1. automotive and vehicles

The Texas
Automotive Manufacturing
Industry
2013
Contents
Overview………………………………………………………………….
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Passenger Vehicles………..……...………………………………..
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Heavy Duty Trucks……………………………………………………
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Trailers……………………………………………………………….……
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Automotive Parts…………..………………………..………………
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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
See Page 12-13
General Motors expands
Arlington assembly plant
Peterbilt Motors’ only U.S.
truck manufacturing facility
located in Denton
See Page 11
See Page 16
Jobs in Texas auto
part manufacturing
sector surge 29%
since 2009
Continental
Automotive to add
300 jobs at Seguin
component plant
Texas automotive
exports jump 68%
over past five years
See Page 3
See Page 19
See Page 9
Toshiba International hires
110 at hybrid motor
production unit
in Houston
See Page 21
Texas ranks No. 6 nationally
for automotive manufacturing
employment
See Page 2
Automotive Manufacturing in Texas
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. government’s North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) classifies the auto industry under the
following categories:
Automotive Manufacturing Sectors
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing/Assembly
Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Manufacturing
T
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
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
Major Automotive Manufacturers in Texas
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
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Auto Manufacturing
Workforce
Top Automotive Manufacturing
Employers In Texas (2012)
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 automotive workers and number of auto manufacturing
establishments. More than 476 automotive manufacturing firms directly employ over 33,800 workers in
Texas. Workers at these companies earn an average of
around $50,000 annually (see table below).
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General Motors: 3,500
Toyota: 2,900
Peterbilt Motors: 2,215
Continental Automotive Systems: 1,290
Caterpillar (Engine Assembly): 1,120
Texas Automotive Manufacturing
Employment, by Sector
Texas ranks No. 6 nationally
for automotive manufacturing
employment
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2011)
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
Automotive Manufacturing Employment in Texas
2012 Third Quarter
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
33,818
476
$50,572
Sector (Industry Code)
TOTALS
Source: Texas Workforce Commission
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Five-Year Trends: Texas Automotive Manufacturing Employment, 2008-2012
20,000
Motor Vehicle Parts Mfg.
18,000
Motor Vehicle Mfg.
Employment
16,000
Motor Vehicle Body &
Trailer Mfg.
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
2008
2009
2010
2011
In 2011, Texas ranked No. 5 nationally for
automotive manufacturing establishments and No. 6
nationally for automotive manufacturing
employment.
The motor vehicle
parts sector has
increased employment
by 29% since 2009
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
2012
Source: Texas Workforce Commission.
Data from third quarter each year.
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.
Impact of the Texas Automotive Manufacturing Industry (2011)
Sector
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Total Value of
Shipments ($1,000s)
Annual Payroll
($1,000s)
$20,792,387
$490,121
Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Manufacturing
$1,623,134
$252,510
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
$4,818,806
$545,351
$27,234,327
$1,287,982
TOTALS
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of Manufacturers
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Workforce Concentrations
The maps below identify the state’s
Workforce Development regions with
above-average specializations in
automotive manufacturing. The highlighted 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 average, or high.
Concentration
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Dallas/Fort Worth
Light Trucks
Heavy Duty Trucks
Gulf Region
Heavy Duty Trucks
Alamo Region
Light Trucks
Auto Parts, Vehicle Body, and Trailer Manufacturing
Moderate
Above Average
Tarrant County
Vehicle Electrical Equip.,
Air Conditioning &
Interiors
High
Northeast Texas
Truck Trailers
Travel Trailers & Campers
East Texas
Truck Trailers
Upper Rio Grande
Heart of Texas
Vehicle Electrical Equip.
Truck Trailers
Alamo Region
Vehicle Interiors &
Metal Stamping
Cameron County
Motor Vehicle Parts
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Research & Development
From electronics to fuel economy to tire performance, 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 infotainment systems.
Freescale Semiconductor, based in Austin, has
designed and manufactured automotive semiconductors since the 1950s. As one of the world’s leading
suppliers of automotive processors, microcontrollers, 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.
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 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.
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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.
OVERVIEW
San Antonio institute puts automotive technologies to the test
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
Automotive fuel performance evaluation
Engine testing in low temperature conditions
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).
Engine oil oxidation testing
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The Texas-Mexico Automotive Corridor
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
global
automotive
industry. Billions of
Texas serves as a
primary link between dollars in automotive
Mexico’s auto plants goods are shipped from
Texas annually.
and the rest of the
U.S. auto industry
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.
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
Auto Manufacturing in the Texas-Mexico Corridor
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, MercedesTEXAS
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,
MEXICO
Manufacturing Plants
Tier 1 OEM Suppliers
Map courtesy of Bexar County Economic Development
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Foreign Trade & Logistics
In 2012, Texas ranked as the No. 3 state for transportation 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
Over the past 5 years, major motor vehicle
Texas automotive
manufacturing segments
exports surged 68%
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
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.
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 approximately $57.4 billion in 2011. NAFTA partner Mexico
accounted for the majority of Texas’ trade.
Exports in Millions
Five Year Trends: Texas Automotive Exports, 2008-2012
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division
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State Government
Initiatives
have been awarded for automotive manufacturingrelated projects. The TEF table below details these
projects and the 2,335 jobs they have committed to
create.
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
In 2005, the Texas Legislature created the $200 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to promote and finance innovations across multiple industries, including advanced manufacturing. The TETF
table below lists the program’s $6.6 million in automotive technology-related companies since the program’s
inception.
Texas Enterprise Fund
Texas Emerging Technology Fund
Automotive Manufacturing-Related Awards
Automotive Manufacturing-Related Awards
Company
City
Project
Jobs
Award
(Millions)
Company
City
Technology
Award
(Millions)
Caterpillar
Seguin
Engine assembly,
test & painting
1,714
$8.5
ActaCell
Austin
Rechargeable lithiumion batteries
$1.0
CK
BrownsTechnologies
ville
Truck component
manufacturing
121
$.425
Falcon
International
Odessa
Military vehicle
retrofitting
$.85
Continental
Automotive
Systems
Seguin
Auto sensors and
actuators mfg.
300
$1.2
KLD Energy
Technologies
Austin
Motor systems for
electric vehicles
$2.8
JTEKT
Automotive
Ennis
Auto parts mfg.
plant expansion
200
$.333
Turbo Trac
Systems
Midland
Infinitely variable
transmissions
$2.0
TOTALS
—
—
2,335
$10.46
TOTALS
—
—
$6.6
Vehicle Registrations
Texas ranks No. 2 nationally for number of registered 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 includes 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.
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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
1 Includes automobiles, mini-vans, and most SUVs.
2 Includes ½, ¾, and 1 ton trucks.
Source: Texas DMV
Passenger Vehicles
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.
General Motors
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 Country.” In 2011, WardsAuto ranked Texas No. 9 nationally 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.
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’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 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
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
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
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GM Expands Arlington Plant and Announces IT Innovation Center in Austin
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 hightech workforce and vibrant university
system. GM, which already has IT operations in Austin, plans to hire up to 500
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.
2013 GMC Yukon, Chevy Suburban, Cadillac Escalade, and Chevy Tahoe
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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.
Arlington Assembly Plant expansion. Photo courtesy of GM.
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.
PASSENGER VEHICLES
Toyota
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
Toyota’s entire U.S.
to the site. The Toyota
pickup production
occurs in San Antonio 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 components suppliers have been incorporated and integrated
on site (see page 24). TMMTX was the first automotive assembly plant to co-locate supplier partsproduction facilities with the main assembly plant.
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
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
Texas-Built Toyota Tundra
Tows Space Shuttle Endeavor
In October 2012, a Toyota Tundra manufactured in San Antonio, Texas, towed the 150,000pound 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.
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
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,
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TMMTX increased truck production to a recordsetting 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 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 recognized the Texas plant for
achieving a 10% reduction in
energy intensity through its
Energy Star Challenge for
Industry program.
2013 Toyota Tundra and Tacoma
The Texas Pickup Market
As standard equipment for many small businesses and
contractors, truck sales are often viewed as an indicator 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 registraFiscal
tions from the last three years.
Year
More than 304,600 full-sized pickup trucks
(trucks less than 1 ton) were newly registered
2010
in Texas in 2012, up more than 10% from
2011
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
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2012
In 2012, Texas accounted for 16% of the
nation’s new, full-sized pickup market.
accounted for approximately 16% of the nation’s new,
full-sized pickup market in 2012, which is a substantial portion of the national pickup marketplace.
Texas Pickup Truck Registrations
Total Pick-Up
Trucks
Registered
Total Vehicles
Registered
Pick-Ups %
of Total
4,878,854
21,570,282
22.6%
4,920,874
21,939,786
22.4%
5,090,995
22,618,153
22.5%
Source: Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
PASSENGER VEHICLES
Innovative Startups
As a major automotive manufacturing and retail
market, Texas has seen a number of new companies
arrive in the state. Two are profiled below.
Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities. And in September 2012, TechConnect, in
partnership with South by Southwest Eco and the
Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization, announced that Community Cars was one of
the 2012 Innovation to Inspiration Awards winners.
Community Cars
On April 6, 2012, Pflugerville, Texas-based Community Cars shipped its first finished vehicles to European distributors. The company plans to manufacture
500 to 1,000 Kenguru vehicles a year, and is reportedly 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
Community Cars CEO Stacy Zoern
wheelchair.
DeLorean Motor Company
In 2011, Humble, Texas-based DeLorean Motor
Company (DMC) unveiled a prototype of its electricpowered 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 automobile 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.
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
DeLorean Motor Co.
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Heavy Duty Trucks
Texas DMV table below shows how Texas registrations have changed over the past five years for two
categories of the heavy duty truck market. Registrations are up significantly since 2009.
Texas Heavy Truck & Semi Truck Tractor
Registrations
Year
Heavy Trucks*
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
162,885
157,473
155,888
157,148
162,119
Semi Truck
Tractors
100,037
97,826
105,467
119,104
136,908
*Greater than 1 ton: dump trucks, garbage trucks, etc..
Source: Texas DMV
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 heavy duty truck manufacturers produce vehicles for a variety of uses, from long-haul freight trucks
to tactical vehicles. Most of the manufacturing facilities are located close to major metropolitan areas,
ports, and highways—including the NAFTA superhighway. 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
2,215
Heavy duty trucks
550
Tactical vehicles
Supreme Corp. of Texas
Denton
Sealy,
Temple
Cleburne
255
Truck and bus bodies
RKI, Inc.
Houston
200
Truck and bus bodies
Peterbilt Motors
Global Tactical Systems (BAE)
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
Corsicana
100+
Truck and bus bodies
San Antonio
100
Truck and bus bodies
Morgan Corporation
Terex Utilities
Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data
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Peterbilt
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 engineering, and fuel efficiency solutions. Through its 260plus North American dealer locations, Peterbilt
provides comprehensive
The Denton plant is programs to support its full
Peterbilt’s only U.S. line-up of on-highway,
manufacturing site 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 manufacturing 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
innovative
new
Model 579. The allnew
product
Peterbilt Model 579
platform includes a
PACCAR MX engine, which
is the culmination of a decade-long R&D effort
spurred by federal regulations to develop loweremission 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’s Alternative Fuel Trucks
natural gas (LNG) and compress natural gas (CNG)
systems since 1996. Peterbilt produces six natural gas
truck systems, more than any other truck manufacturer, 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 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
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BAE Systems
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 headquartered 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
BAE operates an
800,000 sq. ft. military Sealy GTS facility. The
company responded by
vehicle plant in Sealy
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 deliveries 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
existing
rail
infrastructure,
which made the
log is tic s
c os t effective.
BAE’s
Bradley Fighting Vehicle
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 partnered 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 components to BAE for modification
and reassembly. BAE
has won over a
billion dollars in
RRAD-related
BFV contracts
since 2012.
Caiman MRAP Vehicle
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Trailers
Leading Texas Companies
Load Trail Hurricane
T
he Texas trailer and related equipment manufacturing 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 employment 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.
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 goosenecks, car haulers, single axles, dumps, and enclosed
cargo trailers.
Loadcraft Industries is the
second largest Texas company in this sector. It specializes 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.
Top Trailer Manufacturing Companies in Texas
By Number of Employees
Company
Load Trail, Inc.
Loadcraft Industries
City
Sumner
Texas
Employees
400
Product
Industrial & recreational trailers
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
325
Utility trailers
225
Utility trailers,
RKI, Inc.
Sumner
Mount Pleasant,
Odessa
Houston
200
Trailers etc.
Performance Trailers by Parker
Outlaw Conversions
Carry-On Trailer Corporation
Mount Pleasant
Stephenville
Mexia
200
180
130
Utility trailers, etc.
Horse trailers and customizations
Utility trailers, etc.
PJ Trailer Manufacturing
Big Tex Trailer Mfg.
Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data
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Motor Vehicle Parts
Automotive Electronics
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.
Toshiba HEV motor
T
he Texas automotive parts manufacturing
sector produces a range of vehicle components, 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.
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 improve 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,
Top Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Companies in Texas
By Number of Employees
City
Texas
Employees
Product
Seguin
1,290
Sensors and actuators
Houston
1,200
Electric motors
Seguin, Schertz
1,120
Industrial Machinery Engines
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
Carrollton
500
Engines & engine parts
Wylie
500
Automotive air conditioning
Company
Continental Automotive
Systems
Toshiba International Corp.
Caterpillar
Lear Corporation
AER Manufacturing
Sanden International USA
Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data
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Top Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers in Texas
Selected firms with manufacturing or management operations in the state
Shiner
Representative samples only. Sources: D&B, LexisNexis, MNI’s 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, company data
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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
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 manufacturer of electronic instrumentation components.
Located in El Paso, Texas,
and Juarez, Mexico, this
Stoneridge
Instrument cluster
acquisition was the starting
point for the electronics business
of auto component supplier Stoneridge.
Automotive Engines and
Components
Toshiba
Toshiba International Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary 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.
As vehicles become more sophisticated, their electronic 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
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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.
2013 Ford Focus
Hybrid Electric
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 relocated to the area, the company completed two additional buildings adjacent to their Seguin plant with a
combined size of 507,300 sq. ft. in 2012.
CAT C15
Truck
Engine
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.
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 transmissionless 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 transKLD Electric Motor
portation equipment,
announced plans to jointly develop four-wheel
electric vehicles incorporating KLD's electric vehicle drive system technology. KLD will initially provide 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 industrial applications. The State of Texas invested $2
million in Turbo Trac through the TETF in 2009
for the commercialization of its energy conservation 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
Turbo Trac IVT
by 15% to 30% over traditional IVTs.
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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 Vanecam camphasers
Hilite International is focused on developing and manufacturing products to improve fuel consumption
and reduce emissions. The company’s major
engine products include Vanecam© camphasers, 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.
New to Texas
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
U.S. Farathane’s Austin facility
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
of Michigan-based
Cascade Engineering,
manufactures products
including
fenders,
bumpers, battery boxes,
instrument panels, and
trim. CK Technologies
As a major automotive manufacturing
and retail
also operates
facilities in
market, Texas has seen a number
of new
Irving
and entrants
Fort Worth,
and expansions arrive in the state.
Texas.
CK Technologies facility
US Farathane
In 2012, Michigan-based US Farathane, a leading
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Texas Keeps Cars Cool: The Automotive A/C Manufacturing Cluster
Within the larger automotive parts industry, Texas
is home to a significant and specialized cluster of
companies manufacturing automotive air conditioning (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.
Location: Ferris, TX
Products: OEM A/C products
including compressors,
accumulators, receiver driers,
and hose assemblies
Location: Wylie, TX
Products: Automotive
compressors
Location: Irving, TX
Products: Aftermarket A/C
parts and systems including
coils, dryers, and condensers
Location: Lewisville and
Grapevine, TX
Products: compressors, hose
assemblies, blower and fan
motors, evaporators, etc.
Location: Fort Worth
Products: Heat exchangers,
fittings, and hook-up tubes
Location: Fort Worth
Products: Electric cooling fan
assemblies
Location: Fort Worth
Products: A/C systems for
heavy vehicles, including
buses, class 8 trucks, and
commercial delivery vans
Location: Fort Worth
Products: Replacement
radiator cores, complete
truck radiators, industrial
radiators, charge air coolers and A/C condensers
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AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
Toyota Parts Suppliers
was the first automotive assembly plant to co-locate
supplier production facilities alongside the main
assembly plant.
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
In addition to this group, Toyota has many other
suppliers located throughout Texas and the world.
Toyota On-Site Suppliers in San Antonio
Texas Operation Name
Joint Venture Partners
Commodity/Service
-
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)
-
Green Metals, Inc. (GMI)
-
Stamped parts plus assembly
Metal recycling; waste
management & recycling
Asahi Glass Automotive
Americas (AGC)
Kautex
Valiente International Ventures &
Toyota Tsusho America (TAI)
Valiente International Ventures &
Toyota Tsusho America (TAI)
-
On-site logistics & yard/dock
management
Fuel tanks
Metalsa
-
Truck frame sequencing
MetoKote
-
E-coating
Millennium Steel Service Indiana
& TAI
Steel blanks & coils
HERO Assemblers, LLP
HERO Logistics, LLP
Millennium Steel of Texas, LLC
PPG
Reyes-Amtex
Tire & wheel assembly
Windshield glass
Reyes Industries & Amtex
Carpet
Reyes Industries & Lear & Amtex
Interior/exterior parts (trim,
ducts, and carpet)
Reyes Industries & Lear
Carpet
Takumi Stamping Texas, Inc.
-
Stamped & welded parts
Tenneco Automotive
-
Exhaust systems
Reyes Automotive & ReyesAmtex Automotive
Reyes-Amtex Automotive
Tokai Rika (TRAM)
Steering wheels & switches
Toyoda-Gosei Texas LLC
-
Interior/exterior parts
Toyotetsu Texas
-
Stamped & welded parts
Operational Technologies Corp.
& Vuteq
Assembly services
Vutex, Inc.
Source: Toyota
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Appendix: Selected Industry Resources
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 Automotive 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 services.
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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Office of the Governor
Economic Development and Tourism
PO Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711
512-936-0101
www.TexasWideOpenForBusiness.com