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Isn't that exactly what the automotive component suppliers (Magna, Bosch, Denso, Aisin, etc) do?


I mean, isn't that literally just a supplier?


Car companies tend to make the engines and the sheet metal body parts themselves; the tool and die setup to stamp out the sheet metal is enormously capital intensive and there aren't services to stamp up a bunch of sheet metal for you.




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