Alpha Group, a producer of auto fasteners in suburban Detroit, received an ultimatum recently from one of its Tier 1 customers: Expand into Mexico by year end or lose future business. "We've tried to find a supplier we could consolidate with, but we don't have buckets of cash to make that happen quickly," President Chuck Dardas said. "The pressure on us to consolidate has been enormous because this particular supplier makes up 12 to 13 percent of our business."
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