­ Dongfeng Automobile Company Co., Ltd, (DFAC) will install the SinterCast process control technology for Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) production at its new greenfield foundry located in the Automobile Industrial Park of Xiangyang City in Hubei, China. Constructed under the management of China's Machinery Industry Fourth Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd, the new foundry replaces an older foundry, providing increased production capacity, the ability to produce larger engines, and improved environmental efficiency. Under the terms of the agreement, SinterCast will install a full System 4000 process control system and will also provide technical support for the establishment of robust CGI series production procedures.

The System 4000 is planned to be shipped before year-end with installation and commissioning during the during the first half of 2023. The new order becomes the second SinterCast installation in the Dongfeng group, following the 2015 installation of a Mini-System 3000 at the Dongfeng Commercial Technology Centre for CGI process development and product development. It also marks the fifteenth installation for SinterCast in China and the twenty-third installation in Asia.