AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS
The South's Top 100 Auto Suppliers by Employment
| Company | Location | Employment |
| 1. Kelly-Springfield Tires | Cleveland/Gastonia, NC | 4,000 |
| 2. Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. | Fayetteville , NC | 2,900 |
| 3. Collins & Aikman Products | Roxboro, Farmville, Old Fort, NC | 2,583 |
| 4. Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems | Athens , AL | 2,500 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | Lawton , OK | 2,500 |
| Cooper Standard Automotive/Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | El Dorado , AR | 2,500 |
| 5. DaimlerChrysler Corporation Huntsville Electronics Division | Huntsville , AL | 2,400 |
| 6. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | Danville , VA | 2,300 |
| 7. Robert Bosch Auto Group | Charleston , SC | 2,100 |
| 8. Bridgestone/Firestone | Wilson , NC | 2,000 |
| Superior Industries International | Fayetteville , AR | 2,000 |
| 9. Continental Teves | Asheville/Fletcher/Morgantown, NC | 1,950 |
| 10. Briggs & Stratton | Poplar Bluff/Rolla, MO | 1,930 |
| 11. Michelin | Greenville , SC | 1,900 |
| 12. Goodyear Rubber & Tire | Decatur/Gadsden, AL | 1,875 |
| 13. Michelin | Ardmore , OK | 1,825 |
| 14. Continental Tire | Charlotte , NC | 1,800 |
| Bridgestone/Firestone | Oklahoma City , OK | 1,800 |
| 15. Dana Corp. | Gastonia/Statesville, NC | 1,600 |
| AmTrans of OK (Navistar) | Tulsa , OK | 1,552 |
| 16. Michelin | Spartanburg , SC | 1,450 |
| 17. Michelin North America | Dothan , AL | 1,400 |
| 18. GKN Auto Components | Mebane/Sanford, NC | 1,340 |
| 19. Continental General Tire Inc. | Mayfield , KY | 1,300 |
| 20. Cooper Tire | Albany , GA | 1,290 |
| 21. Goodyear-Dunlop Tires | Huntsville , AL | 1,250 |
| Michelin | Lexington , SC | 1,250 |
| 22. Bosch Braking Systems | Sumter , SC | 1,200 |
| IC Corporation | Conway , AR | 1,200 |
| 23. Mack Truck (Engines & Transmissions) | Hagerstown , MD | 1,130 |
| 24. Mayflower Vehicle Systems | South Charleston , WV | 1,100 |
| 25. Collins & Aikman | Greenville , SC | 1,050 |
| 26. Federal-Mogul Corp. | Malden/Maryville/St. Louis,MO | 1,015 |
| 27. AMBRAKE Corp. | Elizabethtown , KY | 1,005 |
| 28. Panasonic | Peachtree City , GA | 1,000 |
| Purolator Products | Fayetteville , NC | 1,000 |
| Yokohama Tire Corp | Salem City , VA | 1,000 |
| Collins & Aikman | Greenville , SC | 1,000 |
| Solutia | Greenwood , SC | 1,000 |
| Monroe Auto Equipment | Paragould , AR | 1,000 |
| 29. Yazaki El Paso | El Paso , TX | 950 |
| Sanden International, Inc. | Wylie , TX | 950 |
| NACOM Corp. | Griffin , GA | 950 |
| 30. Budd Co. | Shelbyville , KY | 935 |
| 31. The Timken Co. | Sylvania/Cairo, GA | 925 |
| 32. Dana Corporation | Elizabethtown , KY | 900 |
| Arvin Meritor Automotive | Fletcher, NC | 900 |
| Steward & Stevenson Services | Sealy, TX | 900 |
| Lear Corp. | Frederick County , VA | 900 |
| Lear Corp. | Shenandoah County , VA | 900 |
| 33. Hitachi Automotive Products USA | Herrodsburg , KY | 893 |
| 34. Bridgestone Firestone South Carolina | Graniteville , SC | 852 |
| 35. Motion Industries | Birmingham , AL | 850 |
| 36. Autocraft Industries Inc. | Oklahoma City , OK | 830 |
| Lear Corp | Russell County , VA | 830 |
| 37. Arvin Meritor Inc. | Chickasha , OK | 825 |
| ASMO North Carolina | Statesville , NC | 825 |
| 38. Siemens Automotive | Newport News , VA | 800 |
| Tenneco Automotive | Harrisonburg City , VA | 800 |
| Draftex | Salisbury , NC | 800 |
| Visteon | Tulsa , OK | 800 |
| 39. Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc | Georgetown , KY | 790 |
| 40. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership | LaGrange/Cleveland, GA | 776 |
| 41. Dura Automotive Systems | Brookfield , Moberly, MO | 770 |
| Hayes Lemmerz International | Sedalia , MO | 770 |
| 42. Collins & Aikman | Oklahoma City , OK | 700 |
| OKI Telecom, Inc. | Suwanee , GA | 700 |
| Gates Rubber Co. | Siloam Springs , Arkansas | 700 |
| Integram St. Louis Seating | Pacific, MO | 700 |
| Fichtel & Sachs | Gastonia , NC | 700 |
| Williams Technologies | Summerville , SC | 700 |
| 43. Eaton Corporation (HQ) | Fayetteville , NC | 680 |
| Owens Corning | Louisville , KY | 680 |
| 44. Magneti Marelli Powertrain | Sanford , NC | 675 |
| 45. Dana Corporation | Cape Girardeau/Manchester, MO | 655 |
| 46. Arvin Meritor | Marion , SC | 654 |
| 47. Alcoa Automotive Casting Inc | Hawesville , KY | 650 |
| Gibbs Die Casting Corp | Henderson , KY | 650 |
| SAI Automotive dba Faurecia | Fountain Inn , SC | 650 |
| 48. Torrington Co. | Honea Path , SC | 640 |
| 49. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems | Fletcher, NC | 638 |
| 50. Spartanburg Steel Products | Spartanburg , SC | 635 |
| 51. Werner Co. | Anniston , AL | 630 |
| Dynetics, Inc. | Huntsville , AL | 630 |
| 52. Milliken & Co | Abbeville , SC | 620 |
| 53. ATR Wire & Cable Co Inc | Danville , KY | 610 |
| 54. Lear Corp | Louisville , KY | 607 |
| 55. Rayloc | Morganfield , KY | 604 |
| Plastic Omnium Industries Inc. | Anderson , SC | 604 |
| 56. Volvo Trucks | Greensboro , NC | 600 |
| Monoplast of North America | Frankfort , KY | 600 |
| Arvin Meritor, Inc. | Dexter , MO | 600 |
| Pollak | El Paso , TX | 600 |
| SC S/Frigette | Fort Worth , TX | 600 |
| Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems | Edmondton , KY | 600 |
| Tenneco Automotive | Hartwell , GA | 600 |
| Alcoa Mt. Holly | Goose Creek , SC | 600 |
| Venture Alabama Industries | Prattville , AL | 600 |
| 57. AP Technoglass Co Inc. | Elizabethtown , KY | 589 |
| 58. Engelhard Corporation | Huntsville , AL | 586 |
| 59. Trim Masters Inc | Harrodsburg , KY | 585 |
| 60. Takata Restraint Systems Inc. | Cheraw , SC | 583 |
| 61. Johnson Controls Inc. | Cadiz , KY | 579 |
| 62. CTA Acoustics Inc | Corbin , KY | 558 |
| 63. Toyota Motor Manufacturing | Buffalo , WV | 550 |
| Dana Corporation | Glasgow , KY | 550 |
| Holland Binkley Co. | Warrenton , MO | 550 |
| 64. Lear Corp. | Arlington , TX | 546 |
| 65. Guardian Automotive | Morehead , KY | 536 |
| 66. Johnson Controls Inc. | Georgetown , KY | 535 |
| 67. Modine Manufacturing | Jefferson City/Joplin, MO | 530 |
| 68. Rohm & Haas Co | Louisville , KY | 520 |
| 69. Toyotetsu America Inc | Somerset , KY | 507 |
| 70. Grupo Antolin Kentucky | Hopkinsville , KY | 506 |
| 71. Topy Corp | Frankfort , KY | 504 |
| 72. Hilite International | Carrollton , TX | 500 |
| Autotronic Controls Corp. | El Paso , TX | 500 |
| ASEC Manufacturing Sales | Tulsa , OK | 500 |
| Acordis Industrial Fibers, Inc. | Scottsboro , AL | 500 |
| Altec Industries, Inc. | Birmingham , AL | 500 |
| Tyco Electronics | Franklin , KY | 500 |
| Cooper Standard Automotive | Mt. Sterling | 500 |
| Holley Performance Products | Bowling Green , KY | 500 |
| Jideco of Bardstown Inc | Bardstown , KY | 500 |
| Rayloc | Maryland | 500 |
| 73. Haldex Brake Corp. | Iola , KS | 499 |
| 74. Drive Automotive Industries | Piedmont , SC | 483 |
| 75. Marada Industries (Magna) | Maryland | 480 |
| Aisin Automotive Casting Inc | London , KY | 480 |
| 76. Packard-Hughes Interconnect | Foley , AL | 475 |
| 77. Johnson Controls Inc. | Georgetown , KY | 465 |
| 78. AMAK Brake LLC | Glasgow , KY | 462 |
| 79. Kawasaki Motors | Maryville , MO | 460 |
| EnerSys | Sumter , SC | 460 |
| 80. Johnson Controls Inc. | Florence , KY | 452 |
| 81. TG Kentucky Corp. | Lebanon , KY | 451 |
| 82. United L-N Glass | Versailles , KY | 450 |
| Federal-Mogul Friction Products | Scottsville , KY | 450 |
| Teleflex Automotive | Russell County , VA | 450 |
| Michelin North America-Steel Wire Div | Sandy Springs , SC | 450 |
| 83. Funk Manufacturing | Bushton , KS | 445 |
| 84. Dayco Products Inc. | Easley , SC | 443 |
| 85. American Synthetic Rubber Corp LLC | Louisville , KY | 435 |
| 86. Carlisle Tire & Wheel | Aiken , SC | 432 |
| 87. Johnson Controls Inc | Shelbyville , KY | 430 |
| 88. Dana Corporation | Dry Ridge , KY | 424 |
| 89. Mubea Inc | Florence , KY | 412 |
| 90. JL French Automotives Castings Corp | Glasgow , KY | 409 |
| 91. CMC/CLA Div Central Motor Wheel | Paris , KY | 400 |
| Weld Racing Enterprises Inc. | Kansas City , MO | 400 |
| Derby Fabricating | Louisville , KY | 400 |
| Highland Industries, Inc. | Cheraw , SC | 400 |
| Performance Friction Corp. | Clover, SC | 400 |
| Dura Automotive of Fulton | Fulton , KY | 400 |
| Tower Automotive Inc. | Bardstown , KY | 400 |
| 92. YH America Inc/Div1 | Versailles , KY | 389 |
| 93. Katayama American Co Inc | Shelbyville , KY | 380 |
| Lear Corp | Covington City , VA | 380 |
| Virgil Hartman Enterprises | Williamston , SC | 380 |
| 94. ZUA Autoparts, Inc | Oakwood , GA | 375 |
| Narricot Industries Inc. | Southhampton County , VA | 375 |
| 95. AFCO | Anderson , SC | 362 |
| 96. Rockwell Automation | Greenville , SC | 360 |
| 97. Ohi Automotive of America | Frankfort , KY | 350 |
| Bosch Rexroth Corp Pneumatics | Lexington , KY | 350 |
| DJ/Nypro | Louisville , KY | 350 |
| Ziniz Co | Louisville , KY | 350 |
| Champion Laboratories | York , SC | 350 |
| 98. Collins Industries, Inc. | Hutchinson , KS | 341 |
| 99. Wintech Inc | Winchester , KY | 340 |
| 100. Caterpillar, Inc | Fountain Inn , SC | 335 |
| Trim Masters Inc | Bardstown , KY | 335 |
| Note: Employment figures provided by states and current as of October 2003. Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee figures not tracked by states and not included in listing. States not tracking down to 335-employee mark include: North Carolina (stops at 600), Alabama(stops at 475) and Texas (stops at 500). | ||
