Mazda set to receive superstrong pistons for new engine

Supplier Kolbenschmidt begins output of key SkyActiv-X component

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Mazda introduces the new 2020 Mazda3 at the Los Angeles auto show in November 2018. © Reuters

MAO KAWANO, Nikkei staff writer

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- A Mazda Motor supplier has begun mass production of pistons for a new engine that the automaker positions as a new signature feature.

Hiroshima Prefecture-based Kolbenschmidt, part of Germany's Rheinmetall Automotive group, installed casting machinery and a metalworking line at a local plant at a cost of around 1 billion yen ($9.2 million).

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