Automotive Components Holdings (Saline Plant)
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Automotive Components Holdings, LLC (ACH) located in Saline, Michigan
is an automotive parts manufacturing plant that specializes in the manufacture of plastics and trim pieces. Instrument panels, door panels, consoles, and other various internal plastic parts. The plant first opened its doors, under Ford Motor Company
ownership, in 1966. In that year the plant was moved from nearby Brooklyn, Michigan to Saline. The plant specialized early on in plastics and trim manufacture. Ca. 2000 the plant began a series of ownership changes, while work with Ford Motor Company for manpower. The first of which was Visteon Corporation in 2000. Visteon spun off of Ford Motor Company and became an independent, publicly traded company. In 2005 Visteon struck a deal with its former parent company to transfer ownership of Saline, and several of their facilities, back to Ford Motor Company in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. The spin off was called Automotive Components Holdings
, LLC. Owned by Ford Motor Company and its primary mission to sell or close the plant by December of 2008. The skilled trades workers of the plant are represented by the Saline Local 892 chapter of the UAW.
On November 15, 2007, ACH announced that it had reached a tentative agreement to sell the plant to Johnson Controls pending the ability of Johnson Controls to reach a competitive labor agreement with the plant's employees. As of September 2008, Johnson Controls no longer had any plans to purchase the plant. Johnson Controls backed out of the deal and did not buy the Saline Plant; instead Ford removed all ACH employees that were transferred from Ypsilanti and other plants and moved them to Indefinite Lay Off (ILO), while highest seniority ACH employees were transferred to the Milan plant as of September 2009. Ford employees were then taken from the GIN pool, effectively getting rid of the GIN pool and placing all remaining Ford employees into the Saline Plant.
With the down turn of the economy, Ford Motor Company has yet to find another interested party to purchase the Saline plant and continues to operate Saline.
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Saline, Michigan
Saline is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,810.The city is popular for its annual Celtic Festival, which attracts people from all over the United States and its sister cities Brecon, Wales and Lindenberg, Germany...
is an automotive parts manufacturing plant that specializes in the manufacture of plastics and trim pieces. Instrument panels, door panels, consoles, and other various internal plastic parts. The plant first opened its doors, under Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
ownership, in 1966. In that year the plant was moved from nearby Brooklyn, Michigan to Saline. The plant specialized early on in plastics and trim manufacture. Ca. 2000 the plant began a series of ownership changes, while work with Ford Motor Company for manpower. The first of which was Visteon Corporation in 2000. Visteon spun off of Ford Motor Company and became an independent, publicly traded company. In 2005 Visteon struck a deal with its former parent company to transfer ownership of Saline, and several of their facilities, back to Ford Motor Company in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. The spin off was called Automotive Components Holdings
Automotive Components Holdings
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC is a Ford Motor Company-managed temporary business formed by the 2005 transfer of 17 automotive components factories and 6 research, testing, and other facilities from Visteon Corporation to Ford...
, LLC. Owned by Ford Motor Company and its primary mission to sell or close the plant by December of 2008. The skilled trades workers of the plant are represented by the Saline Local 892 chapter of the UAW.
On November 15, 2007, ACH announced that it had reached a tentative agreement to sell the plant to Johnson Controls pending the ability of Johnson Controls to reach a competitive labor agreement with the plant's employees. As of September 2008, Johnson Controls no longer had any plans to purchase the plant. Johnson Controls backed out of the deal and did not buy the Saline Plant; instead Ford removed all ACH employees that were transferred from Ypsilanti and other plants and moved them to Indefinite Lay Off (ILO), while highest seniority ACH employees were transferred to the Milan plant as of September 2009. Ford employees were then taken from the GIN pool, effectively getting rid of the GIN pool and placing all remaining Ford employees into the Saline Plant.
With the down turn of the economy, Ford Motor Company has yet to find another interested party to purchase the Saline plant and continues to operate Saline.
See also
- Automotive Components Holdings (Parent Company)Automotive Components HoldingsAutomotive Components Holdings, LLC is a Ford Motor Company-managed temporary business formed by the 2005 transfer of 17 automotive components factories and 6 research, testing, and other facilities from Visteon Corporation to Ford...
- Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
- Saline, MichiganSaline, MichiganSaline is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,810.The city is popular for its annual Celtic Festival, which attracts people from all over the United States and its sister cities Brecon, Wales and Lindenberg, Germany...
- Visteon Corporation
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