2009-5-27 11:52:36PRINT
Foreign Suppliers Now Filling Half of Top 25 Spots
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Based on Automotive News annual survey 2008, 12 of the top 25 ranked by sales are foreign companies, in contrast with a decade ago when U.S based suppliers ruled the North America, 20 of the 25 were American companies. The No. 1 in sales is Canadian supplier Magna International Inc. Delphi Corp comes the second although it has the largest decline of $4.23 billion as it sold assets. The following are Johnson Controls, Lear, TRW Automotive, Robert Bosch, Continental, Dana Holding, ThyssenKrupp, Denso Intl., ArvinMeritor, Aisin World, Cummins, Faurecia, Yazaki N.A.??Benteler Automotive, IAC Group, Toyota Boshoku, Visteon and Flex-N-Gate. Although 19 out of the 25 top suppliers had lower sales, two foreign OEM parts suppliers has been pushed into the top 25 by their rising sales: Toyota Boshoku America Corp. of Japan and Benteler Automotive Corp. of Germany.
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