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Can Detroit’s new Flex-N-Gate plant be replicated?

October 9, 2018

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DETROIT — Flex-N-Gate’s glimmering new $160 million auto parts plant began pumping out dozens of parts for the new Ford Ranger this month, about 18 months after the company broke ground on a once-barren plot of land on the city’s east side.

The company’s need to build a new metal-stamping and injection-molding plant to supply Ford was a rushed request in the spring of 2016 when billionaire owner Shahid Khan came to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan with a 30-day window to decide whether to build in Detroit or another greenfield in the suburbs.

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