Industry News: PBM Performance Group Acquires World Products Automotive Division

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Some big industry news is breaking today with the announcement that PBM Performance Group has acquired World Products Automotive Division from Bill Mitchell. Of course World produces high performance blocks, cylinder heads, intake manifolds and complete engines. Mitchell founded the company decades ago and has been overseeing its operation ever since from its New York [...]

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[TC]

PBM blocks are made in China, so we can all figure that World Stuff is going to become cheap Chinese garbage....... More jobs moving to China.........

[TC]

Here's a good article to read about PBM Blocks... Or should I say ProComp Blocks......

http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18389

[ShortyThePimp]

PBM blocks are made in China, so we can all figure that World Stuff is going to become cheap Chinese garbage....... More jobs moving to China.........

NO. The PBM blocks have been made by World for a while. And World 's castings are USA made and will continue to be.

The link to SpeedTalk is an OLD post from 2009 and has not been relevant since.

[TC]

NO. The PBM blocks have been made by World for a while. And World 's castings are USA made and will continue to be.

The link to SpeedTalk is an OLD post from 2009 and has not been relevant since.

Well in July of 2010 this guys had this to say over at the Bullet...

They are not from World, or Australia. They come from China. I deal with PBM all the time. I was at a seminar last fall put on by a PBM wharehouse, they come from China.

This is in reguards to the Cast Iron blocks

Keith
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K-Star Automotive
Performance engines

https://www.kstarautomotive.com

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4455391

[Brian Lohnes]

July of 2010...at least that's a relevant time frame.

There are no plans to move job anywhere to produce World products. PBM's other line will continue to be made wherever they make it. China, Australia, whatever.