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Auto interiors supplier Dakkota Integrated Systems LLC will build a new plant on Detroit's east side employing 625 people making parts for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' new Jeep assembly plant, now being built.
General Motors Co. won the grand prize in the Plastics for Life Global Parts Competition for a thick polycarbonate light bar for LED styling in headlamps on the 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck. The "sculpted ice" light bar uses a novel light-pipe design that incorporates special multishot thick molding, tooling and processing.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV announced Oct. 22 that it is selling its Magneti Marelli SpA auto components business to Japan's Calsonic Kansei Corp. for 6.2 billion euros ($7.1 billion), creating the seventh-largest independent global auto parts maker.
One more sign that automakers are under pressure from a spate of new industry challenges — their relations with suppliers have worsened.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it will spin off its Magneti Marelli SpA parts business by the end of this year or early next year.
For much of its 25 years of product life, the Dodge Viper also was a testing ground for new materials, especially composites.
According to the just-released Henke survey, which evaluates the purchasing policies of North America's six biggest automakers, suppliers ranked General Motors just behind Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Two of the most relevant statistical series for the plastics industry — and the whole American economy — are the data that measure light vehicle sales and motor vehicle assemblies. They are important indicators of the state of North American manufacturing and the spending behavior of American consumers.
Toyota and Honda top an annual survey of auto suppliers, but GM rises while Nissan falls.
In designing the Pacifica, Chrysler started from scratch and “picked the best material for every part,” officials said. The changes skimmed 250 pounds of weight from the vehicle, and Chrysler also emphasized the its reduced noise, vibration and harshness.
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