# Linamar expands Wilson, North Carolina forging operation with $6.8M investment

Linamar is expanding its Linamar Forgings Carolina closed-die forging operation in Wilson, NC, with a $6.8 million investment to make hollow transmission shafts and net-shape differential gears for automotive chassis parts. A $62,000 performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund supports the expansion.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-12-27
- Where: Wilson, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $6.80M
- Status: announced
- Products: hollow transmission shafts, net-shape differential gears, forged automotive chassis parts
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Linamar](https://endata.com/companies/2609.md)
- [Carolina Forge Co.](https://endata.com/companies/2610.md) (target)

## Sources

- [newequipment.com](https://www.newequipment.com/metal-forming/article/21924129/linamar-expanding-forging-capabilities-in-n-carolina), 2017-12-27: "A $6.8-million investment at the former Carolina Forge Co. operation was announced recently."

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