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Continental Structural Plastics

What’s One of the Automotive Industry’s Best Kept Secrets?

It’s the Michigan-based Continental Structural Plastics Inc., reports Dan Harvey, about this innovative and adaptive composites manufacturer. Expect to see a higher profile for this ever-evolving enterprise.
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Prime Research

Automotive
New Trends Revving Up Automotive Industry

Dozens of the world’s top automotive reporters and analysts recently came together to discuss the most relevant and quickly developing trends in the automotive industry.
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North American Stamping Group (NASG)

Automotive
How Do You Overcome the Recession Especially When Focused on Automotive?

Pluck supplants good luck. Look at North American Stamping Group: This resilient enterprise – which has endured for more than 40 years – is more nervy than nervous, reports Dan Harvey.
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Kentucky: The New Auto Industry Hub?

Automotive
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

2012 – a banner year for Kentucky’s thriving automotive industry. The state’s auto manufacturers produced more than one million vehicles (the best output since 2007, since the economic downturn).

With more than 1,025,000 light vehicles produced, Kentucky ranks fourth in the nation for total light vehicle production, up from fifth in 2011. Kentucky produced more than 477,000 cars, ranking third and fourth for light trucks with more than 548,000.
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More Articles from the Automotive Industry

The Indiana-headquartered company realizes the world is in constant motion. But transportation needs differ from sector-to-sector. As such, Supreme offers a versatile range of specialized vehicles that keep clients up-and-running and rolling in the right direction, Dan Harvey reports. Trucks, van bodies, buses, and armored vehicles – all customizable – are what this innovative company purveys.
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It’s the Michigan-based Continental Structural Plastics Inc., reports Dan Harvey, about this innovative and adaptive composites manufacturer. Expect to see a higher profile for this ever-evolving enterprise.
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HP Pelzer

Acoustically Sound
Volume 16, Issue 2

HP Pelzer engages in the most advanced – and sound - technologic and business practices. Vertical acoustic system integration is a specialty. In North America, the HP Pelzer Automotive Systems subdivision personifies that methodology, reports Dan Harvey.
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For Pematec Triangel, a leading, Brazilian maker of automotive parts, it’s an Amazonian plant that has paved the way to a sustainable, profitable future.
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Grupo Gestamp

The Stamp of Success
Volume 15, Issue 4

Grupo Gestamp is an international group dedicated to the development and production of stamped metal components for the automotive industry. Its global success puts the company among the world industry leaders and in pole position in Brazil. Director of Human Resources and Brazilian institutional issues, Washington Oliveira, explains to Reuben Ford how, in a fast-moving market, innovation and expertise have fuelled Gestamp’s accelerated growth.
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Ohio-headquartered Horton Emergency Vehicles transformed the ambulance concept. Its ambulances are the safest and most innovative. EMS providers and patients are ensured the healthiest transport in the most critical situations, reports Dan Harvey.
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DRL

Road Trip
Volume 15, Issue 4

Take a trip on a DRL Group coach, across Newfoundland and beyond, and then extend your journey as you learn the myriad businesses and interests, including fisheries, mining and toxic waste cleanup, that have enabled this company to expand its legacy. Lorie Greenspan reports.
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Ryobi Die Casting (USA) Inc. is a tier one supplier to the automotive industry of high-pressure aluminum die casting used for transmission cases and housings, cylinder blocks and subframes, as well as other specialty casted components. David Soyka reports on how this Japanese-owned, American-based company is at the forefront of die casting capabilities for a unique market niche.
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Eberspaecher North America’s portfolio indicates a tireless effort to advance the auto industry’s present and future. Forget about the past: Eberspaecher’s increasingly important role as a supplier of next-generation exhaust systems represents good news for its state (Michigan) and its region (North America).
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As its name implies, ACTIVE Exhaust Corporation manufactures complete vehicle exhaust solutions. This high-tier enterprise is on the forefront in the off-road vehicle sector. Since its inception, ACTIVE has revolutionized the industry by bringing knowledge and innovation throughout all of its product lines. Now with Tier IV final emission regulations coming into effect, leading global equipment manufacturers rely on ACTIVE to come up with cost-effective solutions.
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