Exploring the: Automotive Production Zone
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- Is It Too Late?
- If it weren't for the fact that the government reported more than 500,000 people had been sacked by their employers during the month of October, Detroit would have collapsed-a CNN/Opinion Research poll said more than 60% of Americans opposed a "bail...
Columns Published: 1/1/2009
- Idle Worship
- Blue Heat auxiliary heaters from Webasto.
Columns Published: 8/1/2004
- Aston Martin Ups the Ante
- “It’s all very well having an exclusive brand, but we need to be more visible and we need to be profitable, which means making an average of 5,000 cars per year,” says Aston Martin CEO, Dr.
Columns Published: 6/1/2004
- The Real Deal
- The consequences of ignoring the message of Holweg and Pil will be more devastating than ignoring that of Womack, Jones and Roos.
Columns Published: 5/30/2004
- The Smart Way of Building Cars
- The Smart brand means little to most people in North America unless they have a particular interest in vehicles that are rolling around in Europe but which are unavailable in the North American market.
Columns Published: 4/1/2004
- Taking Soft-Touch to New Heights
- There's a reason you won't find a photo of any products using "soft-on-soft" overmolding technology in this story. It's not that polymer maker Kraton Polymers (Houston, TX.), compounder AlphaGary (Leominster, MA), or even injection molder Slatebond ...
Columns Published: 11/1/2002
- The Next Big Thing: Wi-Fi
- Wireless connectivity for personal computers is exploding. More than 300,000 PCs are now being added every month to wireless local area networks (WLANs). It is only a matter of time before Wi-Fi ("Wireless Fidelity") sweeps through vehicles, as well...
Columns Published: 9/1/2002
- Vauxhall Ups Its Flexibility in Ellesmere Port
- For all its long history–it celebrates its centenary next year–it is all too easy to dismiss Vauxhall as a bit player in the General Motors empire. The brand is, after all, only to be found in the UK–even the right-hand cars bound for the Republic o...
Columns Published: 9/1/2002
- Cooking Up a Better Approach to Development & Quality
- some people in the industry have high hopes that APQP and PPAP (don't they both have an arcane sound to them?) will help fix two of the industry's thorniest problems: Less-than-stellar quality and plodding new vehicle rollouts.
Columns Published: 8/1/2002
- VW's Incredible New Phaeton Plant
- From a distance it appears to be like any other modern city center office block: a seemingly glass construction that looks airy and spacious. As you get nearer, though, you notice that it is slightly different, that there's something not quite right...
Columns Published: 8/1/2002