private industry automotive supply founded 1988 headquarters dearborn michigan ; manufacturing facilities in 9 u.s. states key people julie brown ceo products automobile components and systems number of employees 7600 website http plastecheng.com plastech engineered products was a tier 1 automobile supplier headquartered in dearborn michigan . it was long the largest woman owned company in the state of michigan . 1 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 . 2 in 2007 plastech took over four plants and sales of us 700 million from johnson controls bringing annual sales to us 1.7 billion . 3 plastech s customers include general motors ford motor company chrysler and johnson controls . 4 plastech engineered products filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on february 1 2008 following a dispute with chrysler its fourth largest customer . douglas doran chrysler s director of interior procurement said plastech s quality issues were far worse than the typical supplier . he stated that those quality issues coupled with plastech s continued financial needs led chrysler to cancel its contracts . the firm was having trouble paying suppliers and had violated agreements with its lenders . general motors ford and johnson controls all publicly supported chrysler s position against plastech . 5 the firm was later liquidated with major assets being sold to johnson controls . both chrysler and general motors would themselves file for bankruptcy in 2009 after receiving large government backed loans that were completely paid back in full with interest . locations edit plastech employed 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 kentucky louisiana 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 andover oh brooklyn oh bryan oh byesville ohclosed more than 450 jobs lost cleveland oh moraine oh strongsville oh wauseon oh tennessee franklin tn closed august 2008 kenton tn closed due to bankruptcy workmen dismantling plastic injection molding machines to be sold as scrap metal at the closed plastech plant in franklin tn ; june 2009 6 website edit plastech s official website references edit largest women owned businesses pdf . crain s detroit business . retrieved june 19 2007 . plastech in deal for united screw . the new york times . february 4 1997 . retrieved april 19 2006 . plastech to take over holland jci plant . wzzm . retrieved june 10 2007 . dead link martens streses plastech s flexibility framework pdf . plastics news . retrieved april 19 2006 . ford gm and jci support chrysler in plastech dispute . automotive news . retrieved february 13 2008 . plastech s official website . plastech engineered products . retrieved april 19 2006 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title plastech engineered products & oldid 716058651 categories companies based in wayne county michigancompanies established in 1988automotive companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 april 2016 at 17 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view