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Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association

The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) was founded in 1904. MEMA represents more than 1,000 companies that manufacture motor vehicle components and systems for the original equipment and aftermarket segments of the light vehicle and heavy-duty industries. Motor vehicle parts manufacturers are the nation’s largest manufacturing sector, directly employing more than 734,000 U.S. workers. The MEMA network comprises four affiliate associations: AASA, HDMA, MERA, and OESA.

Affiliates
Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association U.S. aftermarket suppliers support the light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicle markets. The aftermarket segment includes the manufacturing, distribution, retailing and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, tools, equipment and accessories. Most aftermarket repair work takes place in a vehicle manufacturer’s dealership service facility or an independent repair shop. There is also a strong “do-it-yourself” market – individuals who perform their own vehicle maintenance.

Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association Heavy-duty suppliers provide the original equipment parts used to manufacturer commercial vehicles and aftermarket replacement parts needed to maintain the vehicles in service and on the road. Heavy-duty suppliers are also responsible for developing most of the technologies that keep these vehicles safe.

Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers Association Through remanufacturing, products that are worn, imperfect or discarded are brought to a manufacturing environment where they are cleaned and checked. Reusable product parts are brought up to factory or performance specifications. Parts that cannot be reused are replaced.

Remanufacturing preserves the value of the original manufacturing-including energy costs and waste disposal-which recycling alone cannot do.

Original Equipment Suppliers Association Original equipment (OE) suppliers design, engineer, procure and manufacture the systems and components required for the assembly of passenger cars and light trucks. OE suppliers provide approximately 60 percent of the vehicle value through visible components such as stereo systems to components hopefully a customer will never see such as air bag modules.

An automobile contains 8,000 to 12,000 components and OE suppliers provide the right part, at the right time, at the right assembly plant every day to support 75 million units of annual global vehicle production.

The OE supplier is the largest manufacturing sector in North America. As such, the sector is often divided into levels or tiers. Tier 1 suppliers provide full design and engineering support, Tier 2 suppliers manufacturer components to blueprint specifications, and Tier 3 suppliers provide raw materials, material fabrication and discrete parts.

While there are approximately 3,000 suppliers supporting the industry, it is more likely there are 500 core automotive suppliers that provide the majority of the value of the vehicle.

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