Automotive

Feared by its enemies, revered by our side: the Abrams M1

With the Big Three automakers facing hard times, transplants offer U.S. suppliers opportunities, challenges and a new way of doing business.

Orange County Choppers puts product before publicity.

By diversifying its customer base, an automotive machine shop found new marketsfor its services.

Plastic auto parts continue to supplant metal ones.

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems gain ground in the automotive sector.

Customization is changing the aluminum-wheel market.

Automakers are adopting eddy-current technology as a fast, reliable way to meet zero-defect requirements.

Machining dissimilar metals in a single workpiece.

How to successfully facemill automotive parts.