Canada’s auto industry breathes sigh of relief as U.S. rewrites protectionist EV policy
Naimul Karim, Financial Post July 28, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA said that an EV tax credit exclusive to the U.S. was the “largest single threat” Canada’s automakers faced and was glad to see the provision lifted by the same people who tabled it. Read article here.
Belgian battery company announces $1.5-billion investment in Ontario
Gabriel Friedman, Financial Post July 13, 2022 Battery supply chain plant near Kingston, Ont., getting significant government financial support. “A more powerful battery absolutely changes the way the (auto) industry designs and positions products,” said Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association president. Read article here.
Blockade puts auto investment in Canada in doubt
Larysa Harapyn, Financial Post February 15, 2022 Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association’s Flavio Volpe on how the Ambassador Bridge blockade will affect policies and laws going forward. Watch here.
Driver vaccine mandates haven’t snarled cross-border flow of goods, top trucking firm says
Jake Edmiston, Financial Post February 8, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, called the blockade a “brain dead move” in a tweet, suggesting that workers could be temporarily laid off due to the delays. Read article here.
Driver vaccine mandates haven’t snarled cross-border flow of goods, top trucking firm says
Jake Edmiston, Financial Post February 8, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, called the blockade a “brain dead move” in a tweet, suggesting that workers could be temporarily laid off due to the delays. Read article here.
Jerry Dias, the ‘$5-billion’ blue-collar man
Joe O’Connor, The Financial Post November 30th, 2020 Dias may have commandeered the spotlight — Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, a national trade association, describes his ability to dominate the daily news cycle as his “secret sauce” — but behind the scenes, General Motors of Canada president Scott Bell had command […]
There’s a better way to become a leader in electric vehicles than throwing cash at old automakers
Kevin Carmichael, Financial Post November 20th, 2020 Let’s agree that Canada should try to become a player in the electric-vehicle business. Carbon neutral means ditching internal-combustion and diesel engines, and as the economies that make machines that move people around tend to be the world-beaters, let’s go for it. Here’s another idea: How about trying […]
Why Ontario’s auto industry is undergoing a rebirth
Larysa Harapyn, Financial Post November 11th, 2020 Flavio Volpe, president of Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, speaks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harpyn about the upbeat outlook for the automotive sector. He discusses auto technology, rebirths and Project Arrow.
‘Brutal education’: Inside the mad rush to make masks to battle COVID-19
By Naomi Powell, Financial Post April 3, 2020 Overnight it seems, garment manufacturers, packaging suppliers and autoparts makers have turned their attention to goods that were once the domain of specialty medical suppliers. “We’re not putting all our eggs on the other side of the 49thparallel,” said Flavio Volpe, who, as president of the Automotive […]
Canadian auto parts makers team up to build ventilators with three companies
Magna, Linamar and Martinrea reach agreement with the province Emily Jackson, Financial Post March 27, 2020 Three of Canada’s largest auto parts manufacturers, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association and the province of Ontario have agreed to focus much of their ventilator building efforts on three projects. Auto parts manufacturers have been working with government officials […]
