1.   Arvin Industries, based in Columbus, Indiana, makes auto parts, including exhaust systems, suspension systems, brake parts and front-end parts.

2.   As result, the company is idling plants that have run out of master cylinders and other brake parts.

3.   A spokesman for Aisin said the fire had knocked out lines producing three important brake parts.

4.   A spokesman for Aisin said the fire knocked out lines producing three important brake parts.

5.   But GM agreed to hire more workers here and promised to continue making many other brake parts here.

6.   Columbus, Indiana-based Arvin makes exhaust and suspension systems and brake parts.

7.   GM quickly ran out of brake parts during a three-day strike at the same Dayton factories two years ago.

8.   GM says that while it now buys some brake parts elsewhere, overall employment at the factory has edged up because other brake parts are now being made there.

9.   Intermet makes iron castings used in brake parts, steering components and other auto parts as well as for construction equipment and air-conditioners.

10.   It is expected to take a few days for the company to set up emergency production line of brake parts.