Magna International

Headquartered in Canada, the international automotive supplier has operations in 29 countries, including 317 manufacturing operations and 83 product development, engineering and sales hubs. The firm climbed to third place on the Automotive News Top Supplier list in 2014 and has been working on electric car systems among its innovations, supplying the BMW i8 plug-in electric sports car with outside mirrors which have hidden turn signals, and an electronic side-door latch system (SmartLatch) – both of which were firsts in the industry. The company covers complete automobile engineering and manufactures a range of vehicle products, including seating, body and roof technology.