At TWB Co. a single laser welds steel sheets of different properties into a single raw sheet that Cadillac can have stamped into a doorpanel without any of its own welds.
In mid-May it invited Seacrest to sit on a closed-door panel at a three-day conference with Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz and Facebook's second-in-command, Sheryl Sandberg. (He talked about using outlets like Twitter to chart trends, stay connected and gauge stars' appeal for casting purposes.) Among leaders that included Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, Seacrest was the only rep from Tinseltown.
The lines of these wood accents "flow" from the sporty gearshift area and ascend the center console and across the lower instrument panel to the door trim, playing a large role in defining the interior space in the front of the vehicle.
If something gets in the way of the door--a person's foot or a roof panel that's hanging down--the electric motor that closes the train door has to work harder and produces more current.