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Demographics Drive Long-Term Economic Development

Forecasting is always accompanied by uncertainty. The further away you get from the current time period, the greater the uncertainty. These two statements hold true for virtually all areas of forecasting, with one exception: demographics.
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N.A. Commercial Vehicle Market Analysis

The North American commercial vehicle market has been volatile during the past few years with factors such as a strong economy and the U.S. 2007 prebuy, which led to unsustainably high sales in 2005 and 2006.
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The True Impact of Biofuel Feedstock Production on U.S.and World Food Prices

Incentives for production of flex-fuel vehicles, along with mandates and incentives for production of feedstocks and blending of biofuels, have helped set the stage for the current controversy over global food prices.
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The Logistics of the Auto Industry are a Rising Priority

Amid the myriad issues affecting the global automotive industry, lowering risk and increasing efficiency within the logistics arena are critical.
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automotive forecasts

CSM Worldwide invites you to view a high-level, forward-looking snapshot from this quarter's global production summaries. The following links contain global light vehicle production summaries by region and OEM and also by region and country. These summaries are based on CSM Worldwide's Global Light Vehicle Forecast Services.

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in the press

02 July 2008

The Shoe Drops at Chrysler

Following GM and Ford’s recent production cutbacks, Chrysler has stepped up and added several weeks of facility downtime and announced plant actions at their St. Louis operations.

24 June 2008

John Brennan of CSM Worldwide Honored with Platinum Award by Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit

The Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit (MSED) has honored John Brennan, CSM Worldwide’s vice president of global business development, with its prestigious Platinum Award. MSED presents the Platinum Award to a single individual who has been instrumental in successfully marke

24 June 2008

GM Slashes Truck Output

Following Ford's lead, GM has again come back to the table with additional and much-needed production cuts for its mid- and full-size trucks.

22 June 2008

Ford Reacts to Market Weakness

Ford announced a series of plant and production scheduling actions aimed at reducing mounting inventories for the company’s midsize and full-size, full-frame trucks due to a sharply lower demand in light of surging fuel prices and overall economic weakness. Ford’s actions also reflect a significantly weaker light-vehicle US sales outlook for 2008, now ranging from 14.4 to 14.9 million units.