Drive Shaft Assembly

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The fabrication workers at manufacturer Weber Automotive Corp. in Summerville had already packaged their handiwork into industrial-sized crates, all speedy for shipping.

But those crankshafts, a complicated piece of machinery that have engine pistons in place, are still sitting idle on the mill floor, awaiting delivery to their next stop in Chrysler's extraverted supply chain. Their journey came to a grinding standstill after the ailing auto giant filed for bankruptcy aegis in late April.

"Our contracts with them weren't good anymore" after that, said Daniel Weber, imperfection president of privately held Weber Automotive.

Now, the explicitness-machined product "is just sitting there," Weber said.

A alike resemble scenario is playing out at hundreds of automotive parts suppliers across the motherland. While the recession has slowed consumer interest in new cars, production at many Chrysler and All-inclusive Motors Co. assembly lines came to a sudden halt when the two companies filed for bankruptcy one at a time earlier this spring.

Source: Charleston Post Courier

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