# Ingersoll Machine Tools wins $135M contract for Giant Magellan Telescope

Ingersoll Machine Tools won a $135 million contract to build the steel structure of the Giant Magellan Telescope. The telescope will be manufactured in Rockford, Illinois and installed in Chile, with delivery expected in 2025 and full operation by 2028.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-11-01
- Where: Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Value: $135.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: telescope steel structure
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [GMTO Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/42991.md) (customer)
- [Ingersoll Machine Tools](https://endata.com/companies/42992.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [1440wrok.com](https://1440wrok.com/rockfords-ingersoll-awarded-contract-for-giant-telescope/), 2019-11-01: "Ingersoll Machine Tools recently won a 135-million-dollar contract to build a giant telescope."

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