BMW Supplier Network

Locating the plant in the United States led to the creation of a North American supplier network that
encompasses companies from Canada to Mexico to California. Following BMW’s announcement that it
would build an automobile manufacturing plant in Upstate South Carolina, many supplier companies began
seriously considering locating operations in the Southeast. Many BMW suppliers are now located in South
Carolina within a few hours drive of the Spartanburg County plant, creating more than 10,000 jobs and
dramatically multiplying the economic impact of the plant to the region. Several companies chose to place
new North American operations in South Carolina to partner with BMW.

North American Supplier Network

Company Location Part
1 3 M Company Fairmont MN bumpons
sound
2 Aksys USA, Inc. Gastonia NC deadeners
parking brake
3 AL-KO Automotive El Carte In cables
4 Alfmeier Greenville SC pump housing

5 Alpine Electronics Greenville SC audio equipment

Torrace CA audio equipment

switches/electro
6 Alps Automotive Auburn Hill MI nics
switches/electro
McCallen TX nics
7 Anvisgroup Mexico SA de CV Mexico grommets

engine mounting
8 Auma Bocar Chihuahua Mexico bracket
trunk lid full
Queretaro Mexico locks and stops
9 Auto Kabel El Paso TX battery cables
10 Autoliv North America Ogden UT airbags
ATC: tech
Auburn Hill MI center
Lema Mexico seatbelts
fog lamp/head
11 Automotive Lighting Corp. Farmington Hills MI lamp
12 BASF Wyandotte MI auxiliary springs
trunk sill, trunk
lid center, d-
pillars, top
13 Baxter Industries Winchester TN shoulder
14 Behr America, Inc. Dayton OH cooling module
engine cooling
15 Behr Heat Transfer Charleston system

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16 Benteler Automotive Corp. Duncan SC axles
Opelika AL bumper carrier
re-enforcement
Goshen IN b-pillar
IP support tube
assy,
transmission
17 Benteler de Mexico Puebla Mexico cross member
18 Berrang, Inc. Greenville SC fasteners
cargo net/roll
cover, kombi
19 BOS Automotive Morristown TN rollo, ski bag
20 Bosch Automotive Anderson SC oxygen sensors

exhaust
manifolds, diesel
21 Boysen USA, LLC Gaffney SC particulate filter
22 Bridgestone/Firestone NA Southfield MI tires
window
23 Brose Queretaro Mexico regulators
Gainesville, GA E-Fans
24 Calsonic Kansei Charlotte NC Compressors
door
insulation/acous
25 Carcoustics Howell MI tical parts
26 Champion Tooling Anderson SC small stamping

engine mounting
27 Citation Albion IN bracket (diesel)
28 Concept Packaging Group Inman SC damping strips
aluminum shock
29 Contech Metal Forge Clarksville TN towers

aluminum shock
towers/flanges &
Ridgewood SC thrust rod
flanges & thrust
Dowagiac MI rod
30 Continental Tires Charlotte NC tires

31 ContiTech Mexicana San Luis Potosi Mexico engine belts, EA

EOC/TOC Hose
Tlalnepantla Mexico Assemblies

Refrigerant lines
32 DAA Draexlmaier Automotive Duncan SC interior parts
e-box
handbrake/Gear
cover
harness- main

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33 Delphi Delnorte Reynosa, MX console
antenna
amplifier,
34 DelphiDelco Electronics Kokomo IN wavetrap
35 Denso America Southfield MI air conditioners
36 Deta Douglas Batteries Winston-Salem NC batteries
37 Diversified Coatings Greenville SC painting
small metal
38 Dixien, LLC Lake City GA stampings

molded plastic -
39 Dr. Schneider Automotive Howell MI B-pillar air louvre
40 Drive Automotive Piedmont SC body in white
bowden cables,
hood cable
41 Dura Automotive Rochester Hills MI release
transmission
42 Eagle Bend Manufacturing Clinton TN crossmember
batteries:
SVRLA AGM &
43 East Penn Manufacturing Lyon Station PA AGM Batteries
air condition
44 Eaton Corporation Clinton MI lines
power steering
lines
45 Electro Optica S.A. de CV Tlalnepantla Mexico lighting

46 EMCON Spartanburg SC exhaust systems

catalytic
47 Emitec Fountain Inn SC converters

48 Exide Technologies Bristol TN flooded batteries

49 Faurecia Fountain Inn SC center consoles
door panel

instrument panel
front seats
heat protection
50 Federal Mogul SPG Exton PA for break line
side repeater
and rear
51 FER Mexicana Puebla Mexico reflector
52 Fehrer Fountain INN SC seat cushions
53 FIAMM Technologies, Inc. Cadillac MI horn
54 Flexalloy Streetsboro OH fasteners
55 Friedrichs & Rath Anderson SC molded parts
interior rearview
56 Gentex Corporation Zeeland MI mirror
rear bumper
57 Gestamp HardTech Inc. Mason MI carrier support
58 Gestamp South Carolina, LLC Union SC stampings

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59 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Akron OH tires
Grand Rapid Spring and small stamping
60 Stamping Grand Rapid MI parts
back glass,
61 Guardian Automotive Ligonier IN Windshields
Auburn IN QTR glass
FZD overhead
62 Hella Electronic Corp. Flora IL console
63 Hellerman Tyton Milwaukee WI center consoles
production
64 HenkelOrbseal Richmond MO sealers/tapes
65 Henniges Automotive Reidsville NC seal
66 HUF North America Greeneville TN door handles
diesel cooling
67 Hutchinson FTS, Inc. Troy MI line
Interior Plastic
68 IACNA Dearborn, MI Molded Trim
69 Inalfa Roof Systems Auburn Hills MI roof

70 Inergy Automtove Systems LLC Anderson SC fuel tanks

headliners/trunk
71 Innertech - Nashville Nashville IL parts

headliners, pillar
trim, cargo trim
72 Intier Automotive Spartanburg SC loadfloor
fuel filler pot,
73 ITW Deltar Mokena, IL fuel filler flap
74 JAC Products, Inc. Madison Heights MI roof rail

sound insulation
75 Janesville Products Norwalk OH trunk area
76 Johnson Controls Holland MI CIDs
77 JSP International LLC Madison Heights MI rear seat pan
78 Kamax LP Troy, MI fasteners
air intake
79 Kautex Textron Lavonia GA snorkel
brake
booster/master
80 Kelsey Hayes Company Queretaro Mexico cylinder
steering column
81 Kostal Mexicana Queretaro Mexico module
sealers,
adhesives,
structural
82 L&L Products Romeo MI material
83 L&W Engineering Co. Belleville MI stamped parts

84 Lear Corporation Southville MI body control unit

Duncan SC seats
front and rear
85 Lemforder Duncan SC axle assembly

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control arm
wiring harness
(doors, roofs,
86 Leoni Wiring Systems Hemosillo Mexico auxiliary)
IP support
87 Lunt Manufacturing Hampshire IL structure
88 Maching Co. Inc. Anderson SC fixtures/wires
89 Magna Donnelly Grand Haven Duncan SC outside mirrors
Kentwood MI mirrors
90 Mahle de Mexico Puebla Mexico filters
air cleaner
system/air
91 Mann & Hummel, USA Inc. BloomfieldHills MI induction parts
92 Marquardt Switches, Inc. Cazenovia NY EMF switch
blow molded
93 Mergon Anderson SC interior parts
panorama roof
94 Meteor Sealing Systems Dover OH seal
95 Michelin Tire Lexington SC tires
Troy MI tires
A, B, C, D pillar
finishers,
window frames
96 Moellertech Shelby Township MI top shoulder
front grill &
windshield panel
cover, tail light
cover finisher,
97 Montaplast of N.A. Frankfort KY engine cover
plastic safety
98 MPE Plastics Charlotte NC tubes
99 MTU Drive Shafts, LLC Ladson SC drive shafts
100 Mubea Inc. Florence KY coil springs
wiper motor
101 Nidec Motors&Acutators San Luis Potosi Mexico (front/rear)
Nippon Seiki / N.S. International
102 Ltd. Troy MI Head up display
plastic tube
103 Norma Products Wixom MI assembly
104 Novem Car Interior Design Canton MI décor covers
105 Nucor Corporation Mount Pleasant SC steel
aluminum
106 Oris Automotive Weston Ontario Canada running boards
transmission
mount rubber
107 Paulstra CRC Corporation Novi MI bushing
secondary air
108 Pierburg Fountain Inn SC pump
bumpers, fender
109 Plastic Omnium Anderson SC modules

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110 PGW Glass Tipton, PA glass
HVAC climate
111 Preh Inc. Guadalupe Mexico controls
112 PWO Canada, Inc. Kitchener, ON Canada HUD Frame
113 Racemark International Ringold GA floor mats
114 Reeves Brothers Spartanburg SC fabric
windshield
115 Rehau Industries Baie-D'urfe QC Canada header
Cullman AL spoiler
rear tail
lamps/side
116 Reitter-Schefenacker Selmar TN marker
117 Rieter Corp. Aiken SC heat shields
interior plastic
118 Roechling Automotive Duncan SC trim parts
exterior plastic
trim parts
119 RONAL Mexicana S.A. de C.V. Queretaro Mexico wheels
windshields/doo
120 Saint-Gobain Mexico Cuautla Mexico r glass
121 Saargummi Pulaski, TN body seals
122 Scherer & Trier (Mexico) Puebla Mexico door trim
acceleration
123 Sensata Technolgoies Attleboro MA sensor
car
communication
124 Siemens VDO Electronics Huntsville AL computer
center
computer,
instrumention
125 Siemens VDO Automotive Auburn Hills MI cluster
active wheel
speed sensor,
Santa Teresa NM washer system
engine cooling
London, ON, Canada fan module
molded plastic
126 Sonoco Hartsville, SC components
framework/loose
body
127 Spartanburg Steel (SSP) Spartanburg SC components
roof
racks/running
128 SportsRack Automotive Port Huron IL boards
129 Stabilus Gastonia NC gas spring
Stahlschmidt & Maiworm USA
130 Inc. Auburn AL light alloy wheels
131 Standard Registrer Greenville SC labels
floor
carpet/sound
132 Stankiewicz Spartanburg SC insulation
133 Stueken Greenville SC metal parts

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134 Superior Industries Van Nuys CA alloy wheels
SVEA: Specialty Vehicle Eng.
135 America Troy MI bumpers
136 Takata (Petri) Port Huron IL steering wheels
137 Takata Holdings, Inc. Auburn Hills MI air bags
138 Temic Automotive of N.A. Farmington Hills MI TCU's
body stampings
139 ThyssenKrupp Budd Company Rochester MI and assemblies
fuel and brake
140 TI Automotive Warren MI lines

Lavonia GA fuel system lines

body stamping
141 Tower Automotive Bardstown KY and assembly
142 Truck-Lite Co., Inc. Falconer NY taillights
143 TRW Automotive Chihuahua Mexico side air bags
passenger air
Cookeville TN bags
Washington MI seat belts
Queen Creek AZ driver air bags
144 TRW Engineered Fasteners Westminster MA fasteners
tire and wheel
145 TW Fitting NA, LLC Greer SC assy
Power
146 Tyco Empalme, MX Distribution Box

147 Unique Fabricating Lafayette GA noise foam/butyl

148 Valeo Climate Toluca Mexico air conditioner
149 Valeo Electrical Systems Troy MI wiper systems

wipers, wiper
arms and blades
150 Valeo Wiper El Paso TX (front/rear)
151 Ventra Tottenham, ON, Canada jacks
152 Ventramex El Marques Mexico handbrake
rear axle
springs/MCU
153 Vibracoustic NA Plymouth MI jounce bumper
loose body
154 Viking Products Grand Rapids MI components
digital SDARDS
155 Visteon Planta Cervantes Chihuahua Mexico Gen 2.5 tuner
156 Visteon LLC North Penn Landsdale PA IBOC tuner
157 Volunteer Engineering Manchester TN body in white
158 Wegu Canada Whitby, ON, Canada spring pads
tow hitch, EC
159 Westfalia American Hitch Sevierville TN version
interior trim-
plastics/assembl
160 Wexler Tlaxcala Mexico ies
161 Whitehall of South Carolina Covington RI/Detroit, MI sunroofs

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162 White Horse Paper Greenville SC fuse box stickers

163 Windsor Metal Technologies Ontario Canada steel metal strap

164 Woco de Mexico Queretaro Mexico pedal assembly
rubber parts

South Carolina Suppliers

Company Location Part
1 Alfmeier Greenville SC pump housing

2 Alpine Electronics Greenville SC audio equipment

engine cooling
3 Behr Heat Transfer Charleston SC system
front and rear
4 Benteler Automotive Corp. Duncan SC axles
5 Berrang, Inc. Greenville SC fasteners
6 Bosch Automotive Anderson SC oxygen sensors

exhaust
manifolds, diesel
7 Boysen USA, LLC. Gaffney SC particulate filter
8 Concept Packaging Inman SC damping strips
9 Champion Tooling Anderson SC small stamping

aluminum shock
towers/flanges &
10 Contech US LLC. Ridgewood SC thrust rod
11 Diversified Coatings Greenville SC painting
12 D.A.A. Draexlmaier Duncan SC interior parts
E-box
Handbrake/gear
cover
harness- main
13 Drive Automotive Piedmont SC body in white
catalytic
14 Emitec Fountain Inn SC converters

15 EMCON (formerly ArvinMeritor) Spartanburg SC exhaust systems

16 Faurecia Fountain Inn SC center consoles
door panel

instrument panel
seats
17 Fehrer Fountain Inn SC seat cushins
18 Friedrichs & Rath Anderson SC molded parts
19 Gestamp South Carolina, LLC Union SC stampings
20 Inergy Automotive Systems, LLC Anderson SC fuel tanks
headliner, pillar
trim, cargo trim,
21 Intier Automotive Spartanburg SC loadfloor

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22 Lear Corporation Duncan SC seats
23 Maching Co. Inc. Anderson SC fixtures/wires
24 Magna Donnelly Grand Haven Duncan SC outside mirrors
blow molded
25 Mergon Anderson SC interior parts
26 Michelin Tire Lexington SC tires
27 MTU Drive Shafts, LLC Ladson SC drive shafts
28 Nucor Corporation Mount Pleasant SC steel
secondary air
29 Pierburg Fountain Inn SC pump
30 Plastic Ominum Anderson SC bumpers
31 Reeves Brothers Spartanburg SC fabric
32 Rieter Corp. Aiken SC heat shields
interior plastic
Duncan SC trim parts
exterior plastic
33 Roechling Automotive trim parts
molded plastic
34 Sonoco Hartsville SC components
framework/struct
35 Spartanburg Steel (SSP) Spartanburg SC ure parts
36 Standard Register Greenville SC labels
floor
carpet/sound
37 Stankiewicz Spartanburg SC insulation
38 Stueken Greenville SC metal parts

39 TW Fitting NA, LLC Greer SC tire & wheel assy

40 White Horse Paper Greenville SC fuse box stickers

front and rear
41 ZF Lemforder Duncan SC axle assembly
front upper
control arm

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