Bridgewater Interiors to open Michigan plant

Manufacturing News, Source : TheManufacturer.com
Published : 10 Oct 2003 16:46

Bridgewater Interiors LLC, the Detroit, MI-based automotive seating and interior systems manufacturer, announced today that the company will open a manufacturing plant in Warren, MI.

The plant will build and supply automotive seat systems to Ford Motor Company in Michigan beginning in 2004.

The planned 265,000 square-foot plant is expected to employ approximately 600 people when it reaches full production.

Beginning next year, Bridgewater Interiors will supply seat systems for the 2004 F-150 pickup trucks built at Ford's Dearborn, MI Assembly Plant, and Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models produced at the automaker's Michigan Truck Assembly Plant in Wayne, MI.

The transfer of the Expedition and Navigator seating business is expected to be completed by January 2004. Production of seats for the Ford F-150 begins in May 2004.

Bridgewater Interiors is a joint venture between automotive supplier Johnson Controls and Epsilon LLC, of Detroit, MI.

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