Roger J. Wood
Analyst · RBC Capital Markets.
Yes, yes, a great question, Joe. So we think about it on a number of fronts. Certainly, light-weighting is an opportunity for us because the products that we supply to our customers are relatively heavy products. And so there's a big opportunity for us to utilize our technologies, and as Mark had alluded to earlier, gearing technologies, which allow us to supply a smaller package with the same or greater torque-carrying capacity. That certainly provides a great way to light-weight, and that's where a lot of our new business wins are coming from, because we believe that we are able to lead the industry in that kind of an initiative. But also, we look at being able to utilize the driveline to effect changes in the engine, if you will, in terms of downspeeding. While we don't supply engines, we certainly supply the levers in the driveline that enable engine makers to downspeed. And that is a lot of what we're focused on as well, to look at the entire vehicle as a system and how we can effect it, using the expertise that we have on the inside of the company. So that's another big way that we can effect and deliver value to our customers. Thirdly, you mentioned acquisitive opportunities, and that is an area that we look at. As Bill, I think, had mentioned earlier, part of our capital deployment strategy for sure, after running and taking care of the current business, is a strong focus on M&A. And the opportunities that we look at in M&A are geared toward things like fuel economy aspects, meeting the regulations and total cost of ownership for the end customers. And so, we would look at that. But as I've said quite a few times before, we're going to stay in our sandbox, if you will, so that any acquisition that we make, we can effect the expertise that we have in the company to provide a better value ultimately for our shareholders. So we are looking at all those, and we have some really good opportunities in each one of those different areas.