Automotive Design & Production

Trade magazine from Gardner Publications covers the automotive design and manufacturing industry with feature articles, news, editorial columns, and product reviews.

Tires of the future? If automotive tire upstart Amerityre can perfect its polyurethane tires, we may soon have to revise the phrase "where the rubber
Rubber tires' many inherent weaknesses--tread separation, dry rot and a complicated and time-consuming production process--all argue for the development ...

Riding the steel roller coaster: rapid growth in China and a long-term trend of removing under-productive capacity in developed nations, has put steel
Suzuki scraps plans to boost production by 13,000 units ... Nissan announces plans to suspend production of some vehicles in 2004; may institute similar ...

Interesting steel developments
Cracking was a major problem facing Trim Trends, Inc. (Farmington Hills, MI) as it developed a high-strength steel (tensile strength: 1200 N/[mm.sup.2]) ...

What you need to know about supply chain management: while there are the occasional horror stories about botched SCM implementations, if you have a good
"I wish we could ship a company a CD and that company would suddenly become an efficient supply chain leader," sighs Karin Bursa, marketing ...

Optimizer or pragmatist? One theory focuses on value to the corporation. The other focuses on value to the customer. Any guess which is the real long-term
It strikes me that the auto industry at this point in time is split between optimizers and pragmatists. Both are on the same trip, but will find themselves ...

Plastic tensioners for the Cayenne
The timing change tensioner for the Porsche Cayenne is actually a plastic assembly, not metal as is often the case. Specifically, the component, produced ...

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