# Ingersoll Machine Tools wins contract for Giant Magellan Telescope structure

Ingersoll Machine Tools, a Camozzi Group subsidiary, was awarded a contract by GMTO Corporation to produce the 1,300-ton precision steel optical support structure for the Giant Magellan Telescope. The contract is part of a $135 million investment and the structure is due to be delivered to Chile by end of 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-10-30
- Where: Chilean desert, Chile
- Value: $135.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: precision steel optical support structure for telescope
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Ingersoll Machine Tools](https://endata.com/companies/42992.md)
- [MT Mechatronics](https://endata.com/companies/30996.md) (partner)
- [Camozzi Group](https://endata.com/companies/37000.md) (partner)
- [GMTO Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/42991.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [engineering-update.co.uk](https://engineering-update.co.uk/2019/10/31/the-camozzi-group-subsidiary-ingersoll-machine-tools-has-been-awarded-a-contract-for-the-construction-of-the-first-new-generation-giant-magellan-telescope-by-gmto-corporation/), 2019-10-31: "We are delighted that we will be working on the creation of an exclusive scientific and revolutionary system for studying the deep cosmos."
- [iianews.com](https://www.iianews.com/ca/_01-ABC00000000000290037.shtml), 2019-11-08: "The telescope structure contract will require a lot of engineers, designers, metal processing technicians and mechanics for up to nine years, with a total value of $135 million."

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