The Auto Industry: In Search of New Talent amid Changing Skills Requirements

Dennis Cuneo Former Senior Vice President, Toyota Motor North America; Owner DC Strategic Advisors

Today's automobile production line requires highly skilled, flexible workers who can rapidly adjust to change.

Aerospace Industry Site Selection Shouldn’t Be Top Secret

John Schuetz, Principal, The RHS Group

Specific labor force and infrastructure requirements often drive the aerospace company’s location decision, with incentives helping the firm to keep its costs in check.

What’s Driving Today’s Location Decisions in the Auto Industry?

Larry Gigerich Executive Managing Director Ginovus

A healthy recovery in the auto sector is leading suppliers to consider new facility and expansion plans; smart decisions today will give them an edge over the competition in the years to come.

The Perfect Storm in Aerospace Manufacturing

Dave Russell Aerospace Industry Consultant Advanced Technology Services

Increasing global demand, constrained capacity, and labor scarcity are changing the geography of high-tech manufacturing.

Automated and Connected Vehicle Technologies: The Automotive Industry’s New Frontier

Joshua Cregger Project Manager Center for Automotive Research

Regions that are establishing themselves as knowledge centers and building up technical expertise within their work forces are emerging as hotbeds for investment related to connected and automated vehicle technologies. Not surprisingly, Michigan and California have emerged as leaders in these fields.

Primer: Financial Incentives Help Growing Auto and Aerospace Firms

David B. Munson Program Development Associate Center for Automotive Research

Examples of automotive and aerospace suppliers who are using state-level grant, loan, and reimbursement programs successfully to overcome financial gaps and other obstacles to investing in new equipment, adding space or new facilities, and creating jobs.

A Community Helps Aerospace Firm Satisfy Its Work Force Needs

Area Development Research Desk

The local community and the academic institutions in Rochester, New Hampshire, worked together to establish a unique facility to meet the training needs of an expanding aerospace composites firm.

Supporting Automotive’s Work Force Needs in Mississippi

Area Development Special Presentation

The state of Mississippi provides work force training programs tailored toward the automotive industry.

Certified Sites Lower Risks and Increase Speed to Market for OEMs

Area Development Research Desk

CSX’s site certification program complements Alabama’s own AdvantageSite designation; both of these programs ensure that proper due diligence has been performed on a site and it is ready for development.

Advanced Training for Today’s Auto and Aerospace Workers

Area Development Research Desk

AIDT, which is responsible for work force training in Alabama, runs several industry-specific facilities, including the Robotic Technology Park. RTP focuses on robotics and automation technologies that are essential to the auto and aerospace industries.

Canadian Aerospace Firm Nearshores Its Supply Chain to Wichita

Area Development Research Desk

After conducting a global search, a Canadian first-tier OEM has decided to source its products from a Wichita, Kansas, supplier that is expanding in order to increase production.