Custom Manufacturing by Listening
Mark McClanahan looked at the growing automotive industry in Alabama and saw a window of opportunity. And a door. And a hood. A...
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.
What's New
Kia Corp. July sales up 8.7% year over year
Kia Corp. sold 241,399 units in July globally, up 8.7% year over year. Outside of Korea, sales rose 10.4% from a year earlier, selling...
Firestone Industrial Products breaks ground on expansion
Firestone Industrial Products LLC is investing $50 million in the company’s 250-job expansion in Williamsburg, Kentucky, that will increase production of automotive air springs...
Kaiser Aluminum moves its corporate headquarters to Tennessee
Kaiser Aluminum will relocate its corporate headquarters from California to Tennessee. It will invest approximately $3 million and create 80 jobs as it transitions...
General Motors introduces new Super Cruise to six models
General Motors introduces its new Super Cruise capabilities on six model 2022 vehicles. Super Cruise is the industry’s first true hands-free driver-assistance technology allowing...
Volvo Cars sales volume rebounds 41% over first half of 2020
Volvo Cars sales volumes for the first half of 2021 is 41% higher than the same period in 2020 and up 12% over the...