Show and tell

Scenes from the 37th annual Automotive News World Congress

Jim Troeger, right, an electronics development engineer at Brose North America, describes how the supplier's hands-free liftgate opener works at the supplier's stand. The device, which enables a vehicle owner to open a liftgate or trunk with a natural kicking motion, is a finalist for the 2013 Automotive News PACE Awards.

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More than 1,000 people attended the 37th annual Automotive News World Congress in Detroit this month. The event included high-level speakers from automakers as well as their dealers and original-equipment suppliers.

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From left, Jason Stein, Automotive News editor; Wilbur Ross, CEO of private-equity firm WL Ross & Co.; Peter Brown, Automotive News publisher and editorial director; and Mark Reuss, General Motors North America president, at the Automotive News World Congress.

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Visteon Corp. CEO Tim Leuliette, left, chats with Peter Brown, Automotive News publisher and editorial director.

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A 2014 Honda Accord plug-in hybrid, one of six vehicles on display in the ballroom during the Automotive News World Congress.

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A. Raymond Tinnerman’s Mike Delfin, left, vice president of business development, and Jim Head, business development director, with a clay model provided by a student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.