Firefly engine block production by Teksid Aluminum in Italy

[Bili]

All cylinder heads and blocks for the brand new FCA Engine known as FIREFLY for the EMEA market are produced in Teksid Aluminum Carmagnola Plant.

By 2021 a total capacity of 800.000 set/y will be installed in Teksid Aluminum - Carmagnola Plant for a total investment over €120 Million.

The production started in April 2018 in Teksid Aluminum - Carmagnola Plant and it represents a significant technological leap forward for a site which, with more than 9 Million cylinder heads and blocks produced in the last 5 years, has consistently ranked among the best aluminum foundries in Europe.

The FIREFLY cylinder block is produced with high pressure die casting technology. Liners are casted-in (aluminum thermal sprayed coating on external liner surface provides optimal bonding with aluminum block) and after a trimming process and a T5 heat treatment, the cylinder block is machined and tested (water, high pressure and low pressure oil circuits): it is a supercubing machining process, that means not only a cubing operation but some finishing operations as well.

Let’s have a look on the FIREFLY cylinder block production and on its state-of-the-art production line……

Firefly cylinder block | TEKSID

All cylinder heads and blocks for the brand new FCA Engine known as FIREFLY for the EMEA market are produced in Teksid Aluminum Carmagnola Plant. By 2021 a total capacity of 800.000 set/y will be installed in Teksid Aluminum - Carmagnola Plant for a total investment over €120 Million. The...

www.teksid.com

 

[sjon]

All cylinder heads and blocks for the brand new FCA Engine known as FIREFLY for the EMEA market are produced in Teksid Aluminum Carmagnola Plant.

By 2021 a total capacity of 800.000 set/y will be installed in Teksid Aluminum - Carmagnola Plant for a total investment over €120 Million.

The production started in April 2018 in Teksid Aluminum - Carmagnola Plant and it represents a significant technological leap forward for a site which, with more than 9 Million cylinder heads and blocks produced in the last 5 years, has consistently ranked among the best aluminum foundries in Europe.

The FIREFLY cylinder block is produced with high pressure die casting technology. Liners are casted-in (aluminum thermal sprayed coating on external liner surface provides optimal bonding with aluminum block) and after a trimming process and a T5 heat treatment, the cylinder block is machined and tested (water, high pressure and low pressure oil circuits): it is a supercubing machining process, that means not only a cubing operation but some finishing operations as well.

Let’s have a look on the FIREFLY cylinder block production and on its state-of-the-art production line……

Firefly cylinder block | TEKSID

All cylinder heads and blocks for the brand new FCA Engine known as FIREFLY for the EMEA market are produced in Teksid Aluminum Carmagnola Plant. By 2021 a total capacity of 800.000 set/y will be installed in Teksid Aluminum - Carmagnola Plant for a total investment over €120 Million. The...

www.teksid.com

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The funny thing is that when the Ford Mustang boys talk about their "Teksid block" they have no idea that it is a FIAT company.
Just imagine, Italians producing top quality engines.
The mind boggles.

Here is some information that a lot of people in North America do not know:

Teksid is an Italian industrial group and world leader in the ironworks industry. The company operates in two product lines:
Teksid Iron produces iron casting parts for engines, suspensions and other components for the automotive and industrial vehicles sector.
Teksid Aluminum produces aluminum engine parts such as cylinder heads and cylinder blocks.


The Teksid group was founded in 1978 by the FIAT Group with a view to merging Ferriere Piemontesi, Industrie Metallurgiche Torino and Ferriera di Buttigliera Alta. With the subsequent 2014 merger of Fiat S.p.A. and the Chrysler Group into the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group, Teksid also became part of the FCA group, which is currently the seventh largest automotive manufacturer in the world and sector leader.


The company now has seven plants worldwide: four in Europe, one in South America, one in Central America and one in China. Among the features that confirm Teksid as a world leader are long standing experience in the sector, cutting-edge automation and constant updating of technologies with a view to raising quality standards. All this is further enhanced by close collaboration with customers while developing products to meet their specific needs.

 

[KrisW]

@sjon - I think a lot of them do know that Teksid is Italian, but that's okay, because so are Lamborghini, Maserati and Ferrari. I'm fairly sure most don't know the company is owned by FIAT-Chrysler, though

 

[MJAB]

FCA sold Teksid Iron to Tupy at the end of 2019. For sure not a good move made by FCA.

Teksid had in North America as clients not only Ford, but also GM, Nissan and Chrysler. There were Teksid plants in U.S.A. and Mexico.