20090629-NEWS--0002-RG1-CCI-AN_-- 6/23/2009 2:55 PM Page 1 14B • JUNE 29, 2009 Suppliers to the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse EXHAUST MANIFOLD HOOD WASHER GLOVE BODY INSTRUMENT INTERIOR AIRBAGS EXTERIOR TILTING LOCK REAR HEADLINER HIGH-MOUNTED ROLL OVER [3.6-liter V-6] INSULATOR NOZZLES BOX CONTROL PANEL AUTO- Autoliv MIRRORS SLIDING SETS QUARTER ADHESIVE STOP LAMP VALVE Wescast M.A.P of Bowles LATCH MODULE Cadence DIMMING Visiocorp ROOF Strattec GLASS Tesa Tape Valeo Eaton Easton Fluidics Southco Continental Innovation MIRROR Webasto Pilkington CAMSHAFT CAP Gentex Automotive FUEL TANK Metal Powder Products STRAPS SKD CAMSHAFT CASTINGS Automotive [V-6 engines] CWC Textron TAILLAMP HARNESS Federal-Mogul ENGINE OIL PUMP Stackpole GAS SPRING TAILGATE Stabilus WIRE HARNESS Yazaki LIFTGATE LOCK REINFORCEMENT PISTON PIN Checker Motors Burgess-Norton POWER LIFTGATE FUEL DIAGNOSTIC CORE MOTOR Schrader-Bridgeport Johnson Electric TRANSMISSION ACOUSTIC DAMPER COOLING SYSTEM Sika Jiffy-tite FUEL BUNDLE PISTON Cooper-Standard Mahle STAINLESS STEEL UPPER BASE GRILLE EXHAUST TIP Lacks Enterprises Valor STARTER TORQUE STRUTS Mitsubishi Electric Hutchinson TRANSMISSION REAR SHOCK MODULE BEARINGS Mando American INA, FAG REAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL WIRING PROTECTION Getrag SYSTEMS Delfingen REAR SUSPENSION MODULE ENGINE SEALS TIRE Magna Powertrain Freudenberg-NOK PRESSURE SEAT MONITORING POWER SEATING SEAT HEATERS MEMORY FLOOR REAR ALUMINUM BRAKE HUB EMISSION CONTROL BRAKE 4WD SENSORS MIRROR CABLES MECHANISM W.E.T. SEAT FLOOR CARPETING DOOR WHEEL SHIMS BEARING COMPONENTS LINES SYSTEM Schrader SWITCH Kongsberg COATING Automotive MODULE MATS Alliance GLAZING Superior Trelleborg UNITS Tenneco Martinrea JTEKT Electronics Omron Automotive Henkel Systems Hella Rieter Interiors PPG Industries Automotive SKF Suppliers wanted: If you are a supplier and have questions or want your information considered for our car cutaways, contact Steven Wingett at: [email protected] Bosch expects to gain from Fiat-Chrysler deal Richard Truett Chairman Bernd Bohr also said new using turbochargers and direct fuel centive have a positive effect, but [email protected] injection. when the subsidies are gone, the ef- BOXBERG, Germany — The U.S. fuel economy rules should give Bosch also is working to standardize fect will be gone. We cannot say this world’s largest auto supplier is look- diesel components to increase vol- is a sustainable improvement in the ing for a boost from the Fiat-Chrysler Bosch a chance to increase sales as ume and cut costs, Bohr said. economic situation of the automo- deal and new fuel economy rules. He also said: tive industry.” “We have high delivery shares at automakers add technology Ⅲ Bosch has seen no evidence of a re- Ⅲ The lower sales that will come with Fiat, typically higher than at Chrysler, bound in auto sales, only a bottoming General Motors’ restructuring could so we see an upside potential,” Bernd to improve fuel economy. out. bring price increases from Bosch, Bohr, chairman of Bosch’s automo- “Sales and production are now bal- Bohr said. “Usually there is a relation- tive group, said at the company’s runs Chrysler and holds a 20 percent chance to increase sales as automak- anced, but sales are pretty low,” he ship between volume and price.” semiannual technology show here. stake after the U.S. automaker’s six- ers add technology to boost fuel said at the technology show this Bosch ranks No. 1 on Automotive Bosch expects to put more equip- week Chapter 11 reorganization. economy. Bosch plans to enter the month. “We are not yet seeing any- News’ list of the top 100 global suppli- ment in Chrysler Group vehicles Bohr also said new U.S. fuel econo- turbocharger market in 2011 and one coming to say, ‘We are moving ers, with estimated worldwide sales when the company starts building my rules, which call for a 35.5 mpg plans to specialize in helping au- forward again.’ to automakers of $33.9 billion in Fiat-based models. Fiat S.p.A. now average by 2016, should give Bosch a tomakers make engines smaller by “We are seeing the scrapping in- 2008. c Chrysler to cancel contract with Cummins for Ram diesel Chrissie Thompson Cummins had not national Inc., TRW Automotive Inc. [email protected] and Valeo SA. Chrysler will cancel its contract expected Chrysler to Cummins has been talking with with Cummins Inc. for the light-duty Chrysler for months about changes diesel engine planned for the Dodge follow through on the to the program and will contin- Ram 1500 pickup. ue to do so, Land said. Chrysler disclosed the termination agreement. “That initial contract is as part of a group of supplier rejec- dead, but the program itself is tions filed June 17 in U.S. Bankruptcy In January, Chrysler said it was de- not dead,” he said. Court. The engine originally was laying the introduction of the diesel Chrysler spokesman Roger scheduled for 2010 models. light-duty Ram until at least 2011. Benvenuti declined to spec- Cummins had not expected the au- Frank Klegon, then Chrysler’s execu- ulate on the future. “We’re tomaker, which emerged from Chap- tive vice president of product devel- just starting up as a new ter 11 on June 10, to follow through opment, cited stricter federal emis- company,” he said. “It’s too on the agreement, said Mark Land, a sions standards and the high cost of early to say what’s going on.” Cummins spokesman. diesel fuel in announcing the change. Cummins, of Columbus, Ind., “We’re OK with it,” Land said, Other supplier contracts targeted ranks No. 13 on Automotive News’ adding the contract was signed in by Chrysler include those with Arvin- list of the top 150 suppliers to North 2006. “Obviously, a lot has changed Meritor Inc., Continental AG, Delphi America, with estimated original- In January, Chrysler said it was delaying until 2011 the introduction of a in Chrysler’s world and the world at Corp., Denso Corp., Lear Corp., equipment automotive parts sales of Dodge Ram pickup with a light-duty Cummins diesel engine. This month in large since then.” Robert Bosch GmbH, Magna Inter- $2.83 billion in 2008.c U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the automaker said it was terminating the contract..