The threat to Dortec Industries at the turn of the century could be summed up in one word: China. The Magna International Inc. plant in Newmarket, Ont., had been around since 1985, making door latches ...

Magna's engineers were looking for styling improvements when they began rethinking door latches. And they kept asking, "What if?" The result was the SmartLatch, the first fully electronic side-door ...