Linamar Corporation is a diversified global manufacturing company of engineered products. The Company designs and manufactures precision metallic components and systems for the automotive industry and mobile industrial markets. The Company is a supplier of engine, transmission/driveline, modules & systems and mobile aerial work platforms. The Company’s Powertrain and Driveline divisions focuses on the collaborative design, development and manufacture of precision metallic components, modules and systems for global vehicle and power generation markets. The Company’s Industrial division is in the design and production of mobile industrial equipment, aerial work platforms and telehandlers. The Company had 37 manufacturing locations, five research and development (R&D) centers and 11 sales offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom, China, Korea and Japan during the year ended December 31, 2008.