American Axle & Manufacturing Inc

FormTech Industries is a privately held company that provides forged metal components. The company produces gears, forged shafts, rings, differential side and pinion gears, clutch housings, bearing races, stem pinions and wheel spindles. FormTech Industries serves the automotive light vehicle, heavy truck and industrial markets of North America. Its clients include Honda, Linamar, Ford, Koyo, Sanden, Getrag, Toyota, Daimler Chrysler and Sanden. The company also offers heat-treated and coated automotive parts. It provides combustion plates, front-wheel-drive components, piston pins, wheel hubs, steering and suspension sockets and end caps. Headquartered in Royal Oak, Mich., FormTech Industries has a more than 55,000-square-foot facility and maintains one of its locations in Fort Wayne, Ind.

TRW Automotive is one of the world's 10 largest automotive suppliers and is one of the top financial performers in the industry with 2004 sales of nearly $12.0 billion. The company supplies more than 40 major vehicle manufacturers and nearly 250 nameplates and holds positions in all of its primary product categories. The company launched its Six Sigma training in 2001, which allowed TRW to establish and globally train more than 9,000 Green Belts, 500 Black Belts and more than 25 Master Black Belts. These individuals work in manufacturing, transactional and engineering disciplines with a focus on quantifiable, statistical results in addition to a Cadre of more than 140 full-time lean promotions officers who carry out Kaizen type workshops throughout the organization. Headquartered in Livonia, Mich., TRW Automotive is a publicly owned company that employs nearly 60,000 people. TRW Automotive also has a branch located in Fayette, Ohio.

Paragon Steel is a processor and distributor of flat-rolled steel. It provides a range of coated and cold- and hot-rolled products. The company offers hot roll and pickled bands. Paragon Steel provides hot dip galvanized and galvanneal coating services. It also offers a variety of slitting, cutting, warehousing and rail shipping services. The company s laboratory services include tensile, yield, elongation and Rockwell testing. Paragon Steel operates several climate-controlled processing facilities. It maintains sales and administration and processing and logistics departments. The company has a partnership with Steel Dynamics, which is one of the largest producers of carbon steel products in the United States.