Study: Auto suppliers major player in nation's economy

A new study enumerates the significant impact that the motor vehicle supplies industry has to the nation's economy. The study, the first of its kind, will arm suppliers with proof of their import in negotiations with local, state and federal agencies.

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According to the study, motor vehicle suppliers — including automotive suppliers, heavy-equipment parts suppliers and aftermarket parts suppliers — directly employ 783,100 U.S. workers, and every supplier job creates 4.7 more jobs in the economy. That eclipses the total direct employment by U.S. automakers, which David Cole, chairman of the Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research, said is about 400,000.

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