Linamar Corporation

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.linamar.com/

■Address

287 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 1C5, Canada

Business Overview

-The Company provides precision products for powertrain systems to the light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, energy and industrial OEM markets.

-The Company is comprised of two operating segments: Mobility and Industrial. The Mobility segment focuses on propulsion systems, structural and chassis systems, energy storage, and power generation for electrified and traditional vehicles. The operating segment is organized into three regional groups North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the newly created Linamar Structures product group. Each regional mobility group is a vertically integrated operation combining expertise in light metal casting, forging, machining, and assembly, while the Linamar Structures Group provides lightweight innovations for components and systems in the mobility market. In addition, the eLIN Product Solutions Group focuses on electrification, and McLaren Engineering provides design, development, and testing services for the Mobility segment. 

Mobility Industrial
Operating Groups Market Operating Groups Market
North America Regional Mobility Group
Europe Regional Mobility Group
Asia Pacific Regional Mobility Group
Linamar Structures product group
Automotive
Off-highway
Commercial vehicle
Skyjack Aerial work platforms
Linamar Agriculture Agricultural equipment

 
-In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, 70.7% of the Company's sales came from the Mobility Division, while the remaining 29.3% were from the Industrial Division.

Shareholders

-The Company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Products

Driveline components
-Differential assemblies
-Hybrid power units

  • Electric AWD E-Axle

-Power transfer units (PTU)

  • One, two and three axes versions

-Rear drive units/modules (RDU/RDM)

  • Mechanical and electronic LSD
  • Integrated oil cooler pumps

-Engineered gears
-Disconnect systems

Transmission components
-Shaft & shell assemblies

  • Automatic applications
  • Manual applications
  • Transfer case applications
  • Grobbed or flow formed housings

-Differential assemblies

  • Complete assembly with ring gear and pinions
  • Helical ring and pinion for axles
  • Helical ring and pinion for FWD transmission
  • One-piece or two-piece designs

-Transmission gears

  • Drive and driven sprocket assemblies
  • Speed gears
  • Sun, pinion and ring gears
  • Park gears

-Clutch modules
-Cases, covers and housings
-Carriers and planetary assemblies
-Valve bodies
-One-way clutches
-Transfer case pump housings
-Center housings
-Transmission and driveline shafts

Engine components
-Cylinder blocks
-Cylinder heads
-Connecting rods
-Camshafts
-Balance shaft modules
-Fuel rails, pumps & bodies

  • High-pressure fuel rails for common rail diesels

-Flywheels
-Fuel injector bodies
-Fuel pump housings
-Turbocharger housings

Structure and chassis components
-Axle shafts
-Steering knuckles
-Wheel hubs
-Semi-trailing arms
-Bearings
-Shock towers
-Centre consoles
-Cross car beams
-Wheel spindles
-Crossrails
-Suspensions

eLIN
-Power Generation

  • Fuel cell powertrains and components

-Power Storage

  • Auxiliary battery pack modules
  • Flexform Conformable Hydrogen Storage Tank

-Propulsion Systems

  • Electric Axle (eAxle)
  • eAxle gearboxes

-Structural & Chassis

  • Battery enclosure systems
  • Subframes
  • Subsystems
  • eAxle cradles

History

Aug. 1966 Established in Canada, founded on machining for the defense, aerospace and automotive industries.
1980s Decision was made to focus on the automotive sector.
1985 Became a public company.
1986 Listed on the stock exchanges in Toronto
1998 Acquired US cylinder head connecting rod manufacturer Eagle Manufacturing L.L.C (owns 60%).
1998 Owned a 55% joint venture interest in an engine assembly and components business located in Mexico.
2000 Formed a joint venture for casting with Canadian Wescast Industry Inc. in Hungary.
2000 Formed a joint venture with TRW Inc. to supply assembled cylinder head modules for engine builders.
2001 Purchased approximately CAD 4 million of the outstanding shares in the capital of Skyjack Inc, which manufactures elevating work platforms, constituting a 48.5% equity interest for a total purchase price of CAD 22.1 million.
2003 Acquired McLaren Performance Technologies
2005 Lauched the Company's sixth operational group, Asia-Pacific Group. Construction of a production facility in China was started.
2006 The Transmission/Driveline Group was created by combining the former Transmission and Chassis Group.
2011 Acquired three automotive components business from Famer Group of France.
Oct. 2013 Acquired Mubea Motorkomponenten GmbH’s (“MMKG”) business of manufacturing and distributing assembled camshafts.
Sept. 2014 Acquired high volume hot-forged product business from Carolina Forge Company, LLC ("CFC"), located in Wilson, North Carolina.
Jan. 2015 Completed the acquisition of Seissenschmidt AG ("SEI"), a Germany company which specializes in high-volume hot forgings.
Jul. 2015 Agreed to form joint venture with GF Automotive for a light metal foundry to produce high-pressure die castings.
2016 Completed acquisition of Montupet S.A., a manufacturer of cast aluminum parts for the automotive industry.
Feb. 2020 The Company established its European electromobility center in Bekescsaba, Hungary.
Apr. 2022 The company acquired a 50% stake in the joint venture GF Linamar LLC from GF. It becomes the sole owner of the Mills River facility.
Aug. 2023 Completed the acquisition of 3 Dura-Shiloh’s battery enclosures facilities in Alabama (U.S.), the Czech Republic, and North Macedonia.
Nov. 2023 Completed the acquisition of Mobex Fourth and 1, LLC's chassis and suspension assets.

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