Modern automobile manufacturing is a very different activity than the auto manufacturing of several decades ago.
Samsung, Daewoo and Ssangyong all went big into auto manufacturing and failed big.
Ford is turning paint fumes--the scourge of any auto manufacturing plant--into clean electricity.
State and local government spending and auto manufacturing dragged down the overall number.
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Thomas Choi, an analyst for Samsung Securities, estimates that world auto manufacturing capacity now is 40% more than demand.
In the five years before the onset of the financial crisis, Michigan alone had lost one-third of its auto manufacturing jobs.
It also expects a 20 percent hike in auto manufacturing output from the second quarter and an increase in consumer spending.
According to Xinhua, Beijing will "withdraw support for foreign capital in auto manufacturing... because of the need of the healthy development of domestic auto making".
Or, Daewoo could move some of its auto manufacturing to Pusan.
The torrid expansion of auto manufacturing in Mexico, for instance, is viewed by some industry experts as a long-term threat to much-touted U.S. job growth in the sector.
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The Democrats' announcement essentially hijacked a press conference 30 minutes later, held by a bipartisan group of senators from states with a heavy auto presence of U.S. auto manufacturing facilities.
The UAW stubbornly held on to the practices of a bygone era, where World War II had reduced their international competitors to rubble and American auto manufacturing stood largely unopposed.
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Obviously their situation in some ways is a little bit more unique based on the dependence on auto manufacturing, on auto parts supply, that the President has taken steps to address.
Since 1997, the EPA has granted a dozen exemptions to the rule for specific auto manufacturing facilities across the U.S., which has considerably increased the use of aluminum in the automobile industry.
According to a recent Greenpeace study, illegal wood charcoal is primarily used in Brazil to power smelters producing pig iron, which is used to make steel for industries including U.S. auto manufacturing.
As with the "mass custom" trend in auto manufacturing, information technology and "just in time" techniques make it possible to classify individual voters by income, occupation, religion and favorite issues and build customized appeals for them.
It would make Thailand the world's ninth-largest auto-manufacturing base, up from its current rank of 15th.
Lu Guanqiu chairs the Hangzhou-based Wanxiang Group, a conglomerate with interests in real estate, finance and auto parts manufacturing.
The very next month the stock market rolled over into a correction, and a month after that the surprising negative economic reports began to pile in for May and June, and now into July, including dismal monthly employment reports, plunges in home sales, unexpected declines in retail sales, auto sales, manufacturing, and consumer sentiment.
These reports add to the surprises racked up since October from the auto industry, overall manufacturing activity, consumer confidence, retail sales, and so on.
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Auto sales have definitely helped manufacturing, as sales hit record numbers.
The construction of the factory led to speculation that the auto maker might shift its manufacturing base from Haryana because of the labor problems there.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the ADP national employment report, U.S. Treasury quarterly refunding announcement, construction spending, domestic auto sales and the ISM manufacturing report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Monday includes construction spending, the ISM manufacturing report and domestic auto sales.
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He cared so deeply about being part of the solution to create a viable American auto industry and a strong American manufacturing base.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, construction spending, the ISM manufacturing report and domestic auto industry sales.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, personal income and outlays, construction spending, the ISM manufacturing report and domestic auto industry sales.
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Toyoda said Hogan was someone he trusted, having known him since they worked together more than a decade ago at NUMMI, or New United Motor Manufacturing, a California auto plant jointly run by Toyota and GM.
Hogan, an independent consultant and former GM group vice president, has been Toyoda's friend since they worked together more than a decade ago at NUMMI, or New United Motor Manufacturing, a California auto plant jointly run by Toyota and GM.
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