加拿大麦格纳 应对关税威胁

加拿大麦格纳  应对关税威胁

全球最大的汽车供应商之一如何为特朗普的关税做准备

作者:Nora Eckert 2025 年 4 月 2 日

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/how-one-largest-auto-suppliers-world-is-preparing-trumps-tariffs-2025-04-02/



2025 年 3 月 26 日,美国密歇根州圣克莱尔,麦格纳电动汽车结构工厂的机器人站上装载生产部件,该工厂生产电动汽车的电池外壳。路透社/丽贝卡·库克

[1/8]2025 年 3 月 26 日,美国密歇根州圣克莱尔,麦格纳电动汽车结构工厂的机器人站上装载生产部件,该工厂生产电动汽车的电池外壳。

麦格纳面临特朗普对外国汽车进口征收 25% 关税的挑战

首席执行官 Swamy Kotagiri 表示,在关税背景下,灵活性对麦格纳至关重要

Wipfli 的 Laurie Harbour 表示,小型供应商面临压力

密歇根州圣克莱尔 4 月 2 日(路透社)——加拿大汽车供应商麦格纳 (MG.TO) 的首席执行官 Swamy Kotagiri 穿过密歇根工厂,穿过嗡嗡作响的机械臂和飞舞的火花,打开新标签,反思他如何在震动行业的关税中试图“控制不可控因素”。

“我们经历了一系列黑天鹅事件,”Kotagiri 说。“我们的行业真正繁荣起来,有确定性、节奏和稳定性。而这正是过去四年所缺少的。”

麦格纳在密歇根州的工厂规模庞大,凸显了其在错综复杂的全球汽车供应链中的关键作用。该公司在美国拥有 59 家工厂,在加拿大拥有 50 家工厂,在墨西哥拥有 33 家工厂,这是 20 世纪 90 年代北美自由贸易协定遗产的一部分,该协定形成了一个高度交织的系统,将零部件从一个国家运回,在全球一些最大的市场生产汽车。

但 Kotagiri 和其他汽车公司领导人现在面临着一个颠覆性的行业。特朗普总统于 3 月底宣布对外国汽车进口征收 25% 的关税,预计将提高消费者价格,减少需求并打击就业增长。麦格纳在 28 个国家拥有超过 17 万名员工,其规模远远超过福特、通用汽车和丰田等大多数大客户。

在特朗普呼吁征收 25% 关税的几个小时前,Kotagiri 表示,没有“简单的方法来消化这些关税”,称大部分成本将转嫁给消费者。分析师表示,特朗普的征税预计将使每辆车的成本增加数千美元,给汽车制造商和供应商带来数十亿美元的损失。

“灵活性是关键”

麦格纳已经经受住了工会罢工、半导体短缺和电动汽车需求低于预期的考验。面对关税,Kotagiri 表示,麦格纳正试图尽可能灵活,包括其位于密歇根州圣克莱尔的电动汽车结构工厂,该工厂为通用悍马和 Silverado EV 等车辆生产电池外壳。如果需要,供应商可以重新编程那些摆动的机械臂来组装车架或发动机支架,Kotagiri 说。

“世界变了,”Kotagiri 说。“灵活性是关键。我们需要有足迹、能力和专业知识来提供帮助。”

但它的成功也可能取决于规模较小的供应商,这些供应商可能更加苦恼。

“如果你和像麦格纳这样提供支持的中小型供应商交谈,我的意思是,谈论恐慌,”咨询公司 Wipfli 的汽车供应商团队负责人 Laurie Harbour 表示。“他们的成本上涨了很多,但收入仍然很低,”她说,并补充说这“给他们作为企业的生存能力带来了压力。”

像麦格纳这样的大型公司还必须追踪他们的产品落入何处以及它们跨境的次数。Harbour 说,一些供应商令人惊讶地对此没有完全的了解。

随着汽车制造商在美国扩大生产以避免关税,对麦格纳美国业务的需求可能会增加。上个月,现代宣布在美国投资 210 亿美元,供应商 Lear 表示也可能扩大。另一方面,标普全球移动性估计,汽车成本的上涨可能会削弱美国的销售,导致每年的汽车交付量从目前的 1600 万辆减少 100 多万辆。

为了实现新的增长,麦格纳与许多其他公司一样,都在关注中国这个全球最大的汽车市场。麦格纳的中国业务占公司总收入的 13%,在中国拥有 69 家制造工厂,员工超过 30,000 人。

当中国企业“开始考虑出口或进入欧洲或世界其他地区时,我们相信我们拥有一席之地,”Kotagiri 说。

Nora Eckert 报道;Aurora Ellis 编辑

全球最大的汽车供应商之一如何为特朗普的关税做准备

路透社 2025 年 4 月 2 日

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/autos/article/how-one-of-the-largest-auto-suppliers-in-the-world-is-preparing-for-trumps-tariffs/

麦格纳国际公司

密歇根州圣克莱尔 — 加拿大汽车供应商麦格纳 MG.TO 的首席执行官斯瓦米·科塔吉里 (Swamy Kotagiri) 走过密歇根州的一家工厂,穿过嗡嗡作响的机械臂和飞舞的火花,反思了他如何在震动行业的关税中试图“控制不可控的事物”。

“我们经历了一系列黑天鹅事件,”科塔吉里说。“我们的行业确实在确定性、节奏和稳定性方面蓬勃发展。而这正是过去四年所缺少的。”

麦格纳位于密歇根州的工厂规模庞大,凸显了其在错综复杂的全球汽车供应链中的关键作用。该公司在美国拥有 59 家工厂,在加拿大拥有 50 家工厂,在墨西哥拥有 33 家工厂,这是 20 世纪 90 年代北美自由贸易协定遗产的一部分,该协定形成了一个高度交织的系统,将零部件从一个国家运回,在全球一些最大的市场生产汽车。

但 Kotagiri 和其他汽车公司领导人现在正面临着一个颠覆性的行业。唐纳德·特朗普总统于 3 月底宣布对外国汽车进口征收 25% 的关税,预计将提高消费者价格,减少需求并打击就业增长。麦格纳在 28 个国家拥有超过 170,000 名员工,其规模远远超过其大多数大客户,包括福特、通用汽车和丰田等。

在特朗普要求征收 25% 关税的几个小时前,科塔吉里表示,没有“简单的方法来消化这些成本”,并表示大部分成本将转嫁给消费者。分析师表示,特朗普的征税预计将使每辆车的成本增加数千美元,给汽车制造商和供应商带来数十亿美元的损失。

“灵活性是关键”

麦格纳已经经受住了工会罢工、半导体短缺和电动汽车需求低于预期的考验。面对关税,科塔吉里表示,麦格纳正试图尽可能灵活,包括其位于密歇根州圣克莱尔的电动汽车结构工厂,该工厂为通用悍马和 Silverado EV 等车辆生产电池外壳。如果需要,供应商可以重新编程那些摆动的机械臂来组装车架或发动机支架,科塔吉里说。

“世界变了,”科塔吉里说。“灵活性是关键。我们需要有足迹、能力和专业知识来提供帮助。”

但其成功也可能取决于规模较小的供应商,这些供应商可能更加苦恼。

“如果你和像麦格纳这样提供支持的中小型供应商交谈,我的意思是,谈论恐慌,”咨询公司 Wipfli 的汽车供应商团队负责人 Laurie Harbour 表示。“他们的成本上涨了很多,但收入仍然很低,”她说,并补充说这“给他们作为企业的生存能力带来了压力。”

像麦格纳这样的大型公司还必须追踪他们的产品落入何处以及它们跨境的次数。Harbour 说,一些供应商令人惊讶地对此没有完全的了解。

随着汽车制造商扩大美国国内生产以避免关税,对麦格纳美国业务的需求可能会增加。上个月,现代宣布在美国投资 210 亿美元,供应商 Lear 表示也可能扩大规模。另一方面,标普全球移动出行公司估计,汽车成本上涨可能会削弱美国的销量,导致其年汽车交付量从目前的 1600 万辆减少 100 多万辆。

为了实现新的增长,麦格纳正与许多其他公司一样,将目光投向中国——全球最大的汽车市场。麦格纳的中国业务占该公司总收入的 13%,在中国拥有 69 家制造工厂,雇佣了 30,000 多名员工。

Kotagiri 表示,当中国企业“开始考虑出口或进入欧洲或世界其他地区时,我们相信我们拥有一席之地”。

(Nora Eckert 报道;Aurora Ellis 编辑)

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How one of the largest auto suppliers in the world is preparing for Trump's tariffs

By  April 2, 2025
 
 

[1/8]A worker loads production parts at a robot station at the Magna Electric Vehicle Structures Facility that builds battery enclosures for electric (EV) vehicles, in St. Clair, Michigan, U.S., March 26, 2025. REUTERS /Rebecca Cook Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
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  • Magna faces challenges from Trump's 25% tariffs on foreign auto imports
  • Flexibility crucial for Magna amid tariffs, says CEO Swamy Kotagiri
  • Smaller suppliers under pressure, says Laurie Harbour of Wipfli
ST. CLAIR, Michigan, April 2 (Reuters) - Walking through a Michigan plant past whirring robotic arms and flying sparks, Swamy Kotagiri, the CEO of Canada-based auto supplier Magna (MG.TO), opens new tab reflected on how he is trying to "control the uncontrollable" in the midst of industry-shaking tariffs.
"We've had a series of black-swan events," Kotagiri said. "Our industry really prospers with certainty and cadence and stability. And that's what's been missing in the last four years."
The vastness of Magna's facility in Michigan underscores its role as a key cog in the intricate global auto supply chain. The company has 59 facilities in the United States, 50 in Canada, and another 33 in Mexico, part of the legacy of the 1990s North American Free Trade Agreement that produced a highly intertwined system of sending parts from one country - and then back again - to produce cars in some of the world's largest markets.

But Kotagiri and other leaders of auto companies are now facing an upended industry. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on foreign auto imports announced at the end of March are expected to raise consumer prices, reduce demand and hit job growth. Magna, with more than 170,000 employees across 28 countries, dwarfs most of its large customers, including the likes of Ford, General Motors and Toyota.
 
Speaking just hours before Trump called for the 25% tariffs, Kotagiri said there was no "easy way to absorb this," saying much of the cost would be passed on to consumers. Trump's levies are expected to add thousands of dollars in cost per vehicle and billions for automakers and suppliers, analysts say.

'FLEXIBILITY IS KEY'

Magna has already weathered union strikes, a semiconductor shortage and lower-than-expected EV demand. In the face of tariffs, Kotagiri said Magna is trying to be as flexible as possible, including at its EV structures facility in St. Clair, Michigan, where it cranks out battery enclosures for vehicles like GM's Hummer and Silverado EV. If needed, the supplier can reprogram those swinging robotic arms to assemble frames or engine cradles, Kotagiri said.
 
"The world changed," Kotagiri said. "Flexibility is key. We need to have the footprint, the capacity and the expertise to help."
 
But its success may also depend on smaller suppliers, who are likely even more distressed.
 
"If you talk to small and mid-sized suppliers that support, like a Magna, I mean, talk about panic," said Laurie Harbour, whose team focuses on automotive suppliers at advisory firm Wipfli. "Their cost has gone up so much and the revenues are still so soft," she said, adding that it is "putting pressure on their viability as a business."
 
Massive companies like Magna also have to trace where their products land and how many times they cross borders. Some suppliers surprisingly don't have complete visibility into this, Harbour said.
 
There may be more demand for Magna's U.S. business as automakers expand production stateside to avoid tariffs. Last month, Hyundai announced a $21 billion investment in the United States, and supplier Lear said it could expand as well. On the other hand, S&P Global Mobility estimates that the rising cost of autos could sap U.S. sales, cutting annual vehicle deliveries by more than 1 million from its current 16 million.
 
For new growth, Magna is looking in the same direction as many others - China, the world's largest car market. Magna's China business accounted for 13% of the company's overall revenue, where it has 69 manufacturing facilities that employ more than 30,000 people
 
When Chinese businesses "start thinking of either exports or coming to Europe or other parts of the world, we believe we have the seat at the table," Kotagiri said.
Reporting by Nora Eckert; Editing by Aurora Ellis

How one of the largest auto suppliers in the world is preparing for Trump's tariffs

By Reuters  April 02, 2025 
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/autos/article/how-one-of-the-largest-auto-suppliers-in-the-world-is-preparing-for-trumps-tariffs/
 
Magna International Inc.
ST. CLAIR, Michigan — Walking through a Michigan plant past whirring robotic arms and flying sparks, Swamy Kotagiri, the CEO of Canada-based auto supplier Magna MG.TO reflected on how he is trying to “control the uncontrollable” in the midst of industry-shaking tariffs.

“We’ve had a series of black-swan events,” Kotagiri said. “Our industry really prospers with certainty and cadence and stability. And that’s what’s been missing in the last four years.”

The vastness of Magna’s facility in Michigan underscores its role as a key cog in the intricate global auto supply chain. The company has 59 facilities in the United States, 50 in Canada, and another 33 in Mexico, part of the legacy of the 1990s North American Free Trade Agreement that produced a highly intertwined system of sending parts from one country - and then back again - to produce cars in some of the world’s largest markets.

But Kotagiri and other leaders of auto companies are now facing an upended industry. President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on foreign auto imports announced at the end of March are expected to raise consumer prices, reduce demand and hit job growth. Magna, with more than 170,000 employees across 28 countries, dwarfs most of its large customers, including the likes of Ford, General Motors and Toyota.

Speaking just hours before Trump called for the 25 per cent tariffs, Kotagiri said there was no “easy way to absorb this,” saying much of the cost would be passed on to consumers. Trump’s levies are expected to add thousands of dollars in cost per vehicle and billions for automakers and suppliers, analysts say.

‘FLEXIBILITY IS KEY’

Magna has already weathered union strikes, a semiconductor shortage and lower-than-expected EV demand. In the face of tariffs, Kotagiri said Magna is trying to be as flexible as possible, including at its EV structures facility in St. Clair, Michigan, where it cranks out battery enclosures for vehicles like GM’s Hummer and Silverado EV. If needed, the supplier can reprogram those swinging robotic arms to assemble frames or engine cradles, Kotagiri said.

“The world changed,” Kotagiri said. “Flexibility is key. We need to have the footprint, the capacity and the expertise to help.”

But its success may also depend on smaller suppliers, who are likely even more distressed.

“If you talk to small and mid-sized suppliers that support, like a Magna, I mean, talk about panic,” said Laurie Harbour, whose team focuses on automotive suppliers at advisory firm Wipfli. “Their cost has gone up so much and the revenues are still so soft,” she said, adding that it is “putting pressure on their viability as a business.”

Massive companies like Magna also have to trace where their products land and how many times they cross borders. Some suppliers surprisingly don’t have complete visibility into this, Harbour said.

There may be more demand for Magna’s U.S. business as automakers expand production stateside to avoid tariffs. Last month, Hyundai announced a $21 billion investment in the United States, and supplier Lear said it could expand as well. On the other hand, S&P Global Mobility estimates that the rising cost of autos could sap U.S. sales, cutting annual vehicle deliveries by more than 1 million from its current 16 million.

For new growth, Magna is looking in the same direction as many others - China, the world’s largest car market. Magna’s China business accounted for 13 per cent of the company’s overall revenue, where it has 69 manufacturing facilities that employ more than 30,000 people

When Chinese businesses “start thinking of either exports or coming to Europe or other parts of the world, we believe we have the seat at the table,” Kotagiri said.

(Reporting by Nora Eckert; Editing by Aurora Ellis)

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