.

National account customers purchase products from MascoTech business units for resale through the national accounts' distribution channels.

MascoTech also manufactures and distributes products for sale directly to retail stores - both the national mega chains such as Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, and Pep Boys and many regional retailers.

MascoTech's heavy duty aftermarket serves through the truck and trailer manufacturers, engine manufacturers, and heavy duty fleet distributors.

The vehicle accessory market is served by MascoTech's Aftermarket Group through specialty accessory distributors.

MascoTech's Aftermarket products address six specific growth areas including:

  • Accessory products;
  • Brake system components;
  • Friveline components;
  • Fuel and emission system components;
  • Retail products; and
  • Heavy duty components (truck and trailer).