Article: Detroit's woes impact region's parts makers.(Triad)

Just because the Triad sits hundreds of miles from Detroit doesn't mean it's immune to the ailments of the automobile industry. It has no assembly plants, but it does have factories that make car parts. And some are hurting. Statesville-based ASMO North Carolina Inc., which makes direct-current motors used in power windows and other devices by Ford, Chrysler and Toyota, will eliminate 200 jobs when it closes plants in Thomasville and Mount Airy this month. Last summer, more than 100 workers at the Blue Water Automotive Systems Inc. factory in Burlington lost jobs making cup holders for Ford. And the problem isn't peculiar to the Triad. Last month, Wilmington-based ...

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