Select Powertrain develops, manufactures and distributes carbon-based friction products for powertrain applications for the automotive industry such as synchronizer rings, clutch discs and other gearshift components. Euroflamm GmbH in Germany, a member of the Sulzer Metco group, and Select Powertrain have been working together closely and successfully during the last three years. Therefore, the assets and technologies of Select Powertrain will be integrated very smoothly. The parties have agreed not do disclose price details. The new company will be called Euroflamm Select Inc.

Eduard Rikli, President of the Sulzer Metco division: “This acquisition significantly expands the technology portfolio for friction products of the recently acquired Euroflamm and enables Sulzer Metco to participate in the fast growing market for high-performance friction applications for the new transmission technologies of the car manufacturers.”

Bob Whited, President and owner of Select Powertrain Technologies Corp.: “We are pleased to welcome Sulzer Metco and Euroflamm Select Inc. as the first multi-national business to be located in the newly developed ‘ Tool Town’ Industrial Park in Dayton.”

Sulzer Metco (www.sulzermetco.com) is a global leader in surface engineering solutions and services using thermal spray and other advanced coating and process technologies. The division supplies a broad range of thermal spray and PVD equipment, materials, fully integrated systems, and coating services, as well as manufactured components.

The Sulzer Corporation (www.sulzer.com) is comprised of the four core divisions Sulzer Metco (coating technolo­gies and services), Sulzer Turbomachinery Services, Sulzer Pumps (including services), Sulzer Chemtech (process components and services) and the venture division Sulzer Hexis (fuel cell sys­tems). Sales by the core divisions in 2001 totaled CHF 1875 million. The realigned Sulzer Corporation now employs about 10 000 people worldwide.