Forbes 400 Platinum List Features Many Automotive Aftermarket and Transportation Players
Since 1999, Forbes magazine has published annually its Forbes 400 Platinum list, which picks the “Best Big Companies” from 26 different industries. There were a number of notable automotive, aftermarket and transportation names among the list this year.
MACS 25th Anniversary Convention Gets Support from Record Number of Sponsors
“NOW IS THE TIME!” — the 25th Anniversary Convention and Trade Show of the Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Worldwide is getting support from a record number of corporate sponsors. Forty sponsors have signed up for the show, which will take place February 1-3, 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Ballooning Steel Costs Bring Pain for Wisconsin’s Auto Suppliers
Skyrocketing steel prices already have pushed two automotive suppliers with plants in Wisconsin into bankruptcy, and industry observers say more companies could go under yet.
Automakers to Slow Down Plants
In another sign of a sluggish U.S. economy and slumping sales at General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., the automakers said Wednesday they plan to slow down their plants the last three months of 2004 and make about 165,000 fewer cars and trucks than a year earlier. The announcements may be bad news for auto suppliers and their workers, particularly for big companies such as Delphi Corp., Visteon Corp. and Collins & Aikman.