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Schneider Electric helps global automotive manufacturers be more competitive by offering solutions which improve quality, performance and productivity, focusing on the way customers monitor production, deploy resources, manage systems and maintain equipment. It draws on the broadest range of power, industrial control and automation products, as well as proven services.

Schneider Electric’s comprehensive services and global Square D, Telemecanique and Merlin Gerin brands provide an offering to our automotive manufacturing customers that is unmatched in the industry.

These brands include some of the most trusted products families, including Modicon PLCs and Altivar, as well as the world’s most popular choice for machine controls (push buttons, selector switches, pilot lights, sensors, etc.). All backed by a single vendor and a global distribution network that spans more than 130 countries.

www.schneider-electric.com

AutoForm

AutoForm is the leading vendor of metal-stamping validation software. Customers include all major automotive OEMs (GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, VW, Honda, Nissan, BMW, Audi, etc) and important tier suppliers such as MAGNA, Dana, Thyssenkrupp, Tower, Benteler, ALCOA, Severstal and many others.

Unmatched in speed and reliability, AutoForm is an integrated turn-key solution achieving dramatic time, cost and quality improvements throughout the metal-stamping process chain – from product styling/ planning through part feasibility, tooling design, process validation and robust manufacturing.

With more than 2,500 users at over 40 OEMs and 250 suppliers, AutoForm is the worldwide industry standard, leading the way in superior innovation and best-in-class support.

www.autoform.com

Euratlantic

Euratlantic is a joint project for the promotion of French, Portuguese and Spanish regions among North American investors. It is financed by the European Union and the regions within the framework of the Interreg IIIB Atlantic Area programme.

These 13 regions on Europe’s Atlantic coast are committed to promoting the appeal of the Euratlantic region for North American investors, especially in the automotive sector.

Euratlantic offers free individual support to North American companies willing to invest in Europe by:
– Providing economic and sectoral information about the area
– Finding the right contact for your development project
– Providing information on locations that suit your requirements.

www.euratlantic.org
contact@euratlantic.org 

Hexagon MetrologyTM

The Hexagon MetrologyTM group is the world’s largest manufacturer of precision dimensional measurement equipment and software, with over 60 manufacturing, sales, and support locations worldwide. The group manufactures coordinate measurement machines, laser trackers, articulated arm CMMs, height gauges, vision inspection systems, theodolites, and hand tools under many well-known brand names including Brown & Sharpe, Leica Geosystems, Leitz, DEA, ROMER, Sheffield, and TESA.

Hexagon Metrology also develops PC-DMIS dimensional inspection software, which runs on CMMs, portable arms, vision machines and CNC machine tools. The group is a division of Hexagon AB of Sweden.

wwww.HexagonMetrology.us

Sunderland City Council 

Sunderland is one of England’s newest cities, a modern and dynamic part of North-East England. Home to Nissan, the most sophisticated and productive car plant in Europe, Sunderland is the UK’s fastest growing automotive city with over 12,000 people now employed in this sector. Sustaining its reputation for inward investment, Sunderland has been named by KPMG as one of the best five places in the UK for business. With an unrivalled record of business support and a workforce that is renowned for its loyalty and adaptability, Sunderland has a wealth of experience, financial incentives and support packages for inward investors.

Business Investment Team, Sunderland City Council PO Box 100, Civic Centre, Sunderland, SR2 7DN, United Kingdom E-mail: business.investment@sunderland.gov.uk

Tornos

Tornos US, a division of the Tornos Group headquartered in Moutier, Switzerland, is responsible for the sales and service of Tornos single-spindle turning systems, bar feeders, and ESCO coil-fed turning centres in North America. Tornos’ high quality, Swiss precision turning centres cover part diameters from 2mm to 32mm with short setup times, flexibility and reliability. Their done-in-one capability allows you to load all your tools in one machine with one setup and get flawless parts that require no de-burring or secondary finishing operations the first time. Simultaneous machining allows you to split operations 100 per cent between the equally powerful front and back spindles.

www.tornos.ch

Trumpf

As a world market leader in laser technology, TRUMPF provides machine tools for laser processing, punching, forming, and bending. The TRUMPF laser product portfolio comprises laser systems for cutting, welding, and surface treatment of 3-D parts, high powered CO2 lasers, as well as lamp- and diode-pumped solid-state lasers, marking lasers, and laser systems. Additional business divisions also include power tools, electronics, and medical technology.

www.us.trumpf.com

SME

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world’s leading professional society supporting manufacturing education. Through its member programmes, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness of manufacturing engineering and helps keep manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies. Headquartered in Michigan, SME influences more than half a million manufacturing practitioners and executives annually. The society, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2007, has members in more than 70 countries and is supported by a network of hundreds of technical communities and chapters worldwide.

www.sme.org

Detroit Regional Economic Partnership

The Detroit Regional Economic Partnership is a public/private sector effort representing the 10 counties of South-East Michigan and the city of Detroit, along with 100 private-sector investors. Partnership staff and volunteers develop leads and prospects that have an interest in locating or expanding in the region and then provide them with complete customized information and research to help a company make sound strategic location decisions. The partnership is part of the Detroit Regional Chamber, the largest chamber of commerce in the US.

www.detroitchamber.com