Yesterday Visteon, a major auto parts supplier, filed for Chapter 11. So did Metaldyne. Both have global supply chains, so our research team took a look at their shipping data — to see if there were tell-tale signs that these companies were in trouble.
Indeed, things looked grim starting for Visteon in January of 2008:

Similarly, things looked grim for Metaldyne starting in February of 2008:



[...] See our previous analyses of other bankruptcies in the auto industry. [...]
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