Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Feb 2004 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Steeling plastics: having conquered interiors and trim parts, plastics are now making inroads into automotive structural components with the help of an unlikely ally—steel
  by Kermit Whitfield
• Don't be afraid of failure
  by Ted Pollock
• What's new in automotive supply chains? Although technology is an enabler, better business practices are resulting in better supply chains these days. Here's a look
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• Glazed and diffused
  by Kermit Whitfield
• Of bread and circuses
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Detroit regained
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Lotus' Versatile venture: Versatile Vehicle Architecture is Lotus Engineering's attempt to take platform sharing to the next level and allow automakers to make unique vehicles with high commonality and lower investment. If it succeeds, there could be a lo
  by Kermit Whitfield
• Creative expressions: Kip Wasenko's career moved him from Europe and Australia to Saturn, placed him at the leading edge of one of GM's most controversial design programs, and finds him in charge of its specialty and high-performance designs
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Dealing with rollovers: deploying technology to mitigate the potential; Sensors, controls, chassis adjustments, and other means and methods can help prevent a leading cause of fatalities on the roads today: rollovers. Here's a look
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• The auto suppliers' advantage
  by Melissa Anderson
• Future tool: created at the University of Michigan with funding from the National Science Foundation, the Reconfigurable Machine Tool was designed for the needs of the auto industry, where it has yet to catch on
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• A field guide to the North American International Auto Show: a sampling of some of the new products that will be—or may be—coming to a driveway near you
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Chrysler Group's approaches to Advanced Manufacturing Engineering: they're aggressive in their development of greater flexibility. They're working their capital equipment harder and longer. And they're counting on technology advances to make vehicle manuf
  by Gary S. Vasilash