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world’s top car manufacturers. Its customers include:
Ford, Toyota, Honda, General Motors, Subaru, Renault,
Hyundai, Chrysler, Kia Motors, Nissan, and Peugeot. With
offices around the world and manufacturing facilities in
Michigan, Georgia, and Portugal, JAC is a pacesetter
with extruded aluminum designs. JAC’s engineering and
manufacturing capabilities also include plastic injection
molding and steel rollform for the base components.
Cavalier is part of the manufacturing staff in JAC’s Frank-
lin, Georgia facility, which was set up as an aluminum
extrusion plant in the mid-1960s, and was taken over
by JAC 20 years ago to help the company supply its alu-
minum-based products to the automotive industry. The
extrusion lines produce millions of pounds per year of the
6XXX series aluminum for their product.
But with only about 1500 employees in North America,
JAC is far from the biggest player in the game. Its compet-
itors include the WKW Automotive Group, headquartered
in Germany; DURA Automotive, with more than 21,000
employees in 15 countries; and the MINTH Group from
China, whose customers represent 80 percent of the to-
tal global auto market share. “If you look at the size of us
compared to those companies, we are relatively small,”
Cavalier admits.
“What we do better is turn our product around for any
kind of engineering, and I think we give a better prod-
uct due to the type of technologies that we have. It’s not
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
JAC Products Inc.
WHAT:
Manufacturer of roof racks and cargo man-
agement systems
WHERE:
Saline, Michigan
WEBSITE
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