People need to remember that it's not Russian Roulette with the auto industry. If it doesn't make it, we're not dead. And there are a lot of examples of that right now popping up.
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Dozens of Michigan manufacturers like W Industries are discovering
there is indeed life beyond the auto industry. Over the last two years,
multinationals and start-ups alike have been coming to the state to
build, buy or design a hodgepodge of products, whether aircraft parts,
solar cells, or batteries for electric cars.
In September, for instance, NTR, a solar energy company from Ireland, awarded contracts to two Detroit-area auto suppliers, including the race-car engine developer McLaren Performance Technologies, to make components for thousands of SunCatcher solar dishes.
"It should be no surprise we went to Detroit," says Jim Barry, NTR's
chief executive. "The standard of manufacturing in the automotive
industry is extraordinarily high, and that is the only place you can
find such a concentration of skills."
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