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USA: General Motors could axe 160 suppliers - paper
24 Nov 2003
Source: just-auto.com editorial team

General Motors this year likely will dump as many as 160 suppliers world-wide that it considers poor performers, the motor industry newspaper Automotive News reported, adding that the move is part of the vehicle maker's strategy to reward top suppliers with business.

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Simultaneously, GM issued a release that it is expanding its China parts business. Could these actions be related?
Ford will be importing parts but is so worried about quality that it is establishing a quality control inspection group in the States.
It is the parts manufacture and not where the car is assmbled that determines who has the jobs.