DENSO
April 15, 2025
Today, I had the deep honor of meeting with manufacturers from across metro Detroit at the headquarters of DENSO alongside leadership from the National Association of Manufacturers, an effective trade association that brings together its members with lawmakers to grow our manufacturing economy.
DENSO’s North American Regional CEO, Tomoyuki Arakawa, greeted me upon arrival and we had a chance to reflect on the important partnership that exists between the United States and Japan. That partnership has helped grow U.S. manufacturing and our auto sector.
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Companies like DENSO employ thousands here in Michigan and showcase how allies like the U.S. and Japan can work together as democracies operating under free-market, capitalist principles to lead the world and beat the Chinese Communist Party.
As always, the complex nature of what goes into capital intensive supply chains determines the fate of our economy and so many jobs here in Michigan and across the country.
The companies that participated in today’s round table demonstrated and voiced their capabilities and needs in a thorough and wide-ranging conversation.
We of course, discussed the range of policies coming out of Washington, D.C. One thing is clear: Michigan’s auto, aero, and defense manufacturing economy needs certainty.
Purchasers need certainty on pricing. Producers and final assembly manufacturers need “on-time delivery” of parts components. They need rules of the road so they can price their products, pay their people, and balance their books.
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The state of Michigan has a beautiful, cohesive, and exciting manufacturing economy. Our workers, talent, and innovators truly lead the world and beat expectations every day.
In order to continue to lead, we need a plan for our supply chain and we need to secure critical minerals, so we can lessen our dependence on the refining and processing that is done almost exclusively in China.
It is not right and our country must be positioned for better success than this status quo.
When lawmakers work on issues that grow our advanced manufacturing economy, AMERICA wins the day, our workers’ talents shine, and we outcompete any nation that tries to get in our way.
That has been and always will be my focus as a federal lawmaker representing Michigan in the U.S. Congress.
Thank you again to the National Association of Manufacturers and the workers who gathered with me today to discuss our future and our capabilities.
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