- J.L. French Automotive Castings Files For
IPO.
J.L. French Automotive Castings Inc., which supplies aluminum die-cast components to automotive suppliers and auto makers, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. The company plans to raise as much as $115 million from the sale of Class A common stock in a proposed initial public offering, ......
- Chinese Parts Company To Form Ventures With TRW,
Benteler.
Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Manufacturing Co., China's leading auto parts maker, said it will set up two joint ventures with Germany's Benteler AG and the German unit of TRW Inc. Shanghai Huizhong, owned by Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Industrial Holdings and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., hopes to improve its competitiveness ahead of ......
- Nissan To Sell Niles Parts Stake.
Nissan Motor Co. said that it was selling its stake in an auto-parts maker to a U.S. investment company, in a cost cutting effort. Ripplewood Holdings will buy Nissan's 40 percent share in Tokyo-based Niles Parts Co., both sides said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under a revival ......
- Austrian Firm Sells Stake In Magna Unit Back to
Magna.
VA Stahl AG, Austria's largest steelmaker, sold its 40 percent stake in Magna Automobiltechnik AG, a unit of Canadian auto-parts maker Magna International Inc., back to Magna for 540 million schillings ($41.6 million), Der Standard reported, without identifying its sources. Magna Automobiltechnik, which has sales of 3.5 billion schillings, and ......
- Canadian Auto Part Suppliers.
See Large Gains Auto part shipments in Canada jumped by 12 per cent annually over the past seven years, outpacing U.S. producers, according to the latest Canadian Auto Report from Scotia Economics. "Canadian auto parts suppliers are benefitting from increased outsourcing by automakers," said Carlos Gomes, Scotia Bank Economist and ......
- Canadian Auto Part Suppliers See Large
Gains.
Auto part shipments in Canada jumped by 12 per cent annually over the past seven years, outpacing U.S. producers, according to the latest Canadian Auto Report from Scotia Economics. "Canadian auto parts suppliers are benefitting from increased outsourcing by automakers," saidCarlos Gomes, Scotia Bank Economist and auto industry specialist. "Each ......
- Ford recovery plan includes long-term people investment in short-term business unit
KEEPING EMPLOYEES ENGAGED is a challenge for most managers. But for the executives at Automotive Components Holdings, a temporary business that was created solely to sell off its 17 unprofitable plants, it's critical.