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Automotive Suppliers
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Virginia’s New River Valley is home to a strong automotive cluster. Whether you’re supplying foreign or domestic OEM assembly plants and/or Tier I/II suppliers, the New River Valley offers an attractive business climate, including low electric rates, excellent location, and a readily available, highly skilled workforce waiting to put you on the road to success.

Automotive Suppliers in the New River Valley:

• Federal Mogul (Blacksburg, VA) — manufactures various engine and transmission bearings. www.federalmogul.com
• EaglePicher (Wolverine Gaskets - Blacksburg, VA) — manufactures various engine, fuel system, and transmission gaskets and seals. www.eaglepicher.com
• Corning (Blacksburg, VA) — Manufactures catalytic converter substrates. www.corning.com
• Intermet (Radford, VA) — Manufactures ductile iron castings (Ferrous-Metal casting operation). www.intermet.com
• VPT Energy Systems (Blacksburg, VA) — VPT Energy Systems’ (VPT-ES) business addresses the developing Smart Grid market by providing the controllable equipment necessary for widespread adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) energy systems. www.vpt-es.com
• Danaher Motion (Radford, VA) — Manufactures electric propulsion systems as a first tier subsystem supplier for wheeled and tracked military vehicles. www.danahermotion.com

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Support Services:

• Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory: www.avdl.me.vt.edu
• Center for Automotive Fuel Cell Systems: www.me.vt.edu/research/centers/afcs.html
• Center for Rapid Transit Systems: www.crts.vt.edu
• Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design Center for Advanced Vehicles: www.aoe.vt.edu/mad/
• Virginia Tech Transportation Institute: www.vtti.vt.edu
• Virginia Tech “Smart Road”: www.vtti.vt.edu
• Automotive Analysis and Repair Diploma offered by New River Community College www.nr.edu/auto/
• Electroplate Rite (Dublin, VA) – Plating operation that specializes in all types of metal finishes. www.electroplate-rite.com

Research Sponsors include (but are not limited to):

Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corp., Federal Highway Administration, Visteon, Michelin, Omni, ROHO, Lear Corporation, Koni Shock Absorbers, Raytheon Corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Volvo Heavy Truck.

Regional and Location Information

• Extremely low cost of doing business (utilities, taxes, etc.)
• Area of outstanding beauty, recreation, sports, culture, and
  education
• Available, well-trained workforce with an outstanding work ethic
• Home of Virginia Tech, Radford University, and New River
  Community College
• Located on Virginia’s I-81 Corridor and close to I-77 and I-64
  with N,S,E,W rail lines
• Home of the Virginia TradePort
  (Port of Entry #1412 and FTZ #238)