Rockwell Automotive Forms Joint Venture

SEAL BEACH — Rockwell Automotive, a unit of Rockwell International Corp., has formed a venture with Suspensions Inc. in Ohio to make air suspension products for trucks and trailers.

Rockwell Automotive, which is based in Troy, Mich., said that the new venture, called Rockwell Heavy Vehicle Suspension Systems Inc., expects to market its first products within a year.

Ervin VanDenberg, previously Suspensions Inc.’s president, will be president of the new company in Canal Fulton, Ohio, and a member of its board. Suspensions Inc., based in Canal Fulton, makes air suspensions for the heavy-vehicle industry.