The company also plans to ask its parts suppliers to cut prices by 30 percent in the next three years.

B+T is also a parts supplier for many other major manufacturers.

Ford is also expected to ask parts suppliers to cut their prices.

In the auto industry, the groups are manufacturers and parts suppliers.

Old parts suppliers were sought out and their stock explored.

Nearby parts suppliers deliver pieces only hours before they go into the car.

To survive, some companies are looking for products they can sell themselves, rather than continue solely as parts suppliers.

By 1907 Hornby's part suppliers could not meet the demand.

The second reason is the increasingly important role that parts suppliers play in automotive assembly.

"If a small parts supplier has no money, they might not be able to pay for duomi," he said.