Detroit to get 160 manufacturing jobs

Chinese-owned, Tennessee manufacturing company is building a plant in Detroit

DETROIT – YFS Automotive Systems, Inc. is creating 160 new jobs in Detroit.

YFS, a Tennessee company, is investing $26.9 million in a new facility to design and manufacture automotive fuel system components. The move was announced Tuesday by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

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"This company could have chosen any number of places in the U.S. to invest and grow and the fact that they chose Michigan is a testament to our growing economy and outstanding workforce," MEDC Chief Executive Officer Steve Arwood said.

YFS will receive a $1.3 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant, the reason the company brought the project to Michigan rather than Ohio.

YFS was founded in 1997 and purchased by a Chinese company in 2014. The company plans to acquire 30 acres of vacant industrial property in Detroit to construct a 150,000 square-foot facility.

The City of Detroit has offered support in the form of property tax abatement.