Superior Wins Contract From Automotive Venture

Superior Industries International Inc., a Van Nuys-based manufacturer of aluminum auto wheels, said it has received an $11-million-a-year contract to provide wheels to Auto Alliance International.

The contract calls for Superior to begin providing wheels to the Auto Alliance plant in Flat Rock, Mich., beginning in 1994. The plant is jointly owned by Mazda of Japan and Ford Motor Co. Superior said the wheels will be made at one of its plants in the Midwest.

Superior’s main business is with domestic auto makers, but in the last two years it has received contracts from five auto makers in Japan.