Faurecia hopes to build North American headquarters in Auburn Hills

Posted on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 : 5:16 p.m.

Faurecia hopes to build North American headquarters in Auburn Hills

By Ben Freed

French automotive components manufacturer Faurecia plans to build a new North American headquarters and technical center in Auburn Hills, according to a report on Crain’s Detroit Business.

The Faurecia plant in Saline employs 800 workers according to Ann Arbor SPARK

Courtesy of Faurecia

The company, which purchased the former Saline ACH plant in June 2012, has research and development centers in Auburn Hills and Troy as well as two production plants in Sterling Heights. Crain’s quotes industry sources as saying that the new headquarters will be a $30 million development.

The site plan for the headquarters is on the Auburn Hills Planning Commission agenda for its meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. The general contractor for the building told Crain’s that plans call for a three-story 300,000-square-foot building.

Read the full story from Crain's Detroit Business.

Ben Freed covers business for AnnArbor.com. You can sign up here to receive Business Review updates every week. Reach out to Ben at 734-623-2528 or email him at benfreed@annarbor.com. Follow him on twitter @BFreedinA2

Comments

music to my ear

Thu, Mar 28, 2013 : 11:37 a.m.

this is really good news for the state of michigan seems like Faurecia, is investing a lot in Michigan more jobs, we will take them. I am confident the city will allow them to build.room for growth for the employees.