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Environmental Practices Of The Auxiliary Companies To The Spanish Automobile Industry, Surendra Gupta, Pilar Gonzalez-Torrea, Beatriz Gonzalez

Surendra M. Gupta

The automobile manufacturing industry plays a very important role in a country's economy. The importance of automobile manufacturing industry lies in its sheer size and complexity in terms of the direct and indirect influence it commands across many other industries. While millions of people are employed in the automobile manufacturing industry, it is estimated that more than two and half times that number are employed in the auxiliary companies that supply parts to the automobile manufacturing companies. The auxiliary companies represent a group of businesses of various sizes, types, and geographical locations, producing a vast variety of products ranging from …