When I left American Axle 3 years ago they were removing the extruders. To my knowledge the tonawanda plant doesn’t extrude these anymore. The AAM plant in ohio does though.
The axles were upset (process that makes the flange, before extruding) at tonawanda though. But not many, most were shipped in.
There are many other things affecting american axle with products that are being sourced to companies WITHIN the U.S, but with non- UAW unions. AAM’s biggest money makers are Ring Gears, Net Shaped Gears, Hubs, and Stabilizer Arms.
I’m telling you, it all boiles down to the greedy,lazy unions. And i don’t feel bad for them one bit. They (90% of them) do as little work possible throughout the day, the union backs them up, and come contract time they demand more money.