Visotek also provides high volume laser processing services and is a Tier Two supplier to the automotive industry, manufacturing up to a half million pieces annually.

Most of MIG customers are Tier 1 suppliers to auto makers, Johnson Controls, Lear Corporation and Magna International.

It was started to provide contract manufacturing and sub-assembly services to Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry and to offer jobs for the village of West Salem and surrounding area.

Each of the Expert Groups is led by an Automotive OEM and supported by a Tier 1 supplier.

In turn, the biggest parts companies, known as Tier 1 suppliers, are buying fewer components from small parts makers.

Headquartered near Detroit in Warren, Michigan, the Tier 1 supplier has manufacturing operations across North America, Europe and Asia.

Today, a supplier without a valid certificate has very little chance to serve a Tier 1 supplier and certainly no chance to serve a car manufacturer (OEM) with standard parts.

Other customers are being actively sought; Premium Aerotec is positioning itself as a Tier One supplier.

They have delivered over 900 person-years of projects to various OEM's and Tier 1 suppliers across a wide range of industry verticals viz.

The company serves as a Tier 2 supplier to several large automobile manufacturers for metal stampings and tooling.