Overview Of:
Automotive Supply Side
This zone covers the products—from spark plugs to transmissions—developed by automotive suppliers.
Gary S. Vasilash
Schaeffler Group makes products ranging from bearings to differentials. Here’s a look at some of its recent developments.
By rethinking designs and working toward more efficient solutions, seats will be major contributors to vehicle downsizing and lightweighting.
Center console made with a resin from Styron Automotive for the Audi Q3.
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Gary S. Vasilash
BASF is addressing everything from the engine to seats with its polymer tech.
Gary S. Vasilash
Regulations are driving vehicle manufacturers to find the ways and means to reduce fuel consumption. And German-based supplier KSPG has some things that can help.
Toyota Makes Engine Investments
Gary S. Vasilash
Toyota is investing, to quote Dick Cheney, “big time” in engine production in the U.S.
Honda: Seeing Too Far?
Gary S. Vasilash
Theodore Levitt, in 1960, published a paper in the Harvard Business Review titled “Marketing Myopia.” Fundamental to the piece is the question, “What market are you in?” One of the famous examples he used is the railroad industry, which was in decline at that time as a mode of personal transportation, as people were taking other alternatives.
Making More Altimas in Smyrna
Gary S. Vasilash
The Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, opened in June, 1983.
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