The Texas Automotive Manufacturing

Industry

2013

Overview…………………………………………………………………. 1

Passenger Vehicles………..……...……………………………….. 10

Heavy Duty Trucks…………………………………………………… 15

Trailers……………………………………………………………….…… 19

Automotive Parts…………..………………………..……………… 20

Contents

Texas at the SAE World Congress

The State of Texas works to

promote the advancement of its

automotive manufacturing

industry by exhibiting at the

annual Society of Automotive

Engineers (SAE) World Congress

in Detroit. A Texas delegation of

government officials and

industry leaders hosts a booth

and meets with automotive

manufacturers and suppliers

from around the world.

Texas Auto Manufacturing Headlines

Toyota’s San Antonio truck plant sets production record in 2012

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General Motors expands Arlington assembly plant

Jobs in Texas auto part manufacturing sector surge 29% since 2009

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Texas ranks No. 6 nationally for automotive manufacturing employment

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Continental Automotive to add 300 jobs at Seguin component plant

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Texas automotive exports jump 68% over past five years

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Peterbilt Motors’ only U.S. truck manufacturing facility located in Denton

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Toshiba International hires 110 at hybrid motor production unit in Houston

T exas is home to a well-established automotive

manufacturing sector that, unlike in many other

states, has continued to grow in the 21st

century. Texas is a right-to-work

state, nationally ranked in the top

ten for automotive manufacturing

employment and establishments,

as well as the size of its vehicle

retail market, and the number of

vehicle registrations. Texas is part

of the growing NAFTA auto

corridor, where billions of dollars

of assembled vehicles and auto

parts are shipped between

Mexico and Texas.

The state is home to two

major passenger vehicle

assembly plants, operated by

global leaders General Motors

(GM) and Toyota. GM’s Arlington

plant has operated for nearly 60 years

and currently produces SUVs, while

Toyota began production of full-size

pickups at its San Antonio plant in 2006.

The automotive manufacturing industry

encompasses makers of cars and trucks,

motor vehicle bodies, and auto parts. These

sectors include the assembly of complete cars and

trucks, as well as the manufacturing of motor vehicle

frames, chassis, cabs, utility trailers, military vehicles,

and automotive gasoline engines. The U.S. govern-

ment’s North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) classifies the auto industry under the

following categories:

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Automotive Manufacturing Sectors

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing/Assembly

Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Manufacturing

Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing

Automotive Manufacturing in Texas

Major Automotive Manufacturers in Texas

OVERVIEW

Automotive Manufacturing Employment in Texas

2012 Third Quarter

Sector (Industry Code) Employees Firms Average

Annual Wage

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (3361) 8,707 26 $68,068

Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Manufacturing (3362) 7,831 165 $40,820

Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (3363) 17,280 285 $46,176

TOTALS 33,818 476 $50,572

Source: Texas Workforce Commission

Texas ranks No. 6 nationally for automotive manufacturing

employment

- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2011)

Top Automotive Manufacturing Employers In Texas (2012)

1 General Motors: 3,500

2 Toyota: 2,900

3 Peterbilt Motors: 2,215

4 Continental Automotive Systems: 1,290

5 Caterpillar (Engine Assembly): 1,120

Although lying outside the traditional automotive belt

of the Midwest and Southeast, Texas is currently one

of the top 10 states in the U.S. by number of automo-

tive workers and number of auto manufacturing

establishments. More than 476 automotive manufac-

turing firms directly employ over 33,800 workers in

Texas. Workers at these companies earn an average of

around $50,000 annually (see table below).

Auto Manufacturing Workforce

Employment has increased steadily over the past three

years, growing over 19% from 2009 to 2012 (see

chart on page 4).

The table below provides a snapshot of employment

in the Texas automotive manufacturing industry in the

third quarter of 2012. The motor vehicle parts

manufacturing sector accounts for 51% of the state’s

automotive manufacturing employment (see chart at

right).

Source: Texas Workforce Commission

Texas Automotive Manufacturing Employment, by Sector

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OVERVIEW

Impact of the Texas Automotive Manufacturing Industry (2011)

Sector Total Value of

Shipments ($1,000s) Annual Payroll

($1,000s)

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing $20,792,387 $490,121

Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Manufacturing $1,623,134 $252,510

Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing $4,818,806 $545,351

TOTALS $27,234,327 $1,287,982

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of Manufacturers

In 2011, Texas ranked No. 5 nationally for

automotive manufacturing establishments and No. 6

nationally for automotive manufacturing

employment.

In 2008 and 2009,

employment in the Texas

automotive industry

declined sharply, as the

national and global

recession brought on the bankruptcy of two of the

United States’ largest automakers. However, as the

industry has rebounded nationally over the past three

years, production in Texas has also resurged.

Employment at Texas’ automotive manufacturing

firms has rebounded strongly from its 2009 trough,

having recovered nearly to pre-recession levels by

mid-2012 (see graph above). Among the three

subsectors of the automotive manufacturing industry,

the motor vehicle parts sector has led the way with

employment gains of more than 29% since 2009.

Motor vehicle trailer manufacturing and motor

vehicle assembly also added jobs steadily between

2009-2012. Additionally, the value of total motor

vehicle manufacturing shipments increased from

2010-2011, according to the U.S Census Bureau.

OVERVIEW

Source: Texas Workforce Commission. Data from third quarter each year.

Five-Year Trends: Texas Automotive Manufacturing Employment, 2008-2012

Motor Vehicle Parts Mfg.

Motor Vehicle Mfg.

Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Mfg.

Emp

loym

ent

16,000

14,000

12,000

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

18,000

20,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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The motor vehicle parts sector has increased employment by 29% since 2009

OVERVIEW

The maps below identify the state’s

Workforce Development regions with

above-average specializations in

automotive manufacturing. The high-

lighted regions are not the only areas in

Texas where workers in this sector can

be found, but rather represent areas with

the greatest concentrations relative to

the size of the local labor force. This

analysis compares the portion of each

Texas region’s workforce employed in

the sector to the portion of the entire

U.S. workforce employed in that sector.

The comparison provides a ratio that

measures how intensively a certain

region is specialized in this industry,

and ranks it as moderate, above aver-

age, or high.

Alamo Region Light Trucks

Dallas/Fort Worth Light Trucks Heavy Duty Trucks

Gulf Region Heavy Duty Trucks

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Moderate

Above Average

High

Concentration

Alamo Region Vehicle Interiors &

Metal Stamping

Cameron County Motor Vehicle Parts

Tarrant County Vehicle Electrical Equip., Air Conditioning & Interiors

Upper Rio Grande Vehicle Electrical Equip.

Auto Parts, Vehicle Body, and Trailer Manufacturing

Northeast Texas Truck Trailers Travel Trailers & Campers

Heart of Texas Truck Trailers

East Texas Truck Trailers

Workforce Concentrations

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From electronics to fuel economy to tire perform-

ance, a wide range of automotive technologies are

developed and tested by Texas companies.

Automotive Semiconductors

Dallas-based electronics giant Texas Instruments

designs semiconductors for a range of automotive

applications, including body

electronics, power trains, hybrid

chargers, brakes, and infotain-

ment systems.

Freescale Semiconductor, based in Austin, has

designed and manufactured automotive semiconduc-

tors since the 1950s. As one of the world’s leading

suppliers of automotive processors, microcontrol-

lers, and sensors, Freescale’s technology is utilized

in many new vehicles, including GM’s Texas-built

hybrid SUVs. Freescale has been a GM supplier for

nearly 30 years.

In addition to TI and Freescale, multiple smaller

semiconductor firms in Texas also supply the auto

industry, including SMSC, which develops and

supplies microelectronics for automotive multimedia

systems at its Austin, Texas, design center, and

Silicon Labs, an Austin-based industry leader in the

development of mixed-signal integrated circuits

optimized for automotive applications.

Research & Development Automotive Test Facilities

German manufacturer Continental Automotive

Systems operates a state-of-the-art test track facility

in Uvalde, Texas. The 5,000-acre Uvalde Proving

Grounds’ rural location,

combined with high security,

make it ideal for

testing top secret

components and

vehicles for ride,

handling, durability,

and more. The

facility was originally

built by General Tire

in 1959.

Near Fort Stockton, Texas, midway between El Paso

and San Antonio, lies Bridgestone Americas’

Texas Proving Ground (TPG). Established in 1955,

TPG is more than 6,000

acres of flat land that

features a variety of test

tracks and driving environments, where tires and

vehicles can be tested in real-life conditions.

Also located in West Texas, the Goodyear Tire

Proving Grounds near San Angelo, provides the

leading tire maker with

product test facilities. Built in

1957, the 7,000-acre site is

one of only three proving grounds Goodyear

operates in the U.S.

In Laredo, Texas, a 2,000-acre facility owned by

German firm MBTech Group offers a variety of

special tracks and surfaces for

vehicle and tire testing. The

company is a joint subsidiary of

AKKA Technologies, an industrial research and

development firm based in France, and Daimler, the

German parent of Mercedes-Benz.

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OVERVIEW

T he Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one

of the nation’s oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, research and development organizations. Employing almost 3,000, the institute occupies over two million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, and offices. Its 2011 revenues exceeded $580 million.

SwRI’s world-class Office of Automotive Engineering coordinates operations with automotive clients. Among these operations is the Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division, which designs and tests a wide range of automotive technologies, including powertrains, fuel cells, and diesel systems. The Fuels and Lubricants Research Division helps clients get automotive component and fluid products to market and improve them during their lifespan. Additionally, SwRI’s Automotive Fleet Testing program provides comparative data for vehicle performance under actual operating conditions.

SwRI currently operates seven automotive industry consortia to support its clients, as well as the U.S. Army TARDEC (Tank Automotive Research Development & Engineering Center) Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility, a government-owned facility in operation since 1957. The institute also maintains automotive

operations abroad in India and in China through the Tianjin-based SwARC Automotive Research Laboratory, a joint venture with state-owned China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC).

San Antonio institute puts automotive technologies to the test

Engine testing in low temperature conditions

Engine oil oxidation testing Automotive fuel performance evaluation

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OVERVIEW

Sharing the longest border with Mexico of any U.S.

state, Texas is uniquely positioned for international

trade with this significant emerging market in the

g l o b a l a u t o m o t i v e

industry. Billions of

dollars in automotive

goods are shipped from

Texas annually.

Texas has become an

important part of the

realigned North American “auto alley,” now running

from Mexico through a number of

southern U.S. states, and north through

the Midwest rust belt. The traditional

U.S. auto corridor radiating from Detroit

has rapidly shifted toward the U.S. South

since the 1980s. All but one North

American automotive plant built in the

last two decades was located in a

southern U.S. state or Mexico. Many

foreign-owned automotive firms, such as

Nissan, Subaru, Volkswagen, Mercedes-

Benz, BMW, and Kia, have located their

operations in southern right-to-work

states, away from the traditional center of

U.S. automotive manufacturing.

Spurred by the 1992 North American

Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Texas

serves as a primary link between

Mexico’s automotive plants and the rest

of the U.S. automotive industry. The

“NAFTA superhighway,” which runs

through Texas as Interstate 35, serves as

a main artery for the southern U.S. and

northern Mexico’s auto manufacturing

industry. The region’s large, skilled, and

cost-effective labor pool, coupled with

the NAFTA provision that qualifies any

product of at least 62.5% American,

Mexican, or Canadian parts to be duty-free, has made

Texas a highly competitive location for automotive

manufacturers. The shaded region on the map below

represents the NAFTA superhighway corridor.

NAFTA’s impact is evident in northeastern Mexico’s

growing automotive cluster, located near the border of

Texas. Manufacturers with facilities in this region of

Mexico include GM, Toyota, BAE, Peterbilt,

Freightliner, and Navistar International. Some of

these firms also have facilities in Texas, which are

detailed on the map on page 1 of this report.

M E X I C O

T E X A S

Auto Manufacturing in the Texas-Mexico Corridor

Tier 1 OEM Suppliers

Manufacturing Plants

Map courtesy of Bexar County Economic Development

The Texas-Mexico Automotive Corridor

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OVERVIEW

Texas serves as a primary link between Mexico’s auto plants and the rest of the U.S. auto industry

In 2012, Texas ranked as the No. 3 state for transpor-

tation equipment exports, with a value of over $25.2

billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

NAFTA partners Mexico and Canada were the top

two destinations for Texas transportation exports.

Over the past five years, Texas automotive exports

have surged almost 68%, from around $10.9 billion in

2008 to almost $18.4 billion in 2012 (see graph

below). The three

major motor vehicle

manufacturing segments

each grew during this

period, although the

economic downturn in 2009 led to across the board

decreases that year. Motor vehicle parts is the largest

of the three segments and experienced the strongest

growth, increasing almost 55% from over $6.4 billion

in 2008 to almost $11.8 billion in 2012.

In 2012, Texas ranked No. 2 nationally for total port

level trade for vehicle-related goods, including

imports and exports, with a value of over $69.4

billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This

represents an almost 21% increase from approxi-

mately $57.4 billion in 2011. NAFTA partner Mexico

accounted for the majority of Texas’ trade.

Foreign Trade & Logistics

Five Year Trends: Texas Automotive Exports, 2008-2012

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division

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s in

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BMW selects Dallas logistics hub

In February 2013, German automaker BMW

announced the location of its newest parts

distribution facility in the south Dallas suburb

of Lancaster. Located near the intersection of

three interstates, the

building is planned to

span 370,000 sq. ft., and

will pick up work

currently performed at

an existing BMW facility

in Mississippi.

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OVERVIEW

Over the past 5 years, Texas automotive exports surged 68%

Texas Emerging Technology Fund Automotive Manufacturing-Related Awards

Company City Technology Award

(Millions)

ActaCell Austin Rechargeable lithium-

ion batteries $1.0

Falcon International

Odessa Military vehicle

retrofitting $.85

KLD Energy Technologies

Austin Motor systems for

electric vehicles $2.8

Turbo Trac Systems

Midland Infinitely variable

transmissions $2.0

TOTALS — — $6.6

Texas Enterprise Fund Automotive Manufacturing-Related Awards

Company City Project Jobs Award

(Millions)

Caterpillar Seguin Engine assembly,

test & painting 1,714 $8.5

CK Technologies

Browns-ville

Truck component manufacturing

121 $.425

Continental Automotive

Systems Seguin

Auto sensors and actuators mfg.

300 $1.2

JTEKT Automotive

Ennis Auto parts mfg. plant expansion

200 $.333

TOTALS — — 2,335 $10.46

Business Incentive Programs

In 2003, Texas Legislature created the $295 million

Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF), a “deal-closing” fund

created to attract businesses and new jobs to the state

when Texas is in competition with another state or

country. The TEF was most recently reappropriated

in 2011. To date, nearly $10.5 million from the TEF

OVERVIEW

State Government Initiatives

have been awarded for automotive manufacturing-

related projects. The TEF table below details these

projects and the 2,335 jobs they have committed to

create.

In 2005, the Texas Legislature created the $200 mil-

lion Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to pro-

mote and finance innovations across multiple indus-

tries, including advanced manufacturing. The TETF

table below lists the program’s $6.6 million in automo-

tive technology-related companies since the program’s

inception.

Texas Vehicle Registrations

Fiscal Year

Passenger Vehicles1

Pick-Up Trucks2

Other Vehicles

Total

2011 11,832,416 4,920,874 5,186,496 21,939,786

2012 12,378,139 5,090,995 5,149,019 22,618,153

Vehicle Registrations Texas ranks No. 2 nationally for number of regis-

tered motor vehicles. In 2012, the state was home to

over 22.6 million registered vehicles, according to

the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Nearly 55%, were passenger vehicles, which in-

cludes cars, mini-vans, and most SUVs, while an

additional 23% were pickup trucks (see table). Also

in 2012, Texas registered more than 1.23 million

new vehicles, up from in 1.04 million in 2011.

1 Includes automobiles, mini-vans, and most SUVs.

2 Includes ½, ¾, and 1 ton trucks.

Source: Texas DMV

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P roducing some of the nation’s most popular

and best-selling models, Texas is also a top

market for full-sized trucks and SUVs. In

2012, more than one in five new vehicles registered in

Texas was a full-sized pickup. The state ranked No. 2

in the U.S. for pickup and No. 3 for SUV registrations

in 2011 and has earned the nickname “Truck Coun-

try.” In 2011, WardsAuto ranked Texas No. 9 nation-

ally for light vehicle (LV) production at over 417,400.

WardsAuto expects the nation’s 2013 LV production

to increase 4% from 2012, and Texas LV production

is expected to increase as well.

In the U.S., the world’s second largest automotive

market, manufacturers have focused over the past two

decades on the high-profit pickup and SUV segments.

Profit margins on these vehicles is estimated at $5,000

to $10,000 per vehicle. Since the 1990s, these vehicles

have accounted for a significant portion of U.S. sales

for GM, Ford, Chrysler, and more recently, Toyota.

Two of those global leaders, GM and Toyota, operate

assembly plants in Texas to build trucks and SUVs. In

the late 1990s, while designing the full-sized Tundra

pickup, Toyota engineers studied the Texas truck

market, because of its segment dominance.

GM’s Arlington, Texas, plant is the company’s only

remaining U.S. plant building full-sized SUVs. These

vehicles are among the company’s most profitable

vehicles, including the iconic Chevrolet Suburban,

which some call “the national car of Texas.” GM has

benefitted recently from increasing U.S. SUV and

truck sales, as the segment increased from 51.2% of

the total LV market in 2011 to 57.2% in 2012,

according to WardAuto data.

The Arlington plant has won a number of quality

awards over the years. Nonetheless, in early 2009 the

plant was shut down for two months, along with 12

other North American GM plants, because of com-

GM announced plans to add a third shift at its Arlington assembly plant in early 2013 in order to meet increased

demand for its SUVs.

GM Arlington Fact Sheet

Expanded eight times since opening in 1954

Occupies 4.2 million sq. ft. on 250 acres of land

Approximately 1,160 vehicles are produced daily

Produced over 275,707 new Tahoes, Suburbans, Yukons, and Escalades in 2012

Employs approximately 3,500 (hourly and salaried)

Operates three 8-hour production shifts

Annual payroll of over $220 million

Company investment of over $1.4 billion since 1995

Passenger Vehicles

General Motors

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pany-wide financial problems. During this shutdown,

GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, restructured, and

reemerged as a leaner firm focused on its core brands:

Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. The carmaker

returned to profitability in 2010 for the first time since

2004.

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GM remained the No. 1 U.S. automaker in 2012 by

sales volume, with 19.6% market share, and was

ranked the world’s No. 2 automaker with 11.9%

global market share. The company reported positive

revenues in 2011 and 2012.

GM Arlington announced plans to add a third shift in

early 2013 to boost production in order to meet

increased U.S. SUV demands. The shift could add an

additional 800 jobs. GM reports that in 2014 it may

cease production of its SUV hybrids due to low

demand; however, the company may continue

producing the Escalade hybrid.

Over the years, GM’s Texas-built vehicles have

garnered numerous industry awards, including the

2012 J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Survey,

where the Cadillac Escalade ranked No. 1 in the Large

Premiere Crossover/SUV segment and the Yukon and

Tahoe ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the Large Crossover/

SUV segment. 2013 GMC Yukon, Chevy Suburban, Cadillac Escalade, and Chevy Tahoe

In June 2011, GM began construction on a $331 million expansion and retooling at its Arlington Assembly Plant. The project will create 110 jobs and enable the plant to build GM’s next generation of full-size SUVs. Additionally, in January 2012, GM announced plans to add 180 new jobs and invest $200 million for a new sheet metal stamping facility to be built adjacent to its Arlington plant. By shifting auto-part stamping operations from elsewhere in the U.S. to Arlington, GM expects to save $40 million a year in supply chain costs.

In September 2012, GM announced the first of its four planned Information Technology (IT) Innovation Centers would be located in Austin, Texas. The company selected Austin because of its large high-tech workforce and vibrant university system. GM, which already has IT opera-tions in Austin, plans to hire up to 500

people. The company’s IT Innovation Centers will “insource” design and deliver IT to drive down the cost of company operations while improving the development of innovative new products and services.

GM Expands Arlington Plant and Announces IT Innovation Center in Austin

Arlington Assembly Plant expansion. Photo courtesy of GM.

The firm implemented these innovations in order to

achieve quality and environmental improvements.

Toyota's entire U.S. pickup truck production now

takes place in San Antonio. Toyota consolidated all

Tundra truck production in Texas in 2009, when it

ceased production at an Indiana plant. Additionally,

Tacoma pickup production was moved to TMMTX in

July 2010, ending production in California. The

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Toyota San Antonio Fact Sheet

Opened in 2006, expanded in 2010

Occupies 2.2 million sq. ft. on 2,000 acres

Produced 109,582 Tundra and 109,616 Tacoma pickups, for a total of 219,198 trucks in 2012

Employs approximately 2,900 workers

On-site suppliers employ approximately 2,800 additional workers

Operates 2 production shifts

$2.1 billion in capital investment to date

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transfer of Tacoma pickup production to San Antonio

represents $100 million in new direct investment and

about 1,000 new direct jobs.

After two years of reduced production due to the

global recession, Toyota product recalls, and an

earthquake which disrupted Toyota’s supply chain,

In February 2003, Toyota officials announced that San

Antonio, Texas, was selected as the site of the newest

Toyota truck assembly plant. A $133 million incentive

package was extended to Toyota, including $27

million for job training and recruitment and $15

million for the rail district

to build a second rail line

to the site. The Toyota

Motor Manufacturing,

Texas (TMMTX) plant

officially opened its $1.28

billion dollar plant and began production of its Tundra

full-sized pickups in November 2006. The plant is

expected to add $2.4 billion to the Texas economy

through 2016.

TMMTX established a new benchmark for the Toyota

Production System: a network of 21 parts and compo-

nents suppliers have been incorporated and integrated

on site (see page 24). TMMTX was the first automo-

tive assembly plant to co-locate supplier parts-

production facilities with the main assembly plant.

Texas-Built Toyota Tundra Tows Space Shuttle Endeavor

In October 2012, a Toyota Tundra manufac-

tured in San Antonio, Texas, towed the 150,000-

pound Space Shuttle Endeavor the last quarter

mile to its final destination at the California

Science Center in Los Angeles.

"There is no larger or more recognizable icon of

the U.S. space program’s success than the

shuttle, and to have it towed by the Toyota

Tundra is not only an incredible example of the

capabilities of the truck, but an honor to be part

of history," said Toyota Motor Sales USA’s Ed

Laukes.

Toyota

Toyota’s entire U.S. pickup production occurs in San Antonio

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accounted for approximately 16% of the nation’s new,

full-sized pickup market in 2012, which is a substan-

tial portion of the national pickup marketplace.

As standard equipment for many small businesses and

contractors, truck sales are often viewed as an indica-

tor of the nation’s economic health. In 2012, national

pickup sales increased for a third consecutive year,

according to Autodata, accounting for 49% of the light

vehicle market.

In fiscal year 2012, Texas was home to over 5 million

registered pick-up trucks, representing around 23% of

all the state’s total registered vehicles,

according to the Texas Department of Motor

Vehicles (DMV). The adjacent table provides

details on total Texas pickup truck registra-

tions from the last three years.

More than 304,600 full-sized pickup trucks

(trucks less than 1 ton) were newly registered

in Texas in 2012, up more than 10% from

2011. Nationwide, there were over 1.9

million full-sized pickups sold in 2012.

Assuming that Texas’ 2012 new truck

registrations represent new truck sales, Texas

Texas Pickup Truck Registrations

Fiscal Year

Total Pick-Up Trucks

Registered

Total Vehicles Registered

Pick-Ups % of Total

2010 4,878,854 21,570,282 22.6%

2011 4,920,874 21,939,786 22.4%

2012 5,090,995 22,618,153 22.5%

Source: Texas Department of Motor Vehicles

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In 2012, Texas accounted for 16% of the nation’s new, full-sized pickup market.

The Tacoma ranked No. 5 and the Tundra ranked

No. 6 as the best-selling U.S. pickup trucks in 2012.

The Tundra has won numerous awards over the

years, including the No. 1 spot in the large pickup

segment of IntelliChoice’s 2012 Best Overall Value

of the Year awards. The Tacoma has also been

named the nation’s best-selling compact pick-up

truck every year since 2005. In 2012, the Tacoma

held over 50% of the U.S. compact truck market.

Toyota won accolades in

2012, when the EPA recog-

nized the Texas plant for

achieving a 10% reduction in

energy intensity through its

Energy Star Challenge for

Industry program.

TMMTX increased truck production to a record-

setting 219,198 in 2012. The company sold nearly

243,000 combined Tundra and Tacoma pickups last

year and forecasts sales growth in 2013.

Toyota was the No. 3 U.S. automobile manufacturer

by vehicle sales in 2012, unchanged from 2011. The

firm regained its No. 1 global ranking for auto sales,

lost in 2011 due to the impacts of the Japanese natural

disasters.

The Texas Pickup Market

2013 Toyota Tundra and Tacoma

PASSENGER VEHICLES

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As a major automotive manufacturing and retail

market, Texas has seen a number of new companies

arrive in the state. Two are profiled below.

Community Cars

On April 6, 2012, Pflugerville, Texas-based Commu-

nity Cars shipped its first finished vehicles to Euro-

pean distributors. The company plans to manufacture

500 to 1,000 Kenguru vehicles a year, and is report-

edly working to fulfill hundreds of orders from around

the world.

The Kenguru is the first ever electrically powered

vehicle designed to be driven in a wheelchair. The

vehicles cost about $25,000 (or less with government

incentives) and allow

people who are

wheelchair-bound to

drive the vehicles up

to 28 miles per hour

within a 60-mile

range. Wheelchair

users enter the car

through a hatchback

door and drive while

seated in their

wheelchair.

CEO Stacy Zoern,

who founded Community Cars in 2010, raised $1.4

million and merged the company with Hungarian

company Kenguru Services, which developed the

Kenguru prototype. In July 2011, the Pflugerville City

Council awarded Community Cars a $100,000 grant

to move its production facility to the city and create

30 local jobs over five years. The company leased

9,000 sq. ft. in Pflugerville in September 2011.

Community Cars has received a number of recent

accolades. In October 2012, Stacy Zoern received the

2012 Lex Frieden Entrepreneurs Award from the

Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabili-

ties. And in September 2012, TechConnect, in

partnership with South by Southwest Eco and the

Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organi-

zation, announced that Community Cars was one of

the 2012 Innovation to Inspiration Awards winners.

DeLorean Motor Company

In 2011, Humble, Texas-based DeLorean Motor

Company (DMC) unveiled a prototype of its electric-

powered vehicle, the DMCEV. The sports car is an

electric version of the 1980s-era vehicle made famous

in the movie Back to the Future. DMC is partnering

with California-based

Epic Electric Vehicles

to produce the car.

DMC plans to market

the DMCEV in 2013

and to develop further

prototypes combining the existing DeLorean automo-

bile with the Epic EV electric powertrain.

DMC acquired the original DeLorean company’s

name in 1995 and owns the largest remaining original

DeLorean auto parts stock. In addition to servicing,

restoring and selling DeLoreans, parts, accessories

and merchandise, DMC also assembles cars to order,

featuring parts or designs from the original model.

Innovative Startups

Community Cars CEO Stacy Zoern

DeLorean Motor Co.

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T exas is home to a number of heavy duty truck

manufacturers, including some of the nation’s

most prominent firms. The Lone Star State is

ranked in the top ten in the U.S. for establishments

and employment in this sector, according to the U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The state ranked No. 2 nationally for truck tractor

registrations in 2011, the latest year available. The

Texas DMV table below shows how Texas registra-

tions have changed over the past five years for two

categories of the heavy duty truck market. Registra-

tions are up significantly since 2009.

Texas heavy duty truck manufacturers produce vehi-

cles for a variety of uses, from long-haul freight trucks

to tactical vehicles. Most of the manufacturing facili-

ties are located close to major metropolitan areas,

ports, and highways—including the NAFTA super-

highway. Two of the sector’s top manufacturers are

profiled in the following pages.

Top Specialty Truck & Utility Vehicle Manufacturers in Texas By Number of Employees

Company City Employees Product

Peterbilt Motors Denton 2,215 Heavy duty trucks

Global Tactical Systems (BAE) Sealy,

Temple 550 Tactical vehicles

Supreme Corp. of Texas Cleburne 255 Truck and bus bodies

RKI, Inc. Houston 200 Truck and bus bodies

TYMCO, Inc. Waco 150+ Street sweeper trucks

Capacity of Texas Longview 150 Industrial trucks and trailers

G&H Truck Equipment Arlington 150 Heavy duty refuse hauling equipment

Manitou North America Waco 110 Rough terrain forklifts

Morgan Corporation Corsicana 100+ Truck and bus bodies

Terex Utilities San Antonio 100 Truck and bus bodies

Texas Heavy Truck & Semi Truck Tractor Registrations

Year Heavy Trucks* Semi Truck

Tractors

2008 162,885 100,037

2009 157,473 97,826

2010 155,888 105,467

2011 157,148 119,104

2012 162,119 136,908

*Greater than 1 ton: dump trucks, garbage trucks, etc.. Source: Texas DMV

Heavy Duty Trucks

Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data

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natural gas (LNG) and compress natural gas (CNG)

systems since 1996. Peterbilt produces six natural gas

truck systems, more than any other truck manufac-

turer, and offers two natural gas engine platforms.

In 2012 the American Truck Dealers (ATD) named the

Peterbilt Model 587, with the PACCAR MX engine, in the

heavy duty category and the Peterbilt Model 210 in the

medium duty category as “2012 ATD Commercial Trucks

of the Year.”

Peterbilt Motors is one of America's premium truck

manufacturers. Headquartered in Denton, Texas,

Peterbilt is a division of PACCAR, a Fortune 500

company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers

of heavy duty trucks. Peterbilt enjoys a global

reputation for leading designs, innovative engineer-

ing, and fuel efficiency solutions. Through its 260-

plus North American dealer locations, Peterbilt

provides comprehensive

programs to support its full

line-up of on-highway,

vocational, and medium

duty products, including

alternative fuel vehicles

with aftermarket support programs.

Peterbilt’s Denton plant opened in 1980 with 82

employees producing 15 trucks a month. The Denton

facility is Peterbilt’s only U.S. manufacturing site,

since a plant near Nashville, Tennessee was closed in

late 2009. The firm also operates a sister manufactur-

ing plant in Quebec, Canada. The Denton plant

manufactures a full line of Class 6-8 trucks, including

a broad range of on-highway, vocational, and hybrid

electric models.

In summer 2012, the

Denton plant began

production of its

innova t ive new

Model 579. The all-

n e w p r o d u c t

platform includes a

PACCAR MX engine, which

is the culmination of a decade-long R&D effort

spurred by federal regulations to develop lower-

emission engines in the U.S. The 579 has won the

EPA’s SmartWay designation, along with Peterbilt

Models 384, 386, and 587.

Peterbilt leads the market in natural gas-powered

commercial trucks with a 40% market share. The

company has manufactured trucks featuring liquefied

Peterbilt Model 579

Peterbilt’s Alternative Fuel Trucks

Peterbilt Denton Fact Sheet

Launched operations in 1980

Occupies 600,000 sq. ft. on 100 acres of land

Produces more than 38,000 new trucks a year

Employs approximately 2,361 workers

Operates 2 production shifts

$75 million invested into the plant over the last 5 years

Products include Aerodynamic, Medium Duty, Vocational, Hybrid, and Traditional Model Lines

Peterbilt

HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS

The Denton plant is Peterbilt’s only U.S. manufacturing site

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UK-based defense and aerospace giant, BAE Systems,

operates a heavy duty truck manufacturing facility in

Sealy, Texas. BAE subsidiary Global Tactical

Systems (GTS), which

manages the Sealy

facility, is headquar-

tered in Houston,

Texas. GTS pioneered many of the primary tactical

wheeled vehicle systems used by military and security

forces around the world. GTS manufactures, tests,

and provides support from an 800,000-sq. ft. plant on

a 200-acre campus in Sealy, which opened in 1995.

In 2010, BAE lost its appeal to keep a 17-year

contract for the production of the U.S. Army's Family

of Medium Tactical

Vehicles (FMTV) at its

Sealy GTS facility. The

company responded by

diversifying, which turned

out to be good strategy

when, due to defense spending budget cuts, the Army

canceled the entire FMTV program in 2012.

In 2010, GTS was awarded a $629 million contract to

upgrade 1,700 Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush

Protected (MRAP) Vehicles in Sealy with new

automotive power trains, chassis, and independent

suspensions.

In 2012, BAE was awarded

three U.S. Marines Corp

contracts worth over $148

million to continue support

of the Caiman Multi

Theater Vehicles (MTV).

The awards stipulate that

BAE will supply nearly

400 Caiman rolling chassis

with conversion kits and

adaptable Underbody Survivability Kits and perform

other enhancements on 1,040 other Caimans. The

work will be conducted in Sealy, Texas, and deliver-

ies are planned to continue into 2013.

In October 2011, BAE Systems leased a 70,000 sq.

ft. industrial building in Temple, Texas, in order to

retrofit Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFV) there. BAE

currently employs about 50 people in Temple. The

location was selected due to its

proximity to Forts

Bliss and Fort Hood,

as well as the

e x i s t i n g r a i l

in f r a s t ruc tu re ,

which made the

logis t ics cost -

effective. BAE’s

Temple expansion is the result of

billions of dollars in U.S. Army contracts the firm

has been awarded to upgrade Bradleys since 2005.

Additionally, since 2004, BAE Systems has part-

nered with the U.S. Army’s Red River Army Depot

(RRAD) in Texarkana, Texas, on various equipment

contracts. The partnership was recently extended to

2018. The RRAD is the only U.S. Department of

Defense facility that remanufactures road wheel and

tracked vehicle systems, including BFVs. The RRAD

dissembles the BFVs, overhauls several components,

then ships the vehicles and compo-

nents to BAE for modification

and reassembly. BAE

has won over a

billion dollars in

RRAD-related

BFV contracts

since 2012.

BAE Systems

Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Caiman MRAP Vehicle

HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS

BAE operates an 800,000 sq. ft. military vehicle plant in Sealy

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Top Trailer Manufacturing Companies in Texas By Number of Employees

Company City Texas

Employees Product

Load Trail, Inc. Sumner 400 Industrial & recreational trailers

Loadcraft Industries Brady, Brownwood 400 Heavy haul and energy industry trailers

Ledwell & Son Enterprises Texarkana 375 Trailers, water trucks, etc.

Heil Trailer / Kalyn Siebert Gatesville, Rhome 330 Specialty transport trailers

PJ Trailer Manufacturing Sumner 325 Utility trailers

Big Tex Trailer Mfg. Mount Pleasant,

Odessa 225 Utility trailers,

RKI, Inc. Houston 200 Trailers etc.

Performance Trailers by Parker Mount Pleasant 200 Utility trailers, etc.

Outlaw Conversions Stephenville 180 Horse trailers and customizations

Carry-On Trailer Corporation Mexia 130 Utility trailers, etc.

Trailers

Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data

T he Texas trailer and related equipment manu-

facturing sector includes the production of

trailers for agricultural, oilfield, recreational,

and other uses, as well as vehicle frames and chassis.

The sector’s 7,800 workers account for about 23% of

Texas’ total automotive manufacturing employment.

In 2011, Texas ranked No. 2 nationally for employ-

ment in this sector, displacing Michigan, according to

the latest federal data. Additionally, Many of the 160

trailer manufacturers in Texas are small businesses,

with an average of 48 employees each.

Leading Texas Companies Load Trail, Inc., the largest

Texas trailer company,

employs about 400 workers

in Sumner, Texas, northeast

of Dallas. The company’s three local facilities span a

total of 420,000 sq. ft. Load Trail was founded in

1996 and began production with enclosed trailers,

transport trailers, and sport trailers. Today the firm

also manufactures trailer models including goose-

necks, car haulers, single axles, dumps, and enclosed

cargo trailers.

Loadcraft Industries is the

second largest Texas com-

pany in this sector. It special-

izes in mobile drilling rig and

trailer manufacturing supporting the oil industry

internationally. The company’s Texas manufacturing

facilities include a state-of-the-art tool shop, three

weld production lines, on-site testing, and indoor

assembly areas.

Load Trail Hurricane

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Top Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Companies in Texas By Number of Employees

Company City Texas

Employees Product

Continental Automotive Systems

Seguin 1,290 Sensors and actuators

Toshiba International Corp. Houston 1,200 Electric motors

Caterpillar Seguin, Schertz 1,120 Industrial Machinery Engines

Lear Corporation Arlington, El Paso 800+ Seating & automotive interior systems

Stoneridge Electronics El Paso 600 Electronic components

BAE Systems Austin 525 Military vehicle cage armor

Trico Products Brownsville 420 Windshield wipers

Johnson Controls San Antonio 520 Automotive interiors and batteries

AER Manufacturing Carrollton 500 Engines & engine parts

Sanden International USA Wylie 500 Automotive air conditioning

T he Texas automotive parts manufacturing

sector produces a range of vehicle compo-

nents, from car seats, to air conditioning units,

to engines, to microcontrollers. The sector’s 17,200

workers account for more than 50% of Texas’ total

automotive manufacturing employment. Many of the

state’s 280 automotive parts companies are small

businesses, with an average of 60 employees each.

Continental Automotive Systems

In February 2012, the state of Texas awarded a $1.2

million Texas Enterprise

Fund grant to Continental

Automotive Systems, one

of the world’s largest

automotive suppliers, to relocate sensor and actuator

production from Europe and Asia to its Seguin, Texas

plant. The $113 million expansion is expected to

create 300 new jobs. Based in Germany, Continental

also operates facilities in Houston and Uvalde, Texas.

The Seguin plant’s new production lines, which are

being phased in over five years, will manufacture two

types of sensors to be used to monitor and reduce

various emissions, improve fuel economy and im-

prove performance of many types of vehicles.

Continental’s Seguin facility also manufactures

powertrain control modules utilized by numerous

domestic and international automotive manufacturers

including Ford, GM, Chrysler, Volvo, Acura, Mazda,

Motor Vehicle Parts

Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data

Automotive Electronics

Toshiba HEV motor

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Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data

Selected firms with manufacturing or management operations in the state

Top Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers in Texas

Shiner Shiner

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

“The strong, skilled local workforce and excellent logistical advantages are among the factors that benefit our continued expansion at the Seguin

facility. We look forward to continued partnership and growth for years to

come.”

- Scott Williams, Continental Automotive Plant Manager, Seguin

Toshiba

Toshiba International Corp., a wholly owned subsidi-

ary of Japan-based Toshiba Corporation, has its

industrial division headquarters

in Houston, Texas. Toshiba is

a world leader in the design and

manufacturing of motors, motor controls, and power

electronics. The company provides application

solutions to a wide range of industries including

lighting systems, power systems, and transmission and

distribution systems.

In June 2010, Toshiba announced the expansion of

its 620,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Houston,

Texas, to add production of electric traction motors

for hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric

vehicles, and electric vehicles. In 2012, the company

hired an 110 workers to operate the newly added

hybrid-motor production unit, which opened in fall

2012 with prototype engine production. The entire

Toshiba plant currently employs approximately 1,200.

Texas is Toshiba's first overseas manufacturing base

for automotive propulsion motors, which were

previously produced in Japan. The move followed the

awarding of a major contract to supply drive motors

for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles for Ford Motor

Company. Toshiba supplies the motors for integration

into the transmissions that Ford produces in Michigan.

Automotive Engines and Components

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and machinery maker Caterpillar. In 2012, one of

every five U.S. cars had a control module produced in

the Seguin, Texas, plant, according to Continental.

Stoneridge Electronics

Stoneridge Electronics, Inc., located in El Paso, Texas,

designs and manufactures electronic products for the

automotive industry. The El Paso operations, formerly

a location of General Instruments, became part of the

Sweden-based Stoneridge Group in 1992, when

Stoneridge acquired the Transportation Electronics

Division of General

Instruments, a manufac-

turer of electronic instru-

mentation components.

Located in El Paso, Texas,

and Juarez, Mexico, this

acquisition was the starting

point for the electronics business

of auto component supplier Stoneridge.

As vehicles become more sophisticated, their elec-

tronic content continues to grow. This has helped

Stoneridge Electronics become the world’s leading tier

one supplier of instrument clusters for commercial

vehicles and tachographs for global truck, bus, and van

manufacturers, according to the company.

Toshiba plant in northwest Houston

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

Stoneridge Instrument cluster

2013 Ford Focus Hybrid Electric

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

Toshiba made the decision to onshore production of its

hybrid motors due to the long shipping time from

Japan to Ford’s facility in Michigan, inventory storage

space, and currency exchange risks. Shipping time has

decreased from six weeks from Japan to four days

from Texas.

Caterpillar

Caterpillar, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is the

world's leading manufacturer of on-highway diesel

and natural gas engines, construction and mining

equipment, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric

locomotives. In 2008,

Caterpillar received an $8.5

million TEF award from the

State of Texas for a new

global engine assembly, test, and paint facility in

Seguin, Texas. The 1,000,000-sq. ft., $180-million

plant began production in 2010.

Caterpillar’s Seguin plant currently employs about

1,050 and recently began a third production line. In

order to support expanding plant operations and a

number of new Caterpillar suppliers that have relo-

cated to the area, the company completed two addi-

tional buildings adjacent to their Seguin plant with a

combined size of 507,300 sq. ft. in 2012.

Caterpillar also operates a

plant in Schertz, Texas, that

began manufacturing engine

blocks and components for

the Seguin plant in 2011.

The Schertz plant employs

about 70 workers. CAT C15 Truck Engine

KLD Energy Technologies (KLD)

In 2010, Austin, Texas-based KLD was awarded

$2.8 million from the Texas Emerging Technology

Fund (TETF) to commercialize its transmission-

less motor-drive systems for electric vehicles.

In November 2012,

KLD and China-based

Cenntro Group Ltd, a

leading developer of

diesel and LPG power

trains for industrial,

agricultural, and trans-

portation equipment,

announced plans to jointly develop four-wheel

electric vehicles incorporating KLD's electric vehi-

cle drive system technology. KLD will initially pro-

vide 3,000 systems to power the golf cart-sized

electric cars developed by Cenntro.

Turbo Trac Begins Production

In August 2012, Frisco, Texas-based Turbo Trac

Systems shipped the first unit of its initial

product, an infinitely variable transmission (IVT)

for heavy duty commercial vehicles and indus-

trial applications. The State of Texas invested $2

million in Turbo Trac through the TETF in 2009

for the commercialization of its energy conserva-

tion technology for industrial motor systems.

The company received $3.2

million in additional venture

capital funding in 2011 to

begin production of its IVT,

which reportedly reduces

fuel consumption and

greenhouse gas emissions

by 15% to 30% over tradi-

tional IVTs.

Turbo Trac IVT

KLD Electric Motor

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As a major automotive manufacturing and retail

market, Texas has seen a number of new entrants

and expansions arrive in the state.

US Farathane

In 2012, Michigan-based US Farathane, a leading

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

Hilite International

Hilite International manufactures engine and

transmission components in Carrollton,

Texas. Based in Germany, the company is a

global supplier to the automotive industry.

Its customers

include Tier1

suppliers and

major OEMs in

the automotive

industry, such as

GM, BMW, and

Volvo.

Hilite Interna-

tional is focused on developing and manufac-

turing products to improve fuel consumption

and reduce emissions. The company’s major

engine products include Vanecam© camphas-

ers, which control intake and exhaust valve

timing for improved fuel economy, and many

types of control valves, some of which

optimize hydraulic flows for reduced fuel

consumption.

As a major automotive manufacturing and retail market,

Texas has seen a number of new entrants and

expansions arrive in the state.

US Farathane

In 2012, Michigan-based US Farathane, a leading supplier of

auto plastic components, opened a 242,579 sq. ft.

manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas. The company

received a $212,000

incentive package

from the City of

Austin for its plans to

create 228 jobs by the

end of 2014.

CK Technologies

In 2011, CK Technologies, a leader in providing engineered

plastic components for the commercial truck and bus

industry, opened a 300,000 sq. ft manufacturing facility in

Brownsville, Texas. The company received a $425,000 TEF

award to build the $18.2 million truck component

manufacturing facility

and plans to create 121

jobs by the end of 2014.

CK Technologies, a

wholly-owned subsidiary

o f M i ch ig a n - b a sed

Cascade Engineering,

manufactures products

i n c l u d i n g f e n d e r s ,

bumpers, battery boxes,

instrument panels, and

trim. CK Technologies

also operates facilities in

Irving and Fort Worth,

Texas.

New to Texas

U.S. Farathane’s Austin facility

CK Technologies facility

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Hilite Vanecam camphasers

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AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

Location: Lewisville and Grapevine, TX Products: compressors, hose assemblies, blower and fan motors, evaporators, etc.

Location: Wylie, TX Products: Automotive compressors

Location: Ferris, TX Products: OEM A/C products including compressors, accumulators, receiver driers, and hose assemblies

Location: Irving, TX Products: Aftermarket A/C parts and systems including coils, dryers, and condensers

Location: Fort Worth Products: Replacement radiator cores, complete truck radiators, industrial radiators, charge air cool-ers and A/C condensers

Location: Fort Worth Products: A/C systems for heavy vehicles, including buses, class 8 trucks, and commercial delivery vans

Location: Fort Worth Products: Electric cooling fan assemblies

Within the larger automotive parts industry, Texas

is home to a significant and specialized cluster of

companies manufacturing automotive air condi-

tioning (A/C) components. This subsector is

particularly concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth

metro area, where the percentage of the workforce

employed in the automotive A/C manufacturing

sector is eight times higher than the national

average. More than 18% of all U.S. automotive

A/C manufacturing jobs are in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Leading firms in this cluster are profiled below.

Texas Keeps Cars Cool: The Automotive A/C Manufacturing Cluster

Location: Fort Worth Products: Heat exchangers, fittings, and hook-up tubes

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Toyota On-Site Suppliers in San Antonio

Texas Operation Name Joint Venture Partners Commodity/Service

Asahi Glass Automotive Americas (AGC)

- Door Glass

Avanzar Interior Technologies SAT Auto Technologies, Ltd. &

Johnson Controls, Inc. Seats, headliners, door panels

plus assembly

Curtis-Maruyasu America, Inc. - Fuel & brake tubes

Futaba Industrial Texas (FIT) - Stamped parts plus assembly

Green Metals, Inc. (GMI) - Metal recycling; waste

management & recycling

HERO Assemblers, LLP Valiente International Ventures &

Toyota Tsusho America (TAI) Tire & wheel assembly

HERO Logistics, LLP Valiente International Ventures &

Toyota Tsusho America (TAI) On-site logistics & yard/dock

management

Kautex - Fuel tanks

Metalsa - Truck frame sequencing

MetoKote - E-coating

Millennium Steel of Texas, LLC Millennium Steel Service Indiana

& TAI Steel blanks & coils

PPG Windshield glass

Reyes-Amtex Reyes Industries & Amtex Carpet

Reyes Automotive & Reyes-Amtex Automotive

Reyes Industries & Lear & Amtex Interior/exterior parts (trim,

ducts, and carpet)

Reyes-Amtex Automotive Reyes Industries & Lear Carpet

Takumi Stamping Texas, Inc. - Stamped & welded parts

Tenneco Automotive - Exhaust systems

Tokai Rika (TRAM) Steering wheels & switches

Toyoda-Gosei Texas LLC - Interior/exterior parts

Toyotetsu Texas - Stamped & welded parts

Vutex, Inc. Operational Technologies Corp.

& Vuteq Assembly services

San Antonio’s Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas

(TMMTX) operates an innovative on-site supplier

network, integrating separate parts and components

suppliers into the same production campus. TMMTX

was the first automotive assembly plant to co-locate

supplier production facilities alongside the main

assembly plant.

In addition to this group, Toyota has many other

suppliers located throughout Texas and the world.

Source: Toyota

Toyota Parts Suppliers

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance or AAM) at www.autoalliance.org

A U.S. industry association’s website containing information on national and state market overviews, advanced

technology innovations, and more.

Automotive Aftermarket Association at www.aftermarket.org

A U.S. industry association’s website with free news items and industry research available for purchase.

Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) at www.aftermarketsuppliers.org

A U.S. industry association website with some free market news and statistics.

Automotive Industries (AI) at www.ai-online.com/

An industry trade publication website with free articles, news, and an auto suppliers directory area.

Automotive News at www.autonews.com

An industry trade publication website with free news and articles content. There is also a wealth of data available

only to subscribers.

Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at www.cargroup.org

A U.S.-based research group produces this site, which contains some free publications.

Elm Analytics at www.eautoportal.com

Elm Analytics, LLC is a venture formed from the acquired assets of Elm International, a leading provider of Auto-

motive Industry data and intelligence. The Elm website data are only available to subscribers. ELM's primary

product is The ELM Guide to Automotive Sourcing, with detailed profiles of over 20,000 companies in the global

automotive industry. ELM also offers specialized reporting, custom supply chain maps, and data collection ser-

vices.

Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) at www.mema.com/

This industry association website includes national level information, news, and more.

Texas-Mexico Automotive Supercluster (TMASC) Region website at http://txmxautomotive.com

This Bexar County Economic Development website offers excellent, free automotive industry reports and statistics

covering Texas statewide as well the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and Tamaulipas.

Transportation and Machinery Office at http://trade.gov/mas/manufacturing/OAAI/index.asp

This U.S. Department of Commerce website offers reports, statistics, trade data, and more. Note the reports titled

U.S. Auto Parts Industry Annual Assessment and The Road Ahead for the U.S. Auto Industry.

WardsAuto.com at www.wardsauto.com/

Ward’s Communications has published news and analysis on the automotive industry for more than 75 years.

Most of Ward’s information is only available to subscribers, including the Ward’s Automotive Yearbook and

Ward’s Motor Vehicle Facts and Figures publications. There is some free news and statistics.

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Appendix: Selected Industry Resources

Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism

PO Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711 512-936-0101

www.TexasWideOpenForBusiness.com