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Cover Story: Parked up.

Pensions Management,  June, 2007  

Tags: Belgium, car, Europe, Ford Motor Co., MARKETING

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Byline: Lillie Guyer

As the auto industry retrenches in Europe and North America with job cuts, downsizing and plant closings, the supplier parks question also hangs in the balance. Supplier parks are clusters of suppliers located close to assembly plants to provide just-in-time supply and in-line sequence of parts and subassemblies directly to the automaker production line. The question is whether there is growth or are the industrial parks in maintenance mode, given market conditions in mature economies such as Germany and the US?

"Growth only comes when additional ...

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