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Article: Germans in U.S. eye VW work; Established base of Southern suppliers awaits new plant.
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- July 21, 2008
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Byline: April Wortham
From atop Lookout Mountain here, you can see seven states. From Volkswagen AG's vantage point, the view is of a full-fledged European supplier community ripe for more business.
Robert Bosch GmbH, Continental AG, Benteler AG, ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Brose Group are just a few of the traditional VW suppliers with manufacturing operations within a day's drive of VW's newly announced factory site in Chattanooga.
Many also have long-standing relationships with Volkswagen de Mexico. For instance, ZF, the German driveline and chassis supplier, has three production sites in Mexico and supplies clutches and dual-mass flywheels ...