Darton Sleeves

In 1990, Darton entered into a partnership with an international company in Portugal. Pachancho, a traditional manufacturing company with over 100 years of experience, is located in the picturesque north of Portugal and manages a group of manufacturers specialising in automotive products such as piston rings, cylinder liners, iron castings and special aluminium castings.

The company, which is associated with Darton, enjoys an excellent reputation worldwide and is one of the most important suppliers to the European automotive industry. Much of Darton's cylinder liner material is produced in our Portuguese foundry, which is internationally recognised for its outstanding quality in all types of centrifugally cast nodular and grey cast iron.