Suppliers: Page 42

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    Continental Battery Pack Boasts Modular Design

    Continental’s system features a unique modular design aimed at alleviating packaging concerns for hybrid-electric vehicle producers.

    By Byron Pope • Aug. 30, 2007
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    Better Education Needed on Voice Recognition, Supplier Says

    Nuance contends industry and public education will become even more important as speech technology migrates from the luxury sector to mass-market vehicles.

    By • Aug. 3, 2007
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    Automotive Manufacturing

    Production strategies are changing rapidly as tariffs and shifts in consumer buying patterns affect the industry.

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    Bosch Opens Michigan Tech Center

    Robert Bosch LLC dedicates its new $37.5 million technical center in Plymouth Township, MI, devoted to research and development of starters, generators, electric drives and body electronics, including airbag controllers and driver assistance technologies.

    By Tom Murphy • Aug. 1, 2007
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    Siemens VDO Acquisition Makes Continental Top 5 Player

    Continental says about €19.1 billion of total revenue is tied to the original equipment automotive sector, ranking the merged company No.5 on the list of global automotive suppliers.

    By David E. Zoia • July 25, 2007
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    Strategic Sourcing

    The auto parts supply chain in North America is changing like never before as domestic auto makers attempt to source more parts overseas and the foreign transplants seek more parts within the region.

    By Tom Murphy • July 1, 2007
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    Bosch Opens Plymouth Tech Center

    Some 450 staffers occupy the new building, having moved from rented office space near Bosch’s North American headquarters in Farmington Hills, MI.

    By Tom Murphy • June 29, 2007
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    Panel Debates Time to Call In Suppliers

    The optimum time for bringing suppliers into the product development process remains a subject of debate between suppliers and OEMs.

    By Tom Murphy • June 14, 2007
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    Continental Consolidating Detroit Operations This Summer

    By mid-summer, the supplier plans to move 140 employees from the former Motorola automotive electronics facility in Farmington Hills to Continental’s Auburn Hills headquarters.

    By Tom Murphy • June 8, 2007
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    OEM Trust, Collaboration Key to Supplier Success

    The continued globalization of the auto industry, including the troubled supplier sector, will necessitate vast operational changes for both suppliers and OEMs.

    By Mike Sutton • June 8, 2007
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    Magna Loses Out on X3 Sourcing

    BMW may migrate the X3 to the Z4 platform in order to accommodate production at the Spartanburg plant.

    By Ward's Staff From Wires • May 15, 2007
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    How’s Your Inventory Grow?

    The parts supply chain has become very efficient. Higher order fill rate from manufacturers and (for many dealers) the ability to place daily stock orders have minimized the need for a lot of safety stock dealers must carry.

    By GARY J. NAPLES • May 1, 2007
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    Suppliers Have U.S. Ambitions

    France is the leader in diesel-engine consumption and production, so it is no surprise to find suppliers of diesel components there.

    By William Diem • April 1, 2007
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    Strategy Down Under

    Germany's ZF Group's new axle assembly plant in Edinburgh Parks, Australia - a suburb of Adelaide - demonstrates precisely how global the automotive supply chain has become.

    By Tom Murphy • April 1, 2007
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    Magna Attacking Vehicle Blindspots

    Magna plans to ramp up delivery of its camera-based rear-vision system as part of an overall mission to eliminate a driver’s blindspots.

    By Tom Murphy • Feb. 23, 2007
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    Survey Finds India Top Supplier Target

    Suppliers seek greater presence in India and are less concerned about declining volumes in the U.S. and Europe, according to a survey of 130 executives.

    By William Diem • Jan. 29, 2007
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    Profiting Globally

    Despite a wave of bankruptcies, downsizing and debt refinancing, auto suppliers globally have increased their profitability in recent years, and about 50 suppliers are significantly outperforming the market in revenue growth and profitability, a new study finds.

    By Tom Murphy • Jan. 1, 2007
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    Magna Steyr’s Growing Strength as Car Maker

    This high-functioning top-tier supplier continues to prove, year after year, that world-class production is not the sole domain of auto makers.

    By Alisa Priddle • Dec. 27, 2006
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    Magna Phases Out E-Class 4MATIC

    About 190,800 of the cars were manufactured since the first E-Class was introduced at the Graz plant in 1996.

    By Peter Homola • Dec. 15, 2006
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    MOST Protocol Gaining Ground

    MOST is headed this way.The Media Oriented Systems Transport networking protocol, which has worked its way into mostly high-end European cars over the last five years, is gaining traction in Asia and eventually could see wider use in North America, a key supplier says.

    By David E. Zoia • Nov. 1, 2006
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    Solectron Pitches Outsourcing to Auto Electronics Suppliers

    Solectron says it is talking to a number of suppliers, though it won't confirm Delphi is one of them, about taking over certain electronics manufacturing operations.

    By David E. Zoia • Oct. 16, 2006
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    ASC to Partner With French Open-Air Roof Supplier

    ASC is strong in North America with sunroofs and soft tops. Henri Heuliez Group is strong in Europe with retractable hardtops.

    By William Diem • Oct. 6, 2006
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    Rough Road Ahead

    As the Management Briefing Seminars drew to a close recently in Traverse City, MI, an auto executive turns to students from Detroit's Focus: HOPE who are collecting questions from the crowd. After listening to all this, do you still want to join our industry? asks Frank Olivetto, vice president-sales for Advics of North America Inc., a brake component supplier. Olivetto describes to students how much

    By William Diem • Sept. 1, 2006
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    Andersson Silent on American Axle Interest in Delphi Operations

    GM's purchasing chief also questions on whether GM might shift work from Delphi to other suppliers due to cost reasons or the threat of a labor strike.

    By • Aug. 10, 2006
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    Freudenberg-NOK Says Back on Track After Earlier Stumbles

    The sealing supplier says it has solved problems leading to slow production launches at its Santa Ana, CA, plant that was costing it business.

    By William Diem • Aug. 10, 2006
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    Magna Vehicle Assembly Plant in U.S. Delayed

    In Asia, Magna Steyr is considering a flexible plant like the American "virtual" model that also could be used as a complete-knocked-down facility.

    By William Diem • Aug. 8, 2006