AUTOMOTIVE PURCHASING INTERNATIONAL Issue 2 The Global Review for Automotive Purchasing Professionals

• Foreword
  by Ken Rogers, Editor AUTO Purchasing.

Vehicle Manufacturers: Strategies and Developments

• Hunting Down Costs - the Project Purchasing Manager’s View
  Gerard Herent, Project Manager, Purchasing, Renault
• High Dynamics Minimizes Auxiliary Times
  Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH - is now a part of the EMAG – Group
• OK-VISE Low Profile Clamps
  OK-VISE
• Methods of Machine Safeguarding
  Scientific Technologies Inc. (STI).
• Sunnex Manufactures Premium, Unique Products Designed For Durability And High-Performance
  Sunnex Equipment AB
• Ford’s Chicago Manufacturing Campus - Twelve Suppliers Manufacture to Just-in-Time Inventory
  Tony Brown, Vice President, Ford Global Purchasing, Ford Motor Company
• A New Vision - CIMgauge
  Cimac International
• Advanced Power Transmission Solutions
  Gates GmbH
• CMT - the Innovative Welding Process from Fronius
  Heinz Hackl, Head of R&D, Fronius International
• The Customer’s Demand is the Yardstick of our Work
  Edelstahl Witten-Krefeld GmbH
• Kia’s European Ambitions
  Jean-Charles Lievens, Vice President, Kia Motors Europe
• Revolutionary Laser Measurement
  Budde Technologie
• Mazda’s China Strategy
  Kiyoshi Ozaki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, China Strategy, Mazda Cars
• Less is Always More with Lean IPC Based Automation
  Beckhoff Automation
• ARLA Units for Workholding, Machining and Endworking
  Dr. Andreas Laschet, ARLA Maschinentechnik GmbH, Wipperfuerth, GERMANY
• Lightweight Handbrake Lever
  Dietz-automotive GmbH & Co KG
• Ford Cleveland Engine Plant Powers up For ‘Year of The Car’
  Roman Krygier, group vice president of Global Manufacturing and Quality, Ford Motor Company and Dave Szczupak, vice president, Ford Powertrain
• Mazda’s Global Progress - Zoom Zoom!
  John Parker, Executive Vice President, Mazda Motor Corporation
• Akzo Nobel Goes Beyond Paint
  Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes
• Meeting the Coating Challenges of the Automotive Market
  Akzo Nobel

Suppliers

• Delphi’s Philosophy - Explore, Demonstrate and Execute
  David B. Wohleen, President, Delphi Electrical, Electronics & Safety Sector, Delphi Corp.
• Metasheen^® - Creating a Coating with a ‘Liquid Metal’ Look
  Wolstenholme International LTD
• The Shape of Things to Come
  Chris Hanley, Global Product Manager for Shaping Technology at Pilkington Automotive
• Driving System Performance: VICTREX® PEEK™ Components Replace Metal in Automotive Pumps
  By Ralf Weidig
• Evolution of the X-Tracker® Series
  A new generation of high-performance hub units by SKF
• Improved Acoustics Through Safe and Sound® Automotive Glass by PPG
  Pete Dishart, Global Product Marketing Manager, PPG Industries, Inc.
• TRW Advanced Active and Passive Safety Technologies
  John Plant, President and CEO, TRW Automotive
• KLEIN KAROO Automotive Breakthrough
  KLEIN KAROO Intenational (KKI) Oudtshoorn, South Africa
• Dependable Solutions For Airbag Components, Brought To You By Dow Corning And Multibase Innovation
  By Sheryl W. Petroff, Global Market Segment Leader, Dow Corning Industrial Textile Coatings and Alexis Von Tschammer, Market Manager, Multibase Automotive Airbags
• The Future of Efficient, Effective, and Environmentally Friendly Automotive Air Filtration
  K&N Engineering, Inc.
• Bosch - Opening Up Markets
  Bernd Bohr, Chairman Business Sector Automotive Technology, Robert Bosch GmbH
• Keys to Success in Chinese Automotive Market
  Robert Pallash, vice president and general manager of Visteon Corporation’s Asian Customer Business Group
• Glassrobots Windscreen Challenge
  Glassrobots Oy
• Polymer Bearings for Today’s Automotive Applications
  Derek Marsella, Senior Manager, Applied Technology GGB and Richard S. Williams, Global Business Development Manager, Solid Polymer GGB
• Grupo Antolin Anticipates the Overhead Systems of the Future
  Grupo Antolin
• Power Transmission Systems for the Automotive Industry
  Gates GmbH
• Expanding the performance of Cylindrical Roller Bearings
  Rutgerus Heemskerk, Manager Development Centre, SKF GmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany
• Advances in Automotive Welding Technologies
  Christophe Gregoir, ESAB Welding and Cutting
• Always One Step Ahead
  Justin Hulst, Marketing Manager, EROWA Ltd
• 40th Anniversary Automotive Industry
  Eissmann Group Automotive (EGA)
• Trelleborg’s Acquisition of Metzeler Automotive Hose Systems
  Francois Guerin, head of the Trelleborg Fluid & Acoustic Solutions business unit
• Flash Start System
  AET, Slovenia
• Advanced Technical Ceramics for Automotive Applications
  John Mangels, Director of Sales and Marketing, Ceradyne Inc.
  Barbara Schaaf, Vice President Sales and Marketing, ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG
• Touch The State of The Art
  Recticel Interior Solution Division
  Colofast^® contributes enormously to innovative new A-Class from Mercedes Benz
• Detailed Tests on Integrated Child Seats
  GRAMMER AG
• Crystal Specifications - A Black Art?
  Shaun Mellors, Sales Director, AEL Crystals Ltd

Vehicle Manufacturers: Research and Development

• WHIPS Boosts Neck Injury Research at Volvo
  Interview with Doctor Lotta Jakobsson, Traffic Safety Engineering Department, Volvo Cars
• Accurate, Highly-Mobile Laser Beam Measurements Improve Quality Assurance
  Leica Geosystems AG
• Introducing the Affordable Way to Design Automotive Production Systems
  Craig Lybeck, CEO, Visual Components Oy
• Motion Capture Applications in the Automotive Industry
  Vicon Motion Systems
• Switched Reluctance - The Technology for Vehicle Electrification Programs
  Dr Mike McClelland, Automotive Manager, Switched Reluctance Drives Ltd
• “Chances” for Automotive System Validation
  MODUS Hispanica S. L.
• Honda - a Commitment to Advanced Technology
  Takeo Fukui, President and CEO, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
• Testing For Vehicle Development
  Peter Taylor, M.D., PT&A Ltd
• German Company Offers Highly Specialised Sensors For Dummies And The Testing Of Sensitive Componenets
  MWS Sensorik
• DaimlerChrysler’s Road Map to Sustainable Mobility
  Professor Doctor Herbert Kohler, Vice President Research, Body and Powertrain and Chief Environmental Officer, DaimlerChrysler AG.
• Honeywell Sensors Improve Performance and Efficiency
  Focus on speed, position and pressure
• Subaru’s Design Revolution and Environmental Technology
  Kyoji Takenaka, President and CEO, Subaru
• Counting the Cost of the End of Life Vehicle Directive
  KPMG
• Intelligent Robot Control Increases Options to Meet Challenging ‘time to market’ Demands
  Fanuc Robotics
• Structural Durability Tests with Inexpensive Pneumatic Technology
  Dipl.-Ing. Karola Kanzler, Degree Engineer (Technical University), Dr. Harald Müller, Doctor of Natural Science, DHM embedded systems, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
• Choosing Consultants For the Global Challenge
  Automotive Advisors & Associates’ Managing Partner looks at the choices
• Crash-Test and Simulation Services
  Dr. Steffan Datentechnik GmbH (DSD)
• Working Efficiently and Reducing Costs by Using Decentralized Measurement Systems
  Ansgar B. Gosling, agostec e.K.
• Thermoplastic Composites System Completed
  Innovations and Novelties with Advanced Composites at AC.S
• Gear Noise - The Persistent NVH Problem
  Andrew Middleton, Technical Director, Anthony Best Dynamics Ltd.
• Future-oriented Technologies will Revolutionise Active Vehicle Safety
  Matthias Rabe, Head of Group Research, Volkswagen AG