http://www.industryweek.com/expansio...plant-kentucky

Kentucky recently received another boost to its automotive industry with the announcement that iwis, a German automotive supplier, will locate its first U.S. plant in Murray, Kentucky.
The company becomes part of the 440 motor-vehicle related companies, which include four major auto assembly plants, that employ nearly 72,000 people across Kentucky.

They have a subsidiary called Kayser Automotive with an office in Troy,the foot was already in the door.

http://www.industryweek.com/industry...plant-kentucky

Asahi Bluegrass Forge is one of 150 facilities in Kentucky that are Japanese owned. Together these companies employ 34,000 across the state. Asahi Bluegrass Forge's parent company is Asahi Forge Corp., a Japanese company that specializes in producing such automotive parts as hub units, gears, transmission components, bearings and joints.

http://www.industryweek.com/articles...cky_23170.aspx

Shiloh Industries manufactures first-operation blanks, engineered welded blanks, complex stampings and modular assemblies for the automotive and heavy-truck industries. The company has 15 wholly owned subsidiaries at locations in Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee, Mexico and now Kentucky and employs approximately 1,250 people.

There are a bunch more including non automotive related such as Whirlpool.

You would think that the suppliers would want to locate close to the big 3 to save on shipping but also the big three are expanding their presence in the bluegrass state.

Kinda like corps were not worried about the workers moving to the burbs because they could always move the business there.

I guess in picking the winners and losers realm of things the losers end up in Tennessee along with their investments,jobs and tax base.