# Rheinmetall Automotive receives €135M piston order from US OEM

Rheinmetall Automotive, through its subsidiary KS Kolbenschmidt US, booked a follow-up order worth over €135 million from a major American OEM for gasoline engine pistons for light commercial vehicles, to be produced in Marinette, Wisconsin.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-02-17
- Where: Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
- Value: $144.0M (135.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: gasoline engine pistons, piston assemblies
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Pierburg](https://endata.com/companies/1094.md)
- [KS Kolbenschmidt US](https://endata.com/companies/22284.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [foundry-planet.com](https://www.foundry-planet.com/d/follow-up-order-for-the-us-market-gasoline-piston-assemblies-worth-over-e135-million/), 2017-02-17: "With a lifetime volume of more than €135 million the contract is for the delivery of gasoline engine pistons for high-displacement eight-cylinder engines."

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