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...parts that matter; it's how they fit together that counts. Dennis Blommers, a plant manager for Magna's Decoma division, which specializes in exterior systems, has been along for much of the company's ride to success; he now oversees 300 employees who engineer and make high-tech plastic bumper covers and grilles for Chrysler, GM and Honda at a plant near the company's headquarters in Aurora, Ont., about 20 miles north of Toronto. "Each year we get more and more into what the customers are asking for," he yells over the roar and hiss of 15 molding...
...really seven separate factories, each occupied by a different systems partner. The chassis is shuffled off to a subfactory run by the German firm of Krupp Hoesch Automotive, where the power module is installed. Bosch plunks down the front end, which includes the cooler, headlights and crash box. German plastics, chemical and industrial-ceramics company Dynamit Nobel snaps on plastic body panels and the whole vehicle is done in four hours--down from the 20 or so it takes a traditional car manufacturer. "It's an admirable experiment," says Volvo's Franzen. "They've gone and outsourced the assembly line...
...something new-an upgrade in styling, heft and refillability. She had everything I wanted. The pen came packaged in a space-age pod container with sound-proofing foam to cradle the instrument. Inside: a pen with an elegant, athletic look. A masterpiece of German engineering, the pen's blue plastic housing had a smooth sandpaper tactility. I thought I had found love at first write...
...While the juxtaposition of matte and glossy plastic is pure cutting edge, tubular Muji measures the same satisfying circumference as a McDonald's straw. Without special curves, ergonomic handles or even a silver clip, it is light and modern, ethereal and pragmatic...
...covering damaged paper book jackets with durable plastic covers, Moore lamented the change in his old neighborhood. He estimates that 30 percent of his customers once lived in Cambridge, but that number halved after residential rent control ended in the mid-90s, forcing many of his customers into lower-rent areas...