Suppliers: Page 31
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Is Mexico Prepared to Cash in on Nearshoring Opportunities?
Given its strategic location, its wide network of trade agreements, developed network of Tier 1 suppliers and advanced manufacturing capability and production volume, Mexico is in a privileged place to benefit from nearshoring.
By Daniel J. McCosh • Oct. 20, 2020 -
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Supplier SKF Consolidating U.S. Plants
The investments and consolidation will take approximately 12-18 months to implement and will result in a reduction in staff of approximately 115, with associated restructuring costs amounting to $4 million.
By Jim Irwin • Sept. 29, 2020 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Production strategies are changing rapidly as tariffs and shifts in consumer buying patterns affect the industry.
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Flexibility Key to Managing Global Supply Chains
The trend toward globalization has become risky due to factors including unsettled international relations, ethnocentrism, trade disputes, global counterfeiting, the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, supply-chain consultant Rosemary Coates says.
By Jim Irwin • Aug. 19, 2020 -
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‘Distressed’ Auto Supplier Numbers Increase
Seven North American suppliers are among those who will “seize the moment and make more acquisitions,” predicts PwC’s Dietmar Ostermann.
By Steven Finlay • Aug. 5, 2020 -
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Four Automotive Supply-Chain Problems, and How to Fix Them
The automotive industry is littered with siloed operations, some using technology from the 1980s.
By Rob Bailey • July 31, 2020 -
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Spanish Dealers Struggle to Recover From COVID-19
Supply and demand in the European used-car market could take three years to regain its balance, as happened during the 2012 fiscal crisis, according to Sumauto, a provider of digital services for used-vehicle dealers.
By Jorge Palacios • May 21, 2020 -
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Auto Production in Spain Off to Rocky Restart
Unions representing workers at the Barcelona plant, which is operating at 25% of its 200,000-unit capacity, have not gotten clear answers about the factory’s future and have called for a supplier to strike.
By Jorge Palacios • May 12, 2020 -
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Supplier Bosch Bracing for Rough 2020
The company cites uncertainty stemming from the pandemic in declining to issue a full-year financial forecast.
By Jim Irwin • May 4, 2020 -
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Magna Team Designs Field Emergency Ventilator
A Magna-designed seat recliner motor and lever automatically compresses a self-inflating bag as used in emergency rooms for patients not breathing or having difficulty breathing.
By Jim Irwin • April 8, 2020 -
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Automotive Foam Supplier Toray Expands
Toray says the final phase of a $40 million expansion enhances its leadership role in foam innovation.
By Jim Irwin • March 30, 2020 -
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Supplier Marelli to Relocate North American HQ
Marelli plans to start moving into the 200,000-sq.-ft. building, which fellow Tier 1 supplier Federal-Mogul vacated in 2015, late this year, with full occupancy expected by March 2021.
By Jim Irwin • March 10, 2020 -
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Supplier Novares Expanding Into Russia
The move is part of the company’s international expansion strategy and is the 13th manufacturing site it has inaugurated in the past seven years, as well as extending 23 existing factories.
By Paul Myles • Jan. 27, 2020 -
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Qualcomm’s Connectivity Solution for Land Rover Defender
At CES 2020 Peter Virk, director of connected car and future technology at Jaguar Land Rover, discusses Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon chipsets used for telematics and infotainment in the new Defender.
Jan. 15, 2020 -
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Continental, Other Suppliers, Want Obstructions to Go Poof
A concept “transparent hood” makes the front end of your vehicle seem to disappear, as if you’re looking straight at the ground.
By Jim Henry • Jan. 7, 2020 -
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Berylls Strategy Advisors Opens U.S. Office
Berylls’ advisors provide consulting services to OEMs, automotive suppliers, investors and new-mobility companies. Its consultants work in the fields of strategy, M&A, organizational transformation and digitalization, AI and Big Data.
By Jim Irwin • Jan. 7, 2020 -
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Continental, Sennheiser Creating Good Vibrations in Cars
Ac2ated Sound, which replaces conventional speakers with small, lightweight actuators placed in the interior, could go into production in as little as two years once the first customer is secured, Andreas Sennheiser says.
By Jim Henry • Jan. 6, 2020 -
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Qualcomm Seems Poised for More Jaguar Land Rover Business
“Over-the-air capability gives automakers the ability to manage the capability of the vehicle over its life,” executive Nakul Duggal says.
By Jim Henry • Jan. 6, 2020 -
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Automotive Suppliers Plying Turbulent Waters
Meanwhile, the economic fundamentals that have boosted the industry’s fortunes over the past decade remain in place despite falling sales in big markets such as China, India, Turkey and Argentina as well as softness in Europe and North America.
By Joseph Szczesny • Nov. 18, 2019 -
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Magneti Marelli Successor to Exhibit at Tokyo
Marelli is a global Tier 1 automotive supplier created when Magneti Marelli was spun off from FCA and merged with Japanese parts maker Calsonic Kansei.
By Jim Irwin • Oct. 25, 2019 -
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Continental, 3M Collaborate to Address Road Infrastructure
The partners intend to share their findings and recommendations with departments of transportation to deploy the best future infrastructure, as well as optimize the companies’ products.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 14, 2019 -
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Bosch Taps CATL for 48V Cell Technology
For Bosch the deal ensures a steady stream of technology to the 48V programs it has with automakers around the world.
By James M. Amend • Sept. 6, 2019 -
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Bosch AI-Camera Sharper Than Human Eye
The new camera, which will appear on a vehicle from an unnamed auto-maker this year, detects objects and their relevance better than the human eye, the supplier says.
By James M. Amend • Sept. 3, 2019 -
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Why OEM-Supplier Relationships Need to Evolve
Navigating supplier relationships is hard, and that complexity will only increase. But the opportunity is there for OEMs to recognize suppliers’ value, create a firm foundation and improve relationships in a meaningful, profitable way.
By Daron Gifford • Aug. 21, 2019 -
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Magna Opens New Factory for Advanced Tech
The new facility allows the company to accelerate large-scale deployment of advanced driver-assistance systems, advanced robotics and micro-LED lighting.
By Drew Winter • Aug. 15, 2019 -
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Supplier IAC Expects to Weather Brexit Storm
Luxembourg-based International Automotive Components has said it will expand its Elmdon facility near its longtime customer Jaguar Land Rover in the West Midlands of the U.K.
By Paul Myles • Aug. 15, 2019
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