Filing signals old ways no longer cut it; 'Let's now deal with it'.(Delphi Corp.'s bankruptcy protection, and auto industry analysis)

Crain's Detroit Business,  October, 2005  by Barkholz, David

Tags: bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Borland Delphi, Delphi Corp., General Motors Corp.

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Byline: David Barkholz Crain News Service Delphi Corp.'s massive bankruptcy protection case signals the beginning of the end of traditional ways of doing business in Detroit. It poses an immediate threat, too. Any cutoff of the flow of parts to the North American auto industry could hasten the demise of many suppliers, and even threaten Delphi's largest customer and former parent, General Motors Corp.

Delphi maneuvered last week to make sure that doesn't happen. In the short run, Delphi continues to make and ship parts and its 2,000 U.S. suppliers kept shipping during the ...

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