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MiMfg Magazine
March 2020
MFG
@ Work
What’s Happening
in Michigan
Manufacturing
Fullerton Tool
Expands with
Carbro Corp.
Acquisition
Fullerton Tool Company
announced its acquisition
of Carbro Corporation, a
manufacturer of solid carbide
rotary tools located in
Lawndale, California.
An MMA member
company since March
2010, Fullerton Tool is a
manufacturer of precision-
made solid carbide cutting
tools. This acquisition is
expected to help Fullerton
create strategic partnerships to
better serve the Aerospace market
while Carbro will continue to
provide its existing quality
products and services under the
name Carbro, LLC.
“Carbro and Fullerton will
continue to build upon their
existing product lines and
reputations and together will
create strategic partnerships to
better service specialty markets as
well as our customers,” said Patrick
Curry, president and co-owner of
Fullerton Tool and a member of
the MMA Board of Directors.
“I am excited for the future with
both of these companies and how
this partnership will impact the
manufacturing industry.”
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A Fullerton Tool employee setting up cutting tool honing.
The acquisition of California-based Carbro Corp. is expected
to help Fullerton better serve the Aerospace market.
BorgWarner Reimagines
Propulsion Market with
Delphi Tech. Acquisition
BorgWarner recently announced
their agreement to acquire Delphi
Technologies and create one of the
world’s leading pure-play propulsion
companies, serving light and
commercial vehicle manufacturers.
According to a company
release, the purchase will create a
propulsions systems leader well
positioned for the future and will:
• Strengthen BorgWarner’s
power electronics (PE)
products, capabilities and scale
• Enhance BorgWarner’s
combustion, commercial vehicle
and aftermarket businesses
• Be consistent with BorgWarner’s
balanced propulsion strategy
“This exciting transaction
represents the next step in
BorgWarner’s balanced propulsion
strategy, strengthening our position
in electrified propulsion as well as
our combustion, commercial vehicle
and aftermarket businesses,” said
Frédéric Lissalde, BorgWarner
president and CEO. “Delphi
Technologies will bring proven
leading power electronics tech-
nologies, talent and scale that will
complement our hybrid and electric
vehicle propulsion offerings. As a
combined company, we look forward
to delivering enhanced solutions
to our customers while driving
increased value for our stockholders.”
See www.leadingpropulsion.com
to learn more.
GM Announces $2.2B
Investment in 100%
EV-Focused Facility
General Motors Company
recently joined Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles and Ford Motor
Company in announcing another
major Michigan investment — this
time a $2.2 billion investment in
the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly
plant to produce a variety of
all-electric trucks and SUVs,
making Detroit-Hamtramck
GM’s first fully-dedicated electric
vehicle assembly plant. The