Automotive Assembly

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 When watching an operator test an automotive wire harness, one is reminded of old-time photos and TV skits about telephone switchboard operators of the 1950s and 1960s. 

Metal blades are typically used to strip insulation from wire or cable. However, there is an alternative—lasers.

These days, manufacturers of all stripes are taking a closer at their energy consumption as a potential source of cost savings—even manufacturers of the largest, most expensive products in the world.

To the casual observer, large piles of car parts are trash.

 American TV viewers are very familiar with Orange County Choppers (OCC), a custom and production motorcycle manufacturer based in Newburgh, NY.  

Located in the small town of Strakonice, Czech Republic, is CZ a.s., one of the leading suppliers to the automotive industry in Eastern Europe.

When founded in 1925, Hollingsworth Logistics Group (HLG) was one of the world’s first expediters of auto parts.

On Feb. 14, workers at Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN, voted to reject representation by the United Auto Workers.

AUBURN HILLS, MI—BorgWarner will expand its Powertrain Technical Center here. The expansion is expected to be complete in early 2015 and support up to 200 regular full-time jobs.

SPARTANBURG, SC—BMW will invest $1 billion to expand production capacity at its assembly plant here by 50 percent, making it the company’s largest factory in the world. The facility will also add 800 jobs.