Released on June 21, 2010

Land Rover, Gaydon, U.K., has contracted Tupy, Joinville, Brazil, to produce compacted graphite iron (CGI) cylinder blocks for its new 4.4-liter V-8 turbodiesel engine.

The CGI engine, the fourth for the combined auto group of Jaguar and Land Rover, has achieved improvements in horsepower and torque over its 3.6-liter CGI predecessor. It is produced with the help of technology from SinterCast, Stockholm, Sweden.

“We are pleased that Jaguar Land Rover’s positive experience with the 2.7-, 3.0- and 3.6-liter engines since 2003 has established CGI as the material of choice for this new engine,” said Steve Dawson, president and chief executive officer of SinterCast.

According to a SinterCast press release, Jaguar Land Rover was the first automotive company to introduce a high volume engine based on a CGI cylinder block.

Tupy is a ferrous metalcasting company producing components for the automotive and agricultural sectors. The company also manufactures iron and steel shot and grit and continuous cast bars. It employs more than 8,000 and has an annual production capacity of 500,000 metric tons of cast iron parts in two plants, one in Joinville and one in Mauá, Brazil.