PurchasingAlcoa plans to expand Tenn. plant to meet automotive demand 10:04 am U.S. ET | May 2, 2013  Alcoa, the nation's largest aluminum producer, will expand a plant in Tennessee to meet increasing demand for the lightweight metal in cars and trucks.... Read More »
HyundiMobis says it has $530 million lamp order from Chrysler 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 16, 2013 South Korea's Hyundai Mobis said on Tuesday it won a $530 million order to supply automotive lamps to U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC -- its biggest lamp deal ever.... Read More »
U.S. Steel chief: Versatility will keep steel automakers' material of choice 4:16 pm U.S. ET | April 11, 2013 Steel's versatility will ensure that it remains the go-to product for automakers despite the emergence of alternative materials such as aluminum, says United States Steel CEO John Surma.... Read More »
TRW launches camera systems production in U.S. 12:17 pm U.S. ET | April 11, 2013  TRW Automotive Holdings is launching production of automotive camera systems in the United States at a plant in Illinois. Its third generation S-Cam will be available on models from five automakers by the end of the year, the company said.... Read More »
Auto parts price-fixing probe has expandedFeb. 15, 2013 20:10 CET A wide-ranging probe of price fixing in a variety of car parts has expanded to product segments not yet disclosed, a U.S. Department of Justice official said.... Read More »
Auto parts price-fixing probe has expanded, U.S. says 2:10 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 15, 2013  A wide-ranging probe of price fixing in a variety of car parts has expanded to product segments not yet disclosed, a top Department of Justice official said today.... Read More »
2013 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS WORLD CONGRESS More production means more cooperation with suppliers 4:09 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 16, 2013  Rising production in North America has forced automakers to collaborate more closely with their suppliers. And suppliers, in turn, are reaching outside the auto industry to get help.... Read More »
Marchionne pushes to end production bottlenecks 10:59 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  Chrysler Group is pressuring suppliers to the Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee to increase capacity after bottlenecks cost the company 60,000 to 70,000 lost sales globally in 2012, Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said at the show on Monday.... Read More »
GM, PSA to develop small cars, engines, but not larger cars 5:14 am U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012  General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen scrapped plans for a joint mid-size car program, narrowing the scope for vehicle sharing within their alliance while adding engine cooperation. The automakers today said they had signed firm agreements to combine their future small car program as well as co-develop roomier minivans and two sizes of crossovers.... Read More »
GM, PSA discard large car project; agree to develop small engineDec. 20, 2012 11:14 CET  General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen scrapped plans for a joint mid-size car program, narrowing the scope for vehicle sharing within their alliance while adding engine cooperation.... Read More »
GM promotes Grace Lieblein to head of global purchasing, supply chain 10:06 am U.S. ET | Dec. 18, 2012  General Motors has appointed the head of its Brazil operations as the company's global purchasing czar. Grace Lieblein, 52, will oversee GM's $77 billion annual purchasing budget as the company's vice president of global purchasing and supply chain, GM said in a statement today. She will assume the post immediately, reporting to GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky.... Read More »
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS WORLD CONGRESS 4 execs join World Congress panel on purchasing 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 3, 2012 Purchasing executives from Ford, Chrysler Group and two top suppliers will take part in a purchasing panel discussion on Jan. 16, the second day of the 2013 Automotive News World Congress.... Read More »
Q&A: SCOTT KUNSELMAN, CHRYSLER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLIER QUALITY Chrysler purchasing boss: Suppliers should prosper, too 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19, 2012  In April, Scott Kunselman was pulled from his post as head of Chrysler engineering and thrust into the driver's seat of the automaker's $40 billion annual purchasing operation when Dan Knott retired. Two weeks later, Knott, who had won praise for restoring Chrysler's tattered relationships with suppliers, succumbed to cancer. Kunselman, 49, says he wants to continue Knott's progress.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER Son, you can’t escape the car biz 4:55 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 16, 2012  I was surprised when my son called last night to announce his company had become an automotive supplier -- and a Tier 1 at that. Yes, Wood Finisher’s Depot of Baytown, Texas, with 11 employees, is now in the car biz.... Read More »
Ford, GM agree on $6.5 million rescue deal for Australian supplier 8:12 am U.S. ET | Nov. 6, 2012 Top Australian auto parts supplier Autodom was thrown a lifeline today when local units of Ford Motor and General Motors agreed to underwrite the company's $6.5 million debt to avoid a crippling vehicle production shutdown.... Read More »
Japan's Tokai Rika pleads guilty in supplier price-fixing investigation 12:33 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 30, 2012 Japan's Tokai Rika becomes the 9th company to plead guilty in a Department of Justice crackdown on auto supplier price fixing -- and the first to be accused of actively destroying evidence once the federal investigation began.... Read More »
GM, PSA will co-develop four vehicle projectsOct. 24, 2012 08:48 CET  General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will co-develop four vehicle projects as part of their alliance, the companies said in a statement today.... Read More »
GM says it's progressing on details of Peugeot alliance 6:07 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 21, 2012  GM is making headway on implementing its alliance with PSA Peugeot Citroen, CEO Dan Akerson said in an interview. "There is progress," Akerson said Sunday in Sao Paulo, ahead of this week's auto show here.... Read More »
DuPont opens automotive Innovation Center near Detroit 2:49 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 19, 2012  Supplier DuPont has opened an r&d operation in suburban Detroit aimed at boosting collaboration between its automotive customers and its 9,500 researchers around the world.... Read More »
GM names interim purchasing chief 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012 General Motors has named Kim Brycz, a veteran purchasing executive, as interim purchasing chief while the company seeks a permanent replacement for Bob Socia, who became president of GM China Oct. 1.... Read More »
Toyota supplier Tokai Rika's stock falls almost 10% following recallOct. 12, 2012 06:01 CET  Shares in Toyota supplier Tokai Rika fell nearly 10 percent in Japan following disclosures that it made parts involved in the automaker's global recall this week of 7.43 million vehicles for defective power-window switches.... Read More »
Toyota supplier Tokai Rika's stock falls almost 10% following recall 10:23 am U.S. ET | Oct. 11, 2012  Shares in Toyota supplier Tokai Rika fell nearly 10 percent in Japan following disclosures that it made parts involved in the automaker's global recall this week of 7.43 million vehicles for defective power-window switches.... Read More »
Supply chain grapples with 'conflict minerals' regulations 1:35 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 24, 2012  Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and eight surrounding African countries has created a new layer of regulations for the U.S. auto industry regarding the use of certain raw materials from Africa. While the industry's exposure to minerals from these mines is limited, adhering to the new regulations requires extensive research, collaboration and dollars, industry experts say.... Read More »
GM purchasing boss Bob Socia to lead China operations 9:35 am U.S. ET | Sept. 12, 2012  General Motors has appointed global purchasing chief Bob Socia as president of GM China, succeeding the retiring Kevin Wale, effective Oct. 1. Wale became president of GM China in 2005, growing sales from 560,000 units that year to 2.5 million in 2011 -- making China GM's largest market.... Read More »
GM purchasing chief Socia to succeed Wale as China bossSept. 12, 2012 15:35 CET  GM has appointed global purchasing chief Bob Socia as president of GM China, succeeding the retiring Kevin Wale, effective Oct. 1. Wale became president of GM China in 2005, growing sales from 560,000 units that year to 2.5 million in 2011 -- making China GM's largest market.... Read More »
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