A Michigan plant of French provider Faurecia suffered minor harm from a roof hearth Monday night, inflicting some manufacturing to be quickly paused. No staff had been harmed.
The corporate was working to get again to full manufacturing on the Faurecia Interiors Programs plant in Saline, Mich., by the top of the day Tuesday, in accordance with Faurecia Communications Supervisor Kyle Gillis.
The Saline and Pittsfield Township Fireplace Departments discovered smoke on the roof once they arrived round 8 p.m. Monday. The blaze stemmed from {the electrical} room on the roof, the place a transformer field caught hearth, Saline Fireplace Chief Craig Hoeft mentioned.
Extra energy coming from the field brought on the fireplace, which burned tar and different supplies.
The plant, as soon as a part of Ford Motor Co.’s components unit, is about 45 miles west of Detroit. It produces inside components corresponding to instrument panels and heart consoles for quite a lot of automakers. As of final yr, prospects included Tesla Inc., Ford and Stellantis. Fiat Chrysler.
Faurecia ranks No. 8 on Automotive Information’ list of the top 100 global suppliers, with worldwide components gross sales to automakers of $17.59 billion in its 2020 fiscal yr.