Japanese and German Automotive Supplier Investment Directory April 1995
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Japanese and German Automotive Supplier Investment Directory April 1995 Sixth Edition Report: UMTRI-95-11-1 The Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute 2901 Baxter Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 481 09-2150 Phone: 313-764-5592 Fax: 31 3-936-1081 (O 1995 OSAT, UMTRI) ACKNOWLEDGMENT Russell C. Coffell prepared the Japanese Automotive Supplier lnvestment Directory sixth edition as a research assistant with The Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation. Thomas Hager prepared The German Automotive Supplier lnvestment Directory as a research assistant at The Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation, concurrently completing Graduate studies at The University of Passau, Germany. As with all documents of this type, several people were involved in the process. We would like to thank Diana Douglass for her assistance in document preparation and Rose Kronsperger for her assistance, and persistence in editing. Without their patience, and skills, the completion of this report would not have been possible. JAPANESE AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER INVESTMENT DIRECTORY Sixth Edition Table of Contents List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................i ... Introduction .................................... ... ..............................................................................................III ... Plant Index ..................................................................................................................................XIII Section I Parts and Components Manufacturers ............................ .. ..............................................1 Section II Material and Capital Tool Facilities ..................................................................................137 Section Ill New American Manufacturers ........................................................................................ 171 Cross Reference Indices Product lndex Part and Component Facilities ......................................................................................181 Material and Capital Tool Facilities ..............................................................................195 Manufacturer-Supplier Index ....................................................................................... 199 Supplier Index ............................................................................................................... 207 Parent Company lndex Part and Component Facilities ....................................................................................... 215 Material and Capital Tool Facilities ...................................................................................223 Appendix A .Geographical Maps ........................................................................................ 225 United States ...................... .............................................................................................226 Midwest States ......................................................................................................................227 Illinois .................................................................................................................................. 228 Indiana ............................................................................................................................... 229 Kentucky ...............................................................................................................................230 Michigan ............................. .............................................................................................231 Ohio .................... .. .............................................................................................................232 Tennessee .............................................................................................................................233 Appendix B .List of Sources ................................................................................................ 235 List of Figures Figure A - Part and Component Facilities Reported Startups 1984-1994 ............................................................................ix Figure B - Part and Component Facilities Type of Ownership Arrangement .......................................................................ix Figure C - Part... and Component Reported Fac~lltlesper State............................... .... ..............................................................x Figure D - Materials and ...Capital Tool Reported Facllltles per State........................................................................... x Figure E - Part and Component Facilities Adjusted Employment per State...................................................................... xi Figure F - Employment per State All Automotive Faalltiesa. ..................................................................................... xi Figure G - Part and Component Employee Numbers........................................................................................... xii Figure H - Part and Component Capital Tool Capital Investment............................................................................................ xii (This page intentionally left blank) JAPANESE AUTOMOTNE SUPPLIER INVESTMENT DIRECTORY Sixth Edition Introduction This directory presents information on U.S. automotive supplier and assembly facilities that have Japanese investment interest. The first section contains profiles on 271 automotive part and component assemblylmanufacturing facilities. The second section contains profiles on 65 automotive material and capital tool facilities. The final section presents background information on the eight assembly and manufacturing facilities that have Japanese investment and are located in the U.S. The information for this directory was gathered by direct telephone and written correspondence. Since this directory includes only companies that have been directly contacted, the actual number of assemblylmanufacturing facilities that have a Japanese investment interest is slightly higher than this directory indicates. Nevertheless, we believe it accurately portrays the inflow of Japanese direct investment into the United States. Selected Highlights Table (1) highlights the general aggregate statistics of this directory. Table (2) contains detailed statistics derived from the parts and components suppliers we contacted. Although some facilities were unable to answer every question, we believe our sample size was sufficiently large. ~~-p Table (1) Japanese Automotive Supplier Investment Directory Survey ~esults' Total Number of Facilities: 345 Components 27 1 MaterialsICapital Equipment 65 Auto ~ssembly& Manufacturing Total Employment: Components 76,500 reported179,400 estimated MaterialsICapital Equipment 19,100 reportedM1,800 estimated Auto Assembly 36,100 reported Total Capital Investment: (in billions) $18.8 reportedl$25.1 estimated Components $6.3 reported/$l0.8 estimated MaterialsICapital Equipment $2.9 reportedl$4.7 estimated Auto Assembly $9.6 reported 1 Results calculated by procedures outlined in corresponding paragraphs. I I I Table (2) / Parts and Components AssemblerlManufacturer Summary Statistics 1 (n=sam~lesize) 1 Average Age of Facility 8.5 Years - (n=269) 1 Average Number of Employees per Facility 293 Employees Average Square Footage of Facility (n.234) 1 209,000 Sq. Ft. 1I Average Capital Investment per Facility $39.9 Million (n=157) Percentage of Facilities Unionized (n=235) 12.3 Percent I Percentage of Facilities Exporting 72.4 Percent (n=243\ i Selected Highlights Discussion Number of Facilities The high rate of new Japanese facility startups in the US., related to the expansion of Japanese owned vehicle manufacturing, increased volume of yen and political pressure, has decreased substantially. Since the last edition of this directory (5th edition, May 1994) our cumulative number of contacted parts and components suppliers has not changed. (See Figure A.) This reduction in the number of startup New American suppliers2 is a combined result of industry conditions in Japan, changing production strategies at existing NAS facilities, increased competition from the traditional U.S. suppliers and fewer suppliers capable of considering a U.S. manufacturing site. Since Japan's record volume year for home vehicle sales in 1990, demand for vehicles in the Japanese market has decreased significantly. Concurrently, the demand for parts and components in Japan has also been reduced. This market decline has significantly damaged the profitability of Japanese manufacturers and suppliers, and in turn, severely restricted capital available to invest in U.S. operations. The evidence suggests a strong relationship between the profitability of Japan's automotive industry and the frequency of NAS startups in the U.S. The continued success of the NAM3 facilities and the recent resurgence of the Big Three has led to capacity constraint problems at many NASs. Without access to capital from Japan, and less certain business opportunities in the U.S., addition of new facilities became NAS: New American Supplier: Recently established U.S. based automotive supplier facilities with Japanese investment interests. 3 NAM: New American Manufacturers: Recently established U.S. based automotive assembly facilities with Japanese investment interests. less viable. We suspect