Kongsberg Automotive’s Driveline has been awarded a contract for the supply of manual shifter systems worth an estimated EUR75m (NOK684m) over its lifetime, the supplier announced on Tuesday (6 January).

As usual in the supplier industry, the destination make and model were not named but Kongsberg said the contract was for “manual shifter systems to be used in the next generation of vans/multi-purpose vehicles from the brands of a major European OEM”.

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The shifters will be manufactured in Vrable, Slovakia. Supply is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2018 and last until 2027.