U.S. car manufacturer Ford Motor Company, an executive said recently, with North American automobile industry to gradually out of the crisis, is expected in the area of ​​auto parts suppliers may usher in an merger wave.

    Last week, Ford Motor Company is responsible for global procurement activities, Tony Brown, vice president (TonyBrown), said in an interview, those with sufficient cash flow to suppliers may start to make strategic acquisitions.

    He said, "I think there will be more companies move toward consolidation of the road. And, as suppliers improve profits, M & A activity has improved the speed will be, perhaps, in time you and I do not know, Some M & A activity has already begun. "

    Ford Motor Company spokesman Todd Nissen (ToddNissen) said that Ford is not to put pressure on suppliers, prompting them to merge. However, the company said, Ford's purchasing strategy may accelerate this process. Nissen said, "If a vendor did not want to continue their business, while other people are willing to do, we may provide to facilitate the negotiations."