Delphi

Type: Public Pink Sheets: DPHIQ
Founded: 1997 in Troy, Michigan, USA
Headquarters: Troy, Michigan, USA
Key people: Rodney O'Neal, CEO, COO, Robert S. Miller, Chairman,
Industry: Automotive
Products: vehicle electronics, systems,modules, & components
Website: www.delphi.com

General Information

Delphi is an automotive parts company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA. Delphi is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers and has approximately 171,400 employees (50,000 in the United States).

With offices worldwide, the company operates 167 wholly owned manufacturing sites, 41 joint ventures, 53 customer centers and sales offices, and 33 technical centers in 38 countries.

Delphi makes the Monsoon premium audio systems found in some GM and other manufacturer automobiles. Delphi is also considered to be leader in safety systems and powertrain products. the company has versatile amounts of job frameworks in various domains. Currently the focus of the company is outsource the jobs to cheap destinations in world like china, india etc.

Manufacturer Parts

Delphi designs, engineers and manufactures a wide variety of components, integrated systems and modules on a worldwide basis, and is the largest and most diversified supplier of automotive parts. In January 2000 Delphi acquired the diesel systems business of Lucas TRW, making Delphi the world's second largest manufacturer of Diesel Fuel Injection equipment. Delphi Diesel owns the brands of CAV/Simms/RotoDiesel and Condiesel, the division also runs 10 subsidiary distribution companies in Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Turkey, UK and USA. The diesel aftermarket company is headquartered in Warwick UK.

Delphi also manufactures the MagneRide suspension dampers, which use ferrofluid to adjust the damping rate of the shock absorbers based on road conditions, to offer an effective compromise between ride and handling. These can be found on the Audi R8, Audi TT, Chevrolet Corvette C5, Cadillac Seville STS and Ferrari 599.