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Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., BorgWarner is an automotive industry components and parts supplier best known for powertrain products such as transmissions and clutches. It also makes and sells turbochargers and four-wheel drive system components.

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BorgWarner is one of the world’s largest suppliers of drivetrain components, whether they be turbochargers for combustion engines or 800-volt silicon carbide inverters used in electric vehicles. The company actively manages its portfolio, requiring businesses to demonstrate they can achieve a minimum 15% return on capital. As a result, the board decided to shut down its once-promising EV charging business. The company is closely associated with the Indianapolis 500, with its name gracing the trophy since 1936.

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New CEO of Fortune 500 auto parts supplier BorgWarner just pulled the plug on its once-promising EV charging business

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James I know you give out this card to pretty much everybody you meet and I'm really glad that you gave one to me. It has the top leadership attributes for success at [ UNKNOWN ]. First let me ask you, why did you come up with this? And why do you give it out to people? When I became the CEO about just over three years ago, I found I do a lot of engagement with our employees and customers, investors, everybody. But particularly with our employees there was a lot of questions of so how did you get to where you were? What's the magic success of being a good leader at BorgWarner ?. What does leadership mean to you? And I thought, boy that's a good question. So I did a lot of reflection and I came up with these seven attributes that I think are somewhat Very much for [ UNKNOWN ]. I think a lot of them are very generic too. Well, let's talk a little bit about so, you have these few attributes, being self- aware, learning from experiences, having great coaches, having a support network, delivering results, and you cannot be a leader without a high level of humility. Which one of these traits is the most important to you and why? If you've gotta pick one, I'd pick the last one which is humility. Unless you've got core humility and a lot of it, I think you struggle, I think you do. And I think the leaders that have a lot of humility about them can get things done. People will warm to them. People will find them authentic, will resonate with them. And so I love them all they're all really critical, but if there's one I've got to pick it's humility. You know when I talk to CEOs a lot of them talk about how change is happening all the time, the importance of speed. How do you be an effective leader with all of these changes going on in the business world right now? There's a real art form. Of a leader and a leadership team of having the ability to prioritize quickly and make choices. But you gotta pick some stuff and then you gotta go. And I think that makes a big difference. And one of my seven there talks to the notion of simplicity. And I think that's a real critical skill of a leader. Get the priorities, keep it as simple that everybody can get around it, And then go do it. What is the one leadership lesson that you wish you knew when you took your first leadership job? When I first started managing people, I was a relatively youngish person in my 20s and I was managing reasonably big groups of people. And I wish somebody had told me earlier that, you know, it's a really, really good thing James To listen to these people. You don't have all the answers. You may think you're the smartest guy cuz you're now a supervisor, you're really not, and the smartest thing you can do is again, back to humility, listen to these six or ten or twelve people and just ask them. I wish somebody had taught me that a long time ago, and it would've made my first few years a whole lot easier than what it was I can Assure you. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]

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James, you've said that you expect double digits sales growth for Borgwarner in 2016, so sounds like you have a very upbeat on car and trucks sales for this year. Yeah, we're heading for a great year, yeah, 2016 will be double digits growth. That's driven by two things, one the acquisition we completed of Remy last year. And also strong organic growth, that's mid single digit growth so. But in order for you to have double digit sales growth that means people have to be buying more cars. So are you, how optimistic or neutral are you about overall car and truck sales? Yeah, first of all we say it's a growth industry We still see growth in the industry. If I quickly scan the world, we see lower growth, 1 or 2 % in the United States or North America. A similar environment in Europe. And we see a little better growth, 3, 4, 5 % range in China. But on top of that for [ UNKNOWN ], what we are finding Is, adoption of our product is much faster than the market growth. And the reason for that is, customers have to make fuel economy standards, new emission standards, so they need Bargwanna type products. So we get superior growth vs. the absolute growth market. But I think the industry is healthy. I think it's growing and I think it's robust. What about consumer buying? What can you tell? Are they as enthusiastic about getting a new vehicle as they were, let's say, last year? I think generally consumers' confidence or sentiment is good, is good globally, actually. We're not living off incentives, and discounts, and subsidies, and all of those things. I think there's a robust Desire and drive for people to buy vehicles, which is good. Let's talk a little bit about what's going on around the world because 75 % of your sales are from outside of the United States. Starting with China, how bad is the slowdown there? I keep reminding folks that whether it's auto sales or GDP China is still a mid- single digit growth economy. A mid- single digit with the amount of the size of that country and the size of the vehicles is still a very, very good market. It's certainly slower than one or two years ago than what we'd anticipated. But it's still a healthy 4 %, 5 %, 6 % growth environment. And I think that's a great environment. I think the other thing people forget with China That growth rate that I talked about is off a base of over 20 million vehicles a year, so when we're getting 4 or 5 % on a 20 million- plus base, that's meaningful growth in China. Yes, there's a slowdown, I think there's a little bit of natural skepticism in the economy But I'm more in the upside [ UNKNOWN ] down sight for China. I'm pretty up beat on China. What about Europe? It's a low growth environment. It's you're 1 or 2 % growth environment and if you look Look at Europe over the last decade, or even 15 or 20 years, that is typically what it is. It doesn't have the dramatic cycles of a North America. It tends to bounce along at a much more stable rate. Let's talk a little bit about the US. There are many bearish forecasts for the US economy. There are even warnings about a recession. What are your thoughts about a recession? At this stage I'm not. CNET but what I would say to you for us as a business. We're very vigilant. We, the signs are more not good than good frankly speaking. So we've already, we pay a lot of attention. We're very vigilant that that could happen. I think these many data points in US that keep us all a little bit edgy And I think we all have to be ready for that, and we will be ready for that if it comes. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]

CEO James Verrier expects double-digit sales growth.

BorgWarner Has Really High Hopes for 2016

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You know there's a lot of talk of the New York Auto Show, about all the big, cool technology, things that are gonna be coming to the industry. How does BorgWarner fit into this whole new phase of innovation? We're a powertrain company, so what we do is design and manufacture products for engines and transmissions. And as the evolution of the industry continues to expand, we see more electrification in our industry. BorgWarner is right there at the heart working with our customers to design and innovate new transmission and engine technology to help them get better fuel economy, and better emissions, and better performance. Well you certainly have been doing this for a long time, more than a hundred years of providing these very key components for the auto industry. But, you know, what kind of game changers are gonna come out of BorgWarner? Game changers for us Will be as the auto makers look to have brand new engines, brand new hybrid configurations. You've heard about that. The rise of the electric vehicle. All of those are gonna require new forms of propulsion, new forms of power trains, and Bug Warner will be right at the center of it helping design brand new Products that meet those requirements. So, it's exciting times actually, really exciting. Well you sound very excited. And don't take this the wrong way, but a lot of people would say that the real disruption in the auto industry is not gonna come from a 100 year old legacy company. It's gonna come from companies like Google or Apple or Tesla. I mean, what are your thoughts on that? Yeah, I. Here's my take, I think there's room for all. That's really the key I think. I think it's a really important aspect. This industry's evolved for centuries, and it will continue to evolve. And there is absolutely a place for a Baldwin or a Ford, the traditional long- term car companies. But we can't do it alone. We're gonna need to partner with the Apples, and the Googles and the Microsoft and it's gonna be a combination and the companies that can harness that collaboration and that synergy and that partnership are the once that are gonna win. Are you thinking of partnering with any of those companies you just named? Absolutely we do, we do. We engage with a very very Very broad perspective. So we'll talk to the Teslas, we'll talk to the Googles, we'll talk to the Apples, we'll talk to the universities, we'll talk to a lot of different people because you need to be engaged. You need to be engaged with a very broad spectrum of people To bring the collaboration and the innovation to the industry. Well we've seen a lot of consolidation. A lot of mergers and acquisitions going in your part of the industry with the suppliers. And even Borg Warner- Yes. Did a recent purchase. Do you see filling out some of the gaps that you have with more acquisitions? We will grow primarily organically. We're a mid single digit growth company, which is a great place to be. And we'll grow a lot through innovation organically. But we absolutely will do additive acquisitions over the years. And I think a lot of that will be to support the wave and the drive to electrification. So think power electronics, think software, those types of capabilities. And we'll integrate those with our conventional products and keep that growth going. That's the goal. General Motors has said recently that it's gonna have a self- driving car road ready in the next few years. Does that sound realistic to you? Will we see autonomous vehicles on the road? Absolutely, and I think in fairly short order. How broad they become, how many and in what space on the road, I think will be very evolutionary. But I think there's a lot of technology that's moving very quickly. I think it's very exciting, but I also think there's some natural cautiousness from the car manufacturers. We've gotta go at a pace that's responsible and safe for the community and for the driver. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]

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