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Magnum By MSI Adds Heavy-Duty Gaskets To Growing Product Line

MSI (Modern Silicone Technologies Inc.) has announced the addition of 99 new individually boxed heavy-duty gaskets and seals for popular Class 3 to Class 8 diesel truck engines.

MSI (Modern Silicone Technologies Inc.) has announced the addition of 99 new individually boxed heavy-duty gaskets and seals for popular Class 3 to Class 8 diesel truck engines. Coverage for Magnum Heavy Duty Gaskets includes Dodge/Ram Cummins, Ford Powerstroke, GM Duramax, Navistar DT466, Caterpillar C7 through C15, Detroit Diesel Series 60 and a range of Cummins engines. 

“MSI is one of the few companies in the world with the huge molding presses and precision tooling required to successfully mold the large format, complex gaskets found on today’s diesel engines,” said Alex Grunfeld, executive vice president of MSI. “MSI has been the premier heavy-duty gasket manufacturer to OEMs and major aftermarket brands for nearly 20 years. Now, we’re serving the aftermarket directly under the Magnum brand.”

“We are supplying the diesel market with products and packages suitable for either diesel engine specialists or the diesel portion of the automotive aftermarket,” added Derek Data, MSI vice president. “There is also burgeoning business for fuel injection specialists and high-performance diesel experts, and we’ve kept them in mind as well.”

For more information, visit www.magnumgaskets.com or call 847-580-6110

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