How auto parts manufacturers could help during the COVID-19 crisis

CBC News Windsor, March 19, 2020 As auto plants in North America temporarily close due to concerns about coronavirus, Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, is working on having auto parts manufacturers adapt to produce medical supplies. Volpe said manufacturers can make 500,000 of a given part every year. Right now, the […]

Arrow concept car to be a showcase for area automotive firms

Dave Waddell, Windsor Star January 24, 2020 The Windsor region and the auto cluster knitted together by the 401 in Southwestern Ontario will be key in the building of the Arrow concept car planned by the group representing auto parts makers in Canada. The Auto Parts Manufacturers’ Association announced the project to build an all-Canadian, […]

Area companies see future in non-traditional markets

Dave Waddell, Windsor Star April 2, 2019In each of the past four months, Jonathan Azzopardi has jetted halfway around the world to spend a week at a time trying to connect into the complicated web of the business community in India.Azzopardi, who is president of Laval Tool, shares the growing opinion that it’s in such […]