Automotive suppliers in Georgia

The future of America's three auto companies hangs in the balance in Congress. The automotive industry has a huge impact on Georgia's economy. From parts to suppliers, the effects of trouble in that sector could be widely felt here. But who they're making parts for could cushion the blow.
The state is home to more than 300 parts manufacturers and suppliers. The companies make everything from electric window mechanisms, to auto glass and bed liners.
According to the Georgia department of Economic Development more than 23-thousand people work for these companies. Heidi green is the Deputy Commissioner for Global Commerce. She says suppliers here are somewhat insulated because they also make parts for foreign cars, produced in the south.

"They may be seeing some excess capacity with one company, but VW, which you know, numbers were very, very strong this last quarter, provides them with an opportunity to use up some of that existing capacity that they might have. That's the advantage that some of these parts companies have that maybe an automotive company doesn't."

Green says construction on the Kia plant in West point is going full steam ahead and that close to 4-thousand supplier jobs will come from that.