Southfield, Mich., January 20, 2010 — The Automotive Industry Action Group added 75 new member companies in 2009, a year overflowing with major turmoil for the automotive industry.

Collaboration and co-opetition are at the base of this impressive growth. “We know that on a going forward basis, our interdependence as an industry will have a significant impact on our ability to manage the recovery and sustain profitable growth,” remarked J. Scot Sharland, executive director.

AIAG’s membership actively engages in numerous initiatives, to facilitate industry consensus and resolve issues via the adoption of common business practices (e.g. engineering, logistics, packaging, quality, environmental health and safety, health care, etc.) and interoperable business systems counting application-to-application (A2A), plant-to-business (P2B) and business-to-business (B2B).

By collaborating with competitors in a neutral environment, members are able to identify inefficiencies in business processes. Initiatives are then developed and implemented at AIAG, by member companies, to save the industry millions of dollars and drive rework, error and scrap out of the global automotive supply chain.

New member companies joining the AIAG family in 2009 include:
Alta Mfg. Co.
AmeriPlate Inc.
Anderson Cook
Autodesk Inc.
Bellwright Industries, LLC
Bianchi Public Relations
Borg Indak, Inc
BridgeSpeak
Burlington Technologies Inc.
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
CHEP USA Inc
Circuit Works Corporation
Colonial Diversified Polymer Products, LLC
Corporation for International Business
D & R Technology, LLC
Dataforge, LLC
Detroit Products International, LLC
Ditech, Inc.
Durapart Industries AS
Edicom Corporation
Epic Technologies
Fontaine International, Inc
Foster and Associates, Inc.
Francis Tuttle Technology Center
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Huntington Quality Associates, Inc
I.D. Systems, Inc.
INA Industria Nacional De Autopartes, A.C.
International Rectifier Corp.
International TechneGroup, Inc.
Johnson Controls, Inc.
KPA, LLC
M.K. Chambers Company
Magni-Power Company
Metaldyne
Methode Electronics, Inc.
Michigan State University
Microsoft Corporation
Monbat PLC
Morbern Inc.
Mueller Impacts Company
Neuman Aluminum
Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corporation USA
North Carolina State University Industrial Extension Service
Oracle Corporation
ORBIS Corporation
Orick Tool & Die, Inc.
Panasonic Automotive Systems of America
Paramount Group
Plexus Corporation
Polymer Inc
Q&A Chemical Co., Ltd.
Qdos Flexcircuits BDN. BHD
Quality House, S.C.
Radar Industries, Inc.
Resource International LLC
RF-IDI, LLC
RSJ Technical Consulting
SEEBURGER, Inc.
Sinclair Community College
Symbolic Systems, Inc.
System Seals, Inc.
Tecnologico De Monterrey
TFT Global Inc. - Woodstock
THRU-U.COM INC
Tieco International (Aust) P/L
Trademerit Corp.
Unicell Limited
Universidad Iberoamericana, A.C.
Vertare, LLC
Vitec LLC
Vogelsang Corporation
Watlow
Williams Controls, Inc.

Links:
http://www.aiag.org