American Axle to Add 1,000 Jobs

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American Axle & Manufacturing said Thursday it plans to add 1,000 new jobs in Detroit over the next five years.

The Tier One automotive supplier had employed as many as 2,000 workers in Detroit plants before shuttering them in 2012 after deciding they weren’t cost effective.

CEO David Dauch, who succeeded his father, Dick, as the manufacturer’s chief executive in 2012, revealed the company’s plans in an interview with the Detroit Free Press during the Mackinac Policy Conference.

The jobs, which will include about 100 positions for engineers and technicians, will be near AAM’s headquarters at I-75 and Holbrook. AAM plans to build a $20 million advanced manufacturing development center near AAM’s headquarters, Dauch said.

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Dauch said he is meeting with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan about strategies to encourage more automotive suppliers on the 192 acres of contiguous land.

Daugh said “a couple of prospective manufacturers … are very close to doing something in Detroit,” but declined to name them.

After the Detroit plants were shut down, many of the jobs were moved to the company’s location in Three Rivers, where 1,700 people are employed.

AAM employs 11,000 people worldwide.

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