Freightliner Custom Chassis Expands
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. is expanding its operations in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The more than $13.9 million investment was announced in late 2019...
Partnership between dlhBOWLES and RAPA leads to automotive camera and sensor cleaning technology
Two companies, dlhBOWLES and RAPA, have developed a new innovative technology for advanced driving systems (ADS) and autonomous vehicles (AV). Cler™ is a camera...
Supplier Profile: Southeastern Tool & Design
In the spacious assembly area at Southeastern Tool & Design on the outskirts of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, two workers are placing cartridges in a...
Staffing agency NAOS strives for the right fit
Jesse Vance became an entrepreneur in 1994 because he wanted to spend more time with his wife, Nancy, and the couple’s three young sons....
Supplier Profile: A True Learner’s Permit
The dated image of the coffee-fetching, errand-running college intern has been changing for years, but at ZF Chassis Systems in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that stereotype...
Chasing Excellence
In the competitive world of the automotive industry, the team at WKW (Walter Klein Wuppertal) Erbsloeh doesn’t bat an eye at their rivals. The...
Persistence leads to success at Morrison Industries
Growing up, Morrison Industries’ CEO Jacob Wilson spent most summer days and school-year Saturdays working with his father, Ron Wilson, who bought a family-owned...
Systems Electro Coating: A proud Mississippi supplier
The business of Mississippi automotive supplier Systems Electro Coating is making sure that the metal parts that go into cars don’t rust. But that...
Family Affair
It happened nearly 100 years ago.
That is when August Pausch, a technician, and Hans Rausch, a businessman, in 1920 founded a small manufacturing firm...
Quality Still Comes First at RMF
A company that plated parts for textile looms was a perfect fit for South Carolina in 1961, so it was no surprise that Roy...
What's New
TRB Lightweight Structures manufactures prepreg material to streamline production
TRB Lightweight Structures has begun manufacturing its own prepreg material to improve cost and lead times for its composite parts. To date, the company...
Engineered Plastic Components invests in second plant in Alabama
Engineered Plastic Components is investing $8.05 million in a 125,000-square-foot facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The thermoplastics and thermoset products manufacturer produces automotive instrument panels,...
Volkswagen Atlas garners kudos as a family vehicle
Volkswagen’s Atlas SUV has earned some praise for its family-centric focus in early 2021. Most recently, it made Parents magazine’s Best Family Cars list...
General Motor sales up 4% in Q1
General Motors Co. has sold 642,250 vehicles in the United States in the first quarter of 2021, with retail deliveries up 19% and fleet...
Toyota reports 2021 Q1 sales up 21.6% over last year
Toyota Motor North America reported first quarter 2021 U.S. sales of 603,066 vehicles, a 21.6% increase on a volume basis and 24.9% increase on...