# Ingersoll Machine Tools to build structure for Giant Magellan Telescope

Ingersoll Machine Tools, a Camozzi Group subsidiary, has been awarded a contract by GMTO Corporation to design and manufacture the 1,300-ton precision steel optical support structure for the Giant Magellan Telescope, with an investment of $135 million.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-01-13
- 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

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

## Sources

- [powertransmissionworld.com](https://www.powertransmissionworld.com/9382-2/), 2020-01-13: "Ingersoll Machine Tools will produce the huge 1,300 ton precision steel optical support structure which will allow frictionless movement of the optical structure, thanks to a hydrostatic technology of the Camozzi Group recognized at global level."

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