Supply Chain
Caterpillar ends plans for vocational trucks
Production will not start in Texas as planned.
Category: Supply Chain
Suppliers, sourcing, logistics, capacity, and industrial resilience.
Supply Chain
Wet-scrub versus dry-scrub painting systems
MPW Industrial Services experts discuss labor-intensive dry-scrub paint removal systems and wet-scrub options that require less manpower but generate more waste.
Supply Chain
GM to pay out $595 million to ignition switch victims
More than 90% of claims rejected by compensation fund.
Supply Chain
GM/Isuzu to invest $82 million to expand diesel engine production in Ohio
DMAX Ltd. expanded at the beginning of 2015, to grow again.
Supply Chain
Ford decision to build trucks in Ohio predates Trump shame tactics
Automaker still plans to invest billions in Mexico, despite moving medium duty trucks.
Supply Chain
Infrared ovens can cut heat treatment costs
Cooper Standard turned to Intek for modular heating systems in its Rockford, Tennessee plant.
Supply Chain
Minority sourcing
As automakers have successfully increased the amount of work being done by minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses, standards for sourcing inclusion are on the rise.
Supply Chain
MPIF member profile: Cloyes Gear & Products
Smaller, faster engines need to be quiet, forcing the development of new timing-chain technologies.
Supply Chain
NFPA member profile: HAWE Hydraulics
Emissions rules and electrification trends in commercial vehicles fuel innovation in hydraulics.
Supply Chain
Silly is good
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Supply Chain
Managing global supply chains
Supply networks are getting more global, putting added pressure on manufacturers to track where parts are coming from and where finished products are going.