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Auto Plastics Maker Plans Plant in Michigan's Thumb [Not a Willie Green Post]
Detroit Free Press ^
| 4/25/02
Posted on 04/25/2002 5:09:49 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:12:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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CARO, Mich. (AP) -- A company that makes plastic parts for the auto industry plans to build an $11 million plant and create 150 jobs in this Thumb community, officials say.
Plastech Engineered Products Inc. is seeking $5.1 million in property tax relief for the project. The company, founded here in 1988, now is based in Dearborn and has 16 plants worldwide.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economicrecovery; jobs; neweconomy
To: Willie Green
fyi
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Plastech's a solid company. When my old employer moved its Strongsville, OH plant to Mexico, Plastech moved into the building and hired a bunch of the people that had worked for us. Good to see they're still going strong.
-Eric
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04/25/2002 5:36:50 AM PDT
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E Rocc
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Good news for Caro!
Sugar imports continue to undermine the Thumb's economy, and many people can use the factory work to augment their family income.
I doubt that this will stimulate growth of the local economy to justify installation of light-rail mass-transit to Saginaw. The Mennonites in the area are going to have to stick to their horse & buggies. (I used to see them quite frequently in the Caro Wal-Mart whenever I thought it worthwhile to make the 35 mile trek to get there myself.)
To: Willie Green
I understand that the thumb is pushing for a high-speed buggy system which would eliminate the traffic jams from all the horse-pulled carriages and reduce ozone depleting flatulence. This regional transportation system would consist of one large buggy pulled by a team of thoroughbreds on steroids.
And what are YOU doing at Wal Mart? Shame, shame, shame.
To: 11th Earl of Mar
And what are YOU doing at Wal Mart?Boycotting a K-Mart that was 20 miles closer.
To: Willie Green
Ha!!!
Hey, maybe it's closing now anyway. I think Rosie O'Donnell sank the ship.
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Well, that would be good news for the folks at Quality Farm & Fleet.
To: Willie Green
I hate to tell you this but Quality Farm and Fleet is no more. Most of their stores are closed and the remainder are being [have been] taken over by TSC [Tractor Supply Company].
I can't say specifically what happened to the one you are referring to, but it might be gone now.
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Well, free enterprise will enable something to spring up.
The farmers will still demand their Carhartts, even if they're not farming much.
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