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Ford to invest in Metro Detroit plants in 2013

December 27, 2012 By Joe Pagano

Jobs Coming to Flat Rock at The Ford FR Plant Spring of 2013

Ford Motor Co. is pumping $161 million in upgrades at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, which by mid-2013 will be the company’s most flexible plant, capable of building any type of car on any size platform.

The plant will initially handle spillover production of Ford’s Fusion midsize sedan, currently built in Hermosillo, Mexico, and is slated to eventually produce the Taurus and Lincoln MKS.

The upgrades will mean 1,200 new jobs at Flat Rock. Ford expects to begin hiring for those positions during the second quarter of 2013; nearly all will be new to the company.

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WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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