DETROIT -- John Henke, CEO of Planning Perspectives Inc. in suburban Detroit, says North America's six major automakers made zero progress improving relations with suppliers over the past year.
NEW ORLEANS — The Society of Plastics Engineers' Plastics Environmental Division recognized seven companies with 2013 Environmental Stewardship Awards, honoring them for their work improving the environment.
DETROIT — When General Motors CEO Dan Akerson vowed earlier this month to cut the weight of new models 15 percent by the 2016 model year, he put his engineers on a rigorous schedule.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy soon will launch a campaign to promote hydrogen cars, embracing a technology that was favored by the administration of President George W. Bush but initially shunned under Barack Obama.
MENDON, MICH. -- International Automotive Components Group will invest $5.1 million to expand its Mendon, Mich., facility to keep up with new business orders.
CHICAGO -- As Boeing Co. and federal regulators wrestle with the safety issues plaguing the launch of the Dreamliner 787 and its lithium-ion batteries, there are parallels with the experience of the auto industry but far more differences -- due largely to the divergent approaches of government safety regulators.
In the struggle to reshape itself, the North American auto industry cut its workforce by 51 percent between 2000 and 2012. And now as it rebuilds its production, industry forecasters expect that the auto base will need to add 140,000 positions...
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