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Article: S. Carolina center offers alternative for auto r&d.(NEWS)(Industry overview)
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- Automotive News
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- September 28, 2009
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Byline: James B. Treece
"There's a lot of automotive manufacturing in the South, but not much r&d going on, says Robert Geolas, executive director of Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research.
"If we want to build a base for innovation, where's that going to take place? We could be the place where manufacturers and suppliers get together in a way that hasn't happened in the South before.
Today, North America's undisputed center for automotive research is southeast Michigan. Automotive factories may have closed in the region, but r&d thrives there.
The critical mass of the Detroit 3, their suppliers and schools ...