Plastech Engineered Products

Infobox_Company
company_name = Plastech Engineered Products
company_
company_type = Private
num_employees= 7600
company_slogan = Infinite Opportunities
foundation = 1988
location = Dearborn, Michigan; manufacturing facilities in 9 U.S. states
key_people = Julie Brown CEO
industry = Automotive Supply
products = Automobile Components and systems

homepage = [http://plastecheng.com// http://plastecheng.com/]

Plastech Engineered Products was a tier-1 automobile supplier headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest women owned company in the state of Michigan. [cite web|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/assets/PDF/CD10779121.PDF|title=Largest Women Owned Businesses|work=Crain's Detroit Business|accessdate=June 19|accessyear=2007] Plastech has now closed due to chapter 3 bankruptcy.Plastech started in 1988 with the purchase of a single injection molding facility in Caro, Michigan. Since then the company has grown rapidly through a mixture of organic growth and acquisitions, the most notable of the latter being the purchase of United Screw and Bolt in 1997 and LDM Technologies in 2004. [cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E6DB1E3DF937A35751C0A961958260|title=Plastech in Deal For United Screw|work=The New York Times|accessdate=April 19|accessyear=2006] In 2007 Plastech took over four plants and sales of US$700 million from Johnson Controls, bringing annual sales to US $1.7 billion. [cite web|url=http://www.wzzm13.com/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=70992|title=Plastech To Take Over Holland JCI Plant|work=WZZM|accessdate=June 10|accessyear=2007] Plastech's customers include General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, and Johnson Controls. [cite web|url=http://plastecheng.com/Docs/Martens-PlasticsNews.pdf|title=Martens Streses Plastech's Flexibility, Framework|work=Plastics News|accessdate=April 19|accessyear=2006] .

Plastech Engineered Products filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 1, 2008, following a dispute with Chrysler, its fourth largest customer.

Locations

Plastech employs 7,600 people in 31 manufacturing facilities, 2 corporate locations and a Technical Center North America:

Alabama
*McCalla, AL

Illinois
*Chicago

Indiana
*Elwood, IN
*Kendallville, IN

Kentucky
*Louisville, KY x2
*Owensboro, KentuckyLouisiana
*Shreveport, LA closed due to bankruptcy

Michigan
*Auburn Hills, MI (Corp.)
*Auburn Hills, MI (Tech. Center)
*Caro, MI
*Clarkston, MI
*Croswell, MI
*Dearborn, MI (Corp.)
*Fowlerville, MI
*Grandville, MI
*Hartland, MI
*Kentwood, MI x2
*Lansing, MI
*Monroe, MI x2
*Port Huron, MI
*Romulus, MI x2

Ohio
*Brooklyn, OH
*Bryan, OH
*Byesville, OHClosed/ More than 450 jobs lost
*Cleveland, OH
*Moraine, OH
*Strongsville, OH
*Wauseon, OH

Tennessee
*Franklin, TN
*Kenton, TN closed due to bankruptcy [cite web|url=http://plastecheng.com|title=Plastech's Official Website|work=Plastech Engineered Products|accessdate=April 19|accessyear=2006]

Website

* [http://www.plastecheng.com/ Plastech's Official Website]

References