MarkLines Automotive Information Platform

J.D. Power releases 2024 U.S. Seat Quality and Satisfaction Study

d place in the Premium Car category. Premium category winners included:• Audi A5-Lear Corp.• Porsche Cayenne- Forvia Mass Market category winners included:• Kia Forte-Hyundai Transys• Kia K5- Adient• Subaru Forester- NHK Spring Co. Ltd.• Chevrolet Traverse- Bridgewater Industries LLC• Ram 1500-Bridgewater Industries LLC Overall, the headrest remains one of the top problems for a fifth consecutive...

News Updated at: 2024/08/27

Ram 1500 Classic discontinuation brings Bridgewater Interiors layoffs

Ram 1500 Classic discontinuation brings Bridgewater Interiors layoffs As Stellantis discontinues its previous-generation Ram 1500 Classic, Bridgewater Interiors announced in a WARN notice filed August 5 in Michigan that it is planning to lay off 63 employees at its Detroit plant by the end of September. Chris Feuell, CEO of the Ram brand, confirmed that the automaker would be ending production of the half-ton pickup truck on sale since 2009. ...

News Updated at: 2024/08/06

Michelin investing CAD 302.7 million in Nova Scotia plants to produce EV tires

ax credit of CAD 61.3 million from the province of Nova Scotia, as the company shifts toward a market where it expects half of new passenger vehicles to be either hybrid or electric by 2030. Michelin plans to invest CAD 302.7 million in the three plants, including a CAD 140 million expansion of its Bridgewater plant, which will add more than 70 new positions. The planned modernization will allow Michelin to produce more energy-efficient tires, in...

News Updated at: 2023/03/16

Magna tops J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Seat Quality and Satisfaction Study

quinox with 4.2 problems per 100 seats), Luxury Car (BMW Z4 with 4.5 problems), and Luxury SUV (BMW X6 with 3.0 problems. Lear took the top position in two categories: Mass Market Compact Car (Chevrolet Sonic with 2.5 problems) and Mass Market Midsize/Large Car (Chevrolet Impala with 6.6 problems). Bridgewater Interiors also took top position in two categories: Mass Market SUV (Honda Pilot with 7.5 problems) and Mass Market Truck/Van (Ram 1500 wi...

News Updated at: 2020/08/20

Bridgewater Interiors investing USD 15 million to expand in Detroit, Delta Township

Bridgewater Interiors investing USD 15 million to expand in Detroit, Delta Township On July 28, the Michigan Strategic Fund approved an expansion by Bridgewater Interiors, LLC, an automotive seating manufacturing company specializing in just-in-time manufacturing, sequencing and delivery of complete seat systems for various OEMs in the automotive industry. The project is expected to generate a total private investment of approximately USD 15 mil...

News Updated at: 2020/08/01

Michelin to curtail production at Pictou County plant in Canada

light truck tire plant over the next 18 months, between now and June 30, 2015. Approximately 500 employees will continue to work at the Pictou County plant after July 1, 2015. The reduction of tire manufacturing at Michelin Pictou County will not affect Michelin's other two Canadian tire plants in Bridgewater and Waterville, Nova Scotia. In the last eight years, from 2005 to 2013, Michelin invested CAD 587 million in its Nova Scotian manufacturi...

News Updated at: 2014/03/03