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Chrysler: No minority buying, no bids


May 6, 2013 9:22 pm ET

DETROIT -- Chrysler Group is serious about spending more with minority-owned suppliers and has penalized four Tier 1s that aren't following its lead.

LG to launch lithium-ion battery cell production at Mich. plant


May 6, 2013 1:41 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — LG Chem Ltd. will launch lithium-ion battery cell production for the auto industry in July at its new plant in Holland, Mich.

Flex-N-Gate workers in Texas vote to join UAW


May 3, 2013 12:38 pm ET

DETROIT -- Hourly workers at a Flex-N-Gate plant in Arlington, Texas, voted to join the UAW on Wednesday.

Continental Structural Plastics adds molding plant in France


May 1, 2013 4:46 pm ET

TROY, MICH. — Continental Structural Plastics is expanding its footprint in Europe with the acquisition of a facility and equipment for both thermoplastic and thermoset molding that will give it its first manufacturing there.

Automotive connector supplier expanding Kentucky molding plant


April 29, 2013 11:55 am ET

ROCHESTER, MICH. — Auto supplier A. Raymond Tinnerman Automotive Inc. has added injection molding to its Flemingsburg, Ky., plant as part of a $1.96 million expansion there.

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Stronach aims to reshape Austria's politics


April 29, 2013 11:13 am ET

AURORA, ONTARIO -- White-haired, tanned and vigorous at 80, Frank Stronach clearly has zero interest in retiring after building North America's biggest auto parts company. Act II for the immigrant billionaire who built Magna International out of a...

Magna opens German molding plant for auto exterior parts


April 25, 2013 12:59 pm ET

MEERANE, GERMANY — Magna International Inc. has opened an injection molding plant in Meerane that will make exterior plastic parts for Volkswagen.

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Chrysler brings weight savings inside


April 24, 2013 4:05 pm ET

DETROIT — When Chrysler Group LLC designed the interior of its revamped Dodge Dart, it was out to prove its status as a reborn carmaker, with a new emphasis on quality and craftsmanship. The interior did just that.

Industry working on composite challenges


April 24, 2013 3:55 pm ET

DETROIT — The math in favor of using more composites in future North American autos is easy to calculate, but there are still challenges the industry must overcome to make them feasible for high-production vehicles.

Austrian molder adds Ferromatik Milacron machines


April 23, 2013 11:41 am ET

RANKWEIL, AUSTRIA — Austrian injection molder Hirschmann Automotive GmbH has installed four new Ferromatik Milacron, part of an order of 13 Electra machines ranking from 1,100 to 1,550 metric tons of clamping force.

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