Lear Corporation (www.Lear.com) — a global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems — has confirmed plans to construct a new vehicle seat manufacturing facility in Flint, Michigan.

This will provide seats on a just-in-time basis for vehicles produced at GM’s Flint assembly plant, and it will add manufacturing jobs and economic growth to Michigan.

Tom McMillen, an executive director at General Motors, said: “Since 2009, GM has invested more than $2.8 billion
in Flint, and we’re proud to see suppliers like Lear also commit to business here.

Lear has been a trusted partner of GM throughout its 100 years of business and has earned our ‘Supplier of the Year’ designation 16 times. We look forward to continuing this relationship in our next generation of vehicles produced at Flint.”

GM (www.GM.com) has found that locating suppliers of large components near assembly plants results in significant savings through reduced transportation costs, higher quality, better communications and continuous improvement activities.

Lear will begin construction of the 160,000ft² seat-manufacturing facility this autumn, with completion scheduled for early 2018. The plant will provide jobs for about 600 workers, once capacity is reached.