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).