MakeTime Helps Companies Shave Time While Procuring Machined Parts
Lexington, Kentucky is known as the “Horse Capital of the World, ” where multimillion dollar thoroughbreds graze on well-manicured rolling hills. Companies...
Gist Leads Tennessee Company to Success Despite Turbulent Times
It took only one visit to an auto manufacturing giant’s Detroit, Michigan, plant for Andre Gist to know he had a future...
South Carolina Hitts on All Cylinders
Perhaps more than any Southeastern state, South Carolina has leveraged its success in the auto industry. From his days in public relations at...
Erik Fields’ Journey South Leads to Early Career Successes
For Erik Fields, the internal combustion engine and everything else beneath the hood or chassis of a vehicle have been a source of...
Stateside: Tennessee
Training the Automotive Workforce of Tomorrow Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has established automotive manufacturing and the educational requirements necessary to grow the industry as...
Stateside: Georgia
As an executive vice president of a Tier 1 supplier, I used to lead strategic planning sessions where we did our best to...
Emergent Mexico and the Solid (U.S.) South
The U.S. South has developed into a stronghold of automotive manufacturing in the last two decades, but the investment in new assembly plants...
Driverless Cars Ahead
A man named David summons a car to his mountaintop home, and shortly afterward a driverless car — a BMW — pulls into his...
Game Gear Goes to Work
Companies hope virtual reality training can help attract younger workers and prep them for the automotive workforce.
Where Do They Go?
Hardly a working moment goes by that a sparkling new vehicle doesn’t roll off an automotive assembly line somewhere in the Southeast. But where...
What's New
2021 Nissan Rogue: More than just a new model
The 2021 Nissan Rogue is breaking ground by using a closed-loop recycling system for aluminum parts.
The recycling system will help reduce CO2 emissions over...
Valeo North America selects Alabama for new facility
Automotive supplier Valeo North America is investing $5 million in a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, creating 70 jobs. This facility joins Valeo North America’s...
2021 Honda Ridgeline arriving at dealerships next week
The 2021 Honda Ridgeline, made in Alabama, will arrive at dealerships early next week. Redesigned to underscore its versatile capabilities, the pickup truck comes...
Volkswagen shares how polymers make vehicles lighter
Plastic is essential to the design and production of vehicles, making them lighter and more fuel-efficient. Scientists and specialists at Volkswagen of America’s polymer...
Hitachi Automotive to make electric motors in Kentucky
Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems America Inc. is establishing a new, 200-job operation in Berea, Kentucky, to manufacture motors for electric vehicles.
A new Hitachi...