North American automotive suppliers have benefitted from the restructuring measures they took during the economic downturn, as demand recovers and future growth prospects for U.S. auto sales—which are on a long, slow path back to 2007 levels—provide optimism. That is according to SupplierBusiness,...

As demand for its products took off, officials at highway safety products manufacturer TrafFix Devices Inc. decided to bring their blowmolding in-house to help support continued growth and lower costs. Fast color changeover was one of the reasons the company went with machines from Graham...

French polyamide supplier Rhodia signed a binding agreement to acquire PI Polymer, a compounder of engineering plastics based in India. The acquisition represents Rhodia's first plastics compounding capacity in India.

Unique Tool & Gauge (Windsor, ON) and Alcan Aluminum, a global supplier of aluminum for a variety of industries including moldmaking, collaborated on a mold for front wheel-well liners for a high-volume sedan that is produced in the U.S. The 11,000-lb forging of Alumold 500 measured 70 x 52 x...