◆ 22 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS APRIL 3, 2006 ◆ Suppliers to the new BLS The new BLS lower-premium is the first car to be made in ZF Friedrichshafen delivers shock absorbers and Norwegian chassis about 8,000 units in 2007. Cadillac executives are more ambitious. Europe by Cadillac, the subsidiary. The BLS is specialist Raufoss supplies control arms to all the Epsilon-based They say they want to build 10,000 units annually of the BMW assembled alongside sister brand Saab’s 9-5 and 9-3 in Trollhättan, vehicles made in Europe. The BLS is the first European Cadillac model 3-series and Mercedes C-class competitor. The car goes on sale this . In Europe, the BLS shares GM’s Epsilon architecture and to offer a diesel – a 1.9-liter turbocharged engine. The Pricewaterhouse- month throughout Europe. some components with the 9-3 as well as Opel’s Vectra and Signum. Coopers Automotive Institute forecasts that BLS production will peak at – Alex Graham

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supply line wicz from the supplier Phoenix in “In the mid-term, we expect to The Daian plant’s current Getrag expands 2004 and made it part of its be equipping new vehicles with production lines, which make col- ContiTech division. the technology in the factory,” lision detection sensors for airbag into China Armstrong Group “ContiTech is reorienting its core said Thomas Koken, head of 3M’s systems, will move to the new business activities, which is why display and graphics business. Getrag Corporate Group of facility. Untergruppenbach, Germany, has is put up for sale we decided to sell Stankiewicz,” – Thomas Imhoff “We are building the new facility said ContiTech Chairman taken a majority stake in Jiangling The UK-based Armstrong Group to enhance our production capa- Motor Company Group’s trans- went into receivership March 14. Gerhard Lerch in a statement. bility in response to the growing Stankiewicz of Adelheidsdorf, US unit of Oris missions business in China. The group includes Armstrong need for safety system sensors The two companies will launch Fastening Technologies, which Germany, near Hanover, was sold files Chapter 11 and ceramic components for to the Gilde Buy-Out Fund of a joint venture called Getrag designs, develops and makes exhaust gas purification,” said (Jiangxi) Transmission Co. in the fasteners for the automotive sec- Utrecht, Netherlands. US supplier Oris Automotive Hiromi Tokuda, managing officer Stankiewicz has nine plants in six Parts Alabama has filed for bank- summer. tor, and Willenhall Manufacturing of Denso’s powertrain control The joint venture will make Limited which produces metal countries and about 2,100 ruptcy reorganization. systems business group, in a employees. The company is a subsidiary of 555,000 manual and automated stampings. statement. transmissions and 1.7 million sets In the UK, receivership is a form – Katrina Ure the Oris Group, which is head- The Daian plant makes ignition quartered in Möglingen, of transmission components of bankruptcy that helps a finan- devices, safety-related equip- annually, mainly for the Chinese cially troubled company reorga- Germany, near Stuttgart. ment, ignition plugs, oxygen sen- Oris’ primary customers include market. nize its affairs. sors, actuators and sensors. The company will operate PricewaterhouseCoopers, which Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Construction of the new facility Volkswagen. It’s a supplier of plants in Nanchang, Ganzhou took receivership of Armstrong, is scheduled to begin in July. and Yudu, China. said it is seeking buyers for the just-in-time parts to Mercedes’ – Katrina Ure US plant in Vance, Alabama. Getrag invested about E34 mil- group’s businesses, which lion to obtain its 66.7 percent stake employ about 450 people. Oris makes trailer hitches, receiver and electrical kits, roof KS Kolben buys in the venture. Jiangling Motor has Parent Caparo Group said the remaining 33.3 percent of the Armstrong was forced into rack systems, interior carrier sys- tems, accessories for off-road Mexican plant company. receivership after failing to reach – Katrina Ure a settlement with the trustee of its vehicles, wind-stops for convert- KS Kolben has bought a Mexican pension fund over a £36 million ibles and mounting plates for fifth pistons plant to boost its North (about E52 million) deficit. wheel couplings. American operations. Michelin boosts Armstrong Group’s sales in 3M’s LED-lit license The supplier cites rising material The German supplier has com- 2005 were £33 million. plate (left) is brighter than costs and a lack of business as pleted its purchase of Pistones stake in Hankook Separately Caparo Group existing plates. reasons for its Chapter 11 filing. Moresa from the DESC Chapter 11 is a chapter of the Michelin plans to boost its stake announced it has created a new Automotive Group, which is in South Korean tire maker automotive technology and engi- US Bankruptcy Code that pro- based in Mexico City. tects a financially troubled com- Pistones Moresa of Celaya, Hankook to 6.3 percent. neering design company. 3M develops The French tiremaker will buy Caparo Vehicle Technologies, pany from being closed down by Mexico, has been named KS de LED lighting its creditors while it reorganizes Mexico. 2 million Hankook shares for located in Farnham in Surrey, $26 million (about E21.6 million). England, provides technology NEUSS, Germany – Technology its business. Pistones Moresa has been mak- ing gasoline and diesel engine This represents 1.3 percent of development, materials engineer- company 3M has developed LED – Greg Migliore pistons since 1956. Hankook’s stock and is the latest ing and design services for car- lighting for vehicle license plates. step in Michelin’s plan to eventu- makers and Tier 1 suppliers. It employs 200 people and has The supplier says its self-illumi- Denso will build annual sales of about $15 million ally own 10 percent of Hankook. – Rick Miller nating license plate is brighter in more diesel filters (about E12.5 million). In January 2003, the tire makers dark conditions than existing KS Kolben is the pistons divi- agreed to cooperate to help ContiTech unit sold license plates. It could also give Denso will add a new production sion of the Düsseldorf-based Michelin’s expansion in Asia and designers greater freedom in rear- facility in Japan to make diesel par- Kolbenschmidt Pierburg Group. Hankook’s growth. to Dutch company end design, the company says. ticulate filters, ceramic compo- A company statement said The companies cooperate in Continental of Germany has sold 3M developed the lighting at its nents and airbag sensing systems. the acquisition was made to research and development, manu- Stankiewicz, a sound insulation research center in Neuss, The E182 million facility will be strengthen KS Kolben’s posi- facturing and distribution. Michelin systems supplier, to a Dutch Germany. It expects to launch the built at Denso’s Daian plant in tion in the key North American has also licensed its PAX run-flat investment fund. product on the aftermarket by the Inabe, Japan. It will open in market. system technology to Hankook. Continental took over Stankie- end of the year. August 2007. – Katrina Ure – Staff report