Alabama Lands Another Automotive Supplier

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Automotive supplier, Magna-Tech Manufacturing (Muncie, Indiana) has recently purchased a 61,000 square foot spec building offered by the Talledega County Economic Development Authority and the Sylacauga Industrial Development Board in Sylacauga, Alabama, and is presently in the process of finishing the building out for its production needs.

General contractor for the project is AG Gaston Construction (Sylacauga, Alabama). Magna-Tech plans to begin production in February of this year.

Magna-Tech, with plants in Muncie, Indiana, Greenville, South Carolina, and Stoney Creek, Ontario, is a QS-9000 and ISO-9002-certified supplier to Tier I & Tier II automotive manufacturers. It uses vacuum packed resins to seal engine cylinder heads, blocks, & electric components. The new plant will serve Teksid's Aluminum Components plant in Sylacauga that makes engine blocks and cylinder heads for the Saturn assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Teksid Aluminum Components (Sylacauga, Alabama) is a division of Teksid Incorporated (Plymouth, Michigan). Teksid has two plants in Sylacauga, which are totally dedicated to the production of aluminum cylinder heads and cylinder blocks for the North American automotive market.

Saturn (Troy, Michigan), a producer of small and mid-size cars, is a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM)(Troy, Michigan).