Per the Sunday Jan 7, 2007, Detroit Free Press, Meridian is out of bankruptcy. Does anyone know if the Viper body is composite which is what the article and...
Per the January 5, 2007, Detroit Free Press Ford is buying a Brazilian company called Troller. When I was in Brazil in May I say a Troller. It looked a lot...
The CNC WEST December 2006/January 2007 issue contains a picture of a man using a Perceptron 3D laser scanning attachment on the articulating arm of a Romer...
The January 22, 2007 issue of US Auto Scene has an article about the EPA National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor. Jim Peck 248-765-4273 ...
Hi all: I am a new member. My name is Aaron Dupont. I am actually a Steel modeller. I plan on adding a stamping plant to my layout. As far as background,...
Aaron, I spent a year working for an electrical contractor installing switchgear, 13.2 KV cable, etc at the Ford Brookpark powerhouse. What is a steel modeler?...
Mark Warren recently offered the statistic that Management, Supervisory, and Engineering level Continuous Improvement accounted for 70 - 90% of Toyota's CIP...
I looked at their website. I would classify them more as an accessory manufacturer. CruiseCam International announced the unveiling of the VetteCam on a ...
The February 5, 2007, issue of the Tech Center News has an article on job shop assembly of a 1957 convertible. Experi-metal of Sterling Heights, Michigan, does...
The February 5, 2007, issue of the Tech Center News has an article on job shop assembly of a 1957 convertible. Experi-metal of Sterling Heights, Michigan, does...
The April 2007 issue of Metalforming has an article that concerns an upgrade to a contract manufacturing stamping line operated by Yorozu Automotive Tennessee....
SUMMER CAMP STRESSES THE TECH IN MANUFACTURING Designing a scale-model car, fabricating its components, and assembling them into a finished product is the...
Michigan officials announced April 9 that a Japanese auto supplier, Toyota Boshoku America, will expand its technical center in Novi. Toyota Boshoku is a...
[gltr]Lawrence Technological University will hold a summer camp for budding automotive designers at its campus in Southfield the last week in June. Open to...
IAV Automotive Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Germany’s IAV GmbH, will relocate its Michigan engineering operations from Ann Arbor to Northville Township...
The April issue of Automotive Design and Reproduction has a great article on the development of the new Viper engine. A tremendous amount of the components and...
Per the 2007-05-27 Detroit Free Press, a 1962 Ferrari TRI/LM Testa Rossa recently sold for 9.4 million. That sounds like the car to try to clone. Personal Auto...
One question here is how many of these people who left Ford are in Michigan. The other question is how many who left have been replaced by people on the lower...
This lowers the minimum number of cars of a model that need to be sold per year to keep it in mass production. The last Thunderbird was taken out of production...
It would be very interesting to know if the Toyota Production Engineering Group is specifying the manufacturing equipment in the new Hino plant. We have...
Fanuc Robotics introduces new line: Fanuc Robotics America, Inc., has introduced its new LR Mate 200iC robot, the company's next generation mini-robot, which...
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES JAPAN'S HINO MOTORS TO OPEN TRUCK ASSEMBLY PLANT IN WILLIAMSTOWN $8.6 million investment to hire 80; First vehicle assembly plant in West ...
I suspect the creation of many community colleges in the mid sixties was residual spin-off from Sputnik. Anyway, Macomb County Community College was ...
Per the July 16, 2007 issue of Detroit Auto Scene, the Mazda MX-5 Miata has sold over 800,000 over the last 18 years. This is the best selling 2 seat roadster...
