SMYRNA, TN—Topre America will invest $53.3 million to build a new assembly plant here, expanding its current operations based inside Nissan’s car factory. This expansion will allow the automotive parts manufacturer to increase production efficiency and create 100 new jobs.
DETROIT—Civil settlements recently have exceeded $260 million in a sprawling Detroit lawsuit alleging more than a decade of price-fixing in the automotive supply chain.
LEBANON, OH—Auto parts supplier Advics Manufacturing Ohio Inc. plans to invest $100 million to expand its assembly plant here and add new equipment. The company, which makes brake components, expects to add approximately 100 new jobs during the next two years.
Automotive OEMs and Tier 1s are increasingly separating specific assembly processes from the main production line as part of their lean manufacturing model.
ACWORTH, GA—Automotive supplier Inalfa Roof Systems will add 300 jobs over the next four years, just a year after opening its $17.1 million assembly plant.
DETROIT—Rebounding car sales should be good news for everyone. But fast growth in the automotive industry is creating an enormous set of new pressures on the consummate players behind the scenes: parts makers.
ORLANDO, FL—Auto parts supplier VOXX International Corp. will invest $16.5 million to expand its assembly plant and headquarters in here. The project will create 134 new jobs and retain 173 existing jobs.
CLEVELAND, MS—Pro-union workers at Faurecia’s automotive seating assembly plant here are planning to march today to protest what they say are low wages and poor working conditions at the facility.
