Fr Berg, president of American Boa Inc. (ABI), Cumming, Ga., appreciates the benefits of partnering in the automotive industry. ABI and its metal stamping supplier, Hudson Tool And Die Co (HTD) Ormond, Fla., worked together to realize form, fit, and function benefits forward an exhaust system decoupler before the first prototypes were smooth ready for testing.
The partnership allowed the brace companies to eliminate extra parts (and in in such a manner doing, reduce assembly time), correct errors before mass production began, criterion prototypes for accuracy, and decrease the number of
