The investment represents the installation of new production lines, multiple assembly stations, paint line modifications, additional shipping and receiving capacity and upgrades to the facility's business offices and lobby. To complete the project, AAM has sourced millions of dollars of business to Michigan-based companies, and in turn, is positively impacting multiple communities in the state, according to a company press release.
How did Three Rivers get so lucky? It is not a hot bed of technology. It’s closest neighboring community of any size is Kalamazoo, which is known more as the home of Western Michigan University than anything else.
However, if you read American Axle founder Richard Dauch’s latest book, American Drive, you will find out that Three Rivers should thank it’s United Auto Workers union local.
Dauch wrote in American Drive that the Three Rivers UAW local was the only one that would work with him when he created American Axle.
AAM is conducting a job fair for manufacturing facility positions on Saturday, February 16, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kalamazoo County Michigan Works! Service Center located at 1601 South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. To find out more information on the job fair, or to submit an application online prior to the event, visit the careers page at www.aam.com
"Last fall, we announced that AAM would be bringing new business to Michigan," said AAM President & Chief Executive Officer David C. Dauch. "For the past two years, we have been preparing the Three Rivers Manufacturing Facility for this new business launch. Now, we are in a growth mode and hiring hundreds of associates. This is exciting news for the State of Michigan, the City of Three Rivers and for AAM."
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