Automotive Manufacturing in Canada
Few regions take volume manufacturing as seriously as Canada's automotive heartland. Ontario is the second-largest vehicle-producing region in North America after Michigan, assembling roughly 1.3 million vehicles a year for five major automakers1. The tool, die, and mould capability that feeds that output, much of it clustered around Windsor, is exactly what automotive parts demand.
Aluminum and steel dominate, usually under tight cosmetic and functional requirements with PPAP-style documentation where it counts. A domestic base keeps tooling close, shortening the loop between a design change and parts in hand at production volume.
Sources 1. Invest Ontario, Automotive
What automotive work needs
- Repeatable production quality
- Tool, die, and mold capability
- Aluminum and steel at volume
- PPAP-style documentation where needed
Qualification and capability
- Common materials
- Aluminum, Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Plastics, Brass, Tool Steel
- Processes
- CNC Milling, CNC Turning, Fabrication, Welding, Inspection, Assembly
- Advanced equipment
- CMM, 5-Axis Machining, Wire EDM, Live Tooling, Mill-Turn, Sinker EDM
Common automotive capabilities
A domestic supply base keeps tooling close and shortens the loop between design changes and parts.