Ford CEO says rare earth supply is still ‘day to day’ after plant halt On June 13, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company is struggling with supplies of rare earth magnets that are essential to car production and already forced a shutdown of production of its Explorer SUV at its Chicago plant for a week in May. Farley said that the supply of the critical components has been trickling out of China since instituting a new approval process for exp...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/14

Ford Taurus built in Chicago, Illinois, ranked fourth. The Chevrolet Volt, built at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, was fifth with 66% domestic-parts content, including batteries. The Honda Pilot, built in Lincoln, Alabama was sixth and the Acura MDX, built in East Liberty, Ohio, was seventh. Ford’s Explorer, built in Chicago, Illinois, was eighth and its F-150, built at both the Kansas City, Missouri, and Dearborn, Michigan assembly plants, was i...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/13

China issues rare earth licenses to Detroit 3 suppliers China has granted temporary export licenses to rare-earth suppliers of the Detroit 3 automakers, according to sources familiar with the matter. Suppliers to General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis got clearance for some rare earth export licenses on June 2, one of the two sources said. At least some of the licenses are valid for six months, the sources said.  GM and Ford have not commented, bu...

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Ford Motor Canada, Oakville Assembly Plant Ford SUV Edge/Endura (for Australia) (2006-2024), Flex (2008-2019); Lincoln SUV MKX (-2018), SUV Nautilus (2018-2023), MKT (2009-2019) Ford F-Series Super Duty (2026-planning), Ford Explorer EV (2027-planning), Lincoln Corsair E (2027-planning), Lincoln Aviator EV (2027-planning), Batteries (2027-planning) Crossover vehicle assembly plant - Investment announced since 2013: CAD 2.5 billion - Employees as...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/11

ed in January 2020, with the facility starting operation in September last year. The extra capacity is required to support increased demand for current and future electrified vehicle production. On April 21, Ford announced downtime extensions in North America and Europe, including the Chicago (Ford Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator), Flat Rock (Mustang) and Kansas City (F-150 and Transit van) assembly plants which will now ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/06

stems. GMS has a global presence with about 8,000 employees working in 16 production facilities in North and South America, 13 factories in Europe and 5 factories in Asia. In 2006 GMS had annual revenues of $855 million. GMS is a long term supplier to blue chip customers like Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, GM, Renault, Nissan, VW, BMW, Peugeot, Lear Corporation, Caterpillar and Scania. The merged Kongsberg Automotive will have revenues o...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/06/06

nd the Thai subsidiary of NHK Spring Co., Ltd., have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to produce automotive headliners in Thailand. The new company, called NHK Antolin Thailand Co. LTD., will be located in Bangkok and produce components for the main car manufacturers in the country: Ford, Nissan, Honda, GM, Isuzu and Mitsubishi. It will employ almost 100 people and is expected to generate a turnover of 23 million euros in 2014. Gr...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/06/05

ffsetting the cost of the Trump import tariffs with its "A Plan" discount program, typically reserved for employees. Ford led all other OEMs in May with a 16.3% increase to 220,959 vehicles across all powertrains, the company’s best May since 2019 and the third straight month of sales gains.  At Ford, sales of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles, which represented 87% of sales, grew 17% in May compared to a year ago. Hybrids were up 29%, though E...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/04

and has a workforce totaling 600 at the Ahmednagar and Pune locations. KOEL's plain bearing lineup comprises engine bearings, bushings and thrust washers chiefly for light and heavy-duty automotive applications. Customers include Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, as well as Hyundai, Ford, and Honda. In addition, KSPG is already manufacturing emission-control components and pumps for the Indian automotive industry at an own facilit...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/06/03

Sollers-Yelabuga OOO, Yelabuga Plant Sollers LCVs: Argo (based on JAC N25/N35) (2022 - 2023), Mini Buses: Atlant (2022-), Argo EV (planning); SF1 (2025-), SF5 (2025-); Aurus: MHV Senat (2021-), MHV SUV Komendant (2022-); Ford Transit (2012-2022), Kuga (2012-2019), S-Max (2012-2019), Galaxy (2012-2019), Ford Explorer (2013-2019), Edge (2014-2019), EV E-Transit (2023-planning is dismissed); Fiat Ducato (2008-2012); 1.6L Duratec Gasoline Engines (...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/02

unched on the stock exchange. 1986 LuK took over AFT in Werdohl. (today called AFT Atlas Fahrzengtechnik) 1987 LuK took over Repco S.A. (today called LuK Africa)LuK took over Laycock in England. (today called LuK UK) 1990 INA's R&D center in Herzogenaurach opened.LuK took over TCM Ltd. in Hereford, England. (today called Hereford Ltd.) 1991 Joint-venture between LuK and Barmag. (the future BarLuK)LuK took over the automotive hydraulics di...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/06/02

5. -The CPV (contents per vehicle) for the top 10 platforms will be around USD 190. -8 out of 10 top platforms include multiple powertrain options (ICE, HEV, and BEV).   Sealing systems Fluid handling systems Ford F-150 〇 〇 Chevrolet Equinox 〇 〇 Chevrolet Silverado 〇 〇 Ford Explorer 〇 〇 Chevrolet Traverse 〇 〇 BMW X1 〇 〇 Chevrolet Equinox EV 〇 〇 Ram 1500 〇 〇 Mustang Mach-E 〇 〇 Mercedes B...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/06/02

e Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG announced that its hands-free liftgate drive received BMW's "Supplier Innovation Award" in the category "highest customer benefit." The drive also won the "Pace Award" of North America's automotive industry. This product will be fitted in 14 different vehicle models of Ford, Mercedes-Benz and BMW by the end of this year. (From a press release on June 21, 2013) Mando-Brose Corporation, which is a 50-50 joint-venture b...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/06/02

ES 2020: Bosch targets leadership in Artificial intelligence Bosch to strengthen strategic collaboration with Ceres Power by increasing its stake Bosch India updates about new products and projects Bosch develops IoT Suite for automotive application Robert Bosch establishes AI utilization red lines Ford, Bosch using virtual reality to train technicians on all-electric Mustang Mach- E Major German automotive companies join “Open Manufacturing Pl...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/29

y in Indonesia BFGoodrich to move its production hub to Thailand in early 2019 Michelin completes acquisition of Camso of Canada Michelin acquires Indonesian tire manufacturer Multistrada  Michelin acquires 88% of Indonesia based Multistrada Michelin to supply Selfseal tires for Ford all-new 2020 Explorer Michelin acquires entire share capital of Masternaut Michelin’s Pilot Sport 4S tires adopted for all-new Lexus RC F Michelin acquires Mast...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/27

, versus the outgoing model. The 2020 F-Series Super Duty trucks begin shipping to dealers by the end of 2019 from the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, Ohio, where they are built. The UAW revealed the proposed tentative agreement between itself and Ford, showing the details of the USD 6 billion investment in Ford’s U.S. facilities. Chicago Assembly Plant: 200 millionDearborn Truck Plant: 700 mi...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/19

ystems (KSS) has received the Henry Ford Technology Award. A joint Ford-KSS team received the award in recognition of the collaboration exhibited during development of the inflatable seat belt. This new technology utilizes the KSS cold gas inflator technology and will debut on the all new 2011 Ford Explorer. (From a press release on September 23, 2010) Key Safety Systems (KSS) announced that its Chinese joint venture Yanfeng KSS (Shanghai) Automo...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/17

up to eventually own all Valeo group interests in foreign affiliates. Established the subsidiaries Valeo Distribution and Societe Holding Valeo do Brasil (Brazil). 1986 Sold interest in SCBP Group and acquired Allevard Industries. 1988 Acquired the car and truck HVAC equipment operations for Ford, Autolatina of Brazil. Acquired Tibbe KG, a West German supplier of steering wheel locking devices. Increased interest in Clausor to 90% 19...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/12

design lighting and lighting for driver assistance systems Lifecycle Solutions Develops and manufactures solutions extending the vehicle lifecycle, special original equipment, spare components, and workshop equipment   -The Company’s four largest customers, consisting of VW, Stellantis, Ford, and Mercedes-Benz, comprised 45.4% of its net sales in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, compared to 46.1% in 2023. The acquisition of He...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/09

s to invest in people by hiring over 100 engineers in the upcoming year. The team located at the new Technical Center will engineer current and future EPS programs, and will support the development of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and autonomous technologies for some OEMs, such as BMW, FCA, Ford, GM and PSA Peugeot Citroen. Currently Nexteer Automotive plants in Poland produce about 1.5 million steering systems annually for OEMs’ models...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/08