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Welcome to the AAI Plant Page. Here you can access plant specific information from the comfort of your own home making it easy to share with your family and friends! You'll find info about the people, products and events within AAI.

Look for updates regularly.

Ford Seeking Skilled Trades
Ford is seeking qualified hourly skilled trades personnel for various manufacturing locations including the Chicago area and Southeast Michigan. Candidates must have completed a bona fide apprenticeship, or have 8 years of previous experience or have a combination of previous work experience and training equivalent to a bona fide apprenticeship program. CLICK HERE for more info! 
 
Go Further
Across the globe, Ford Motor Company employees have been working together to live by the One Ford plan.  Now, Ford is taking that initiative to the next level with Go Further – a global brand promise that puts a voice behind One Ford and communicates the characteristics that distinguish Ford from other automakers. Learn more by visiting the Go Further Team Content Page!
 
Recognition

 

Employee Recognition
Do you want to recognize someone at AAI for their efforts at work or in the community? The recognition program allows you to recognize any employee. Just fill out an AAI Facts Recognition Form located at the Drop Boxes and submit it. You can also submit recommendations via email at aaifacts@ford.com.

August Anniversaries

15 years: DAVID SIMMONS          
20 years: MARGARET LAMAR, ROBBIE HOMRICH, PAULA LOTURCO          
25 years: THOMAS AICHLER, JACK BASINGER JR, JEFFERY BEUSCHLEIN, PAUL CARROLL, DENNIS COMPTON, KEVIN COUSINO, ANTHONY CZERW, DANIEL FELLOWS, TERRY GENTNER, PHILIP GONZALEZ, CHARLES HAYS, JOHN HEINZERLING, STEPHEN HURLEY, RUBEN JAMES JR, HAROLD KENEAU, NICK LACAPRARA, EDWARD MCDONALD, JACKI MEECHAN, JEAN MILLER, ALBERT PACE, WALTER WILLIAMS, TERRY BOURBINA, DAVID BRENEMAN JR, LORI BRIGGS, ROBIN BROADWAY, PHYLLIS EMOND, PATRICK HEANEY, MARK JOLES, TIMOTHY LEE, WILLIAM RICHARDS, NICK SCHENAVAR, WILLIAM SUMNER, DAVID VASSALLO, JAMES BODI, ROBIN BOHLAND, ROSEMARY BOYLAN, HELEN BROWN, HOWARD CLARK, PATRICK CURLETT, THOMAS DANCE, DAVID ICKES, BRIAN LAUER, PATRICIA LEHMANN, ROBERT LEHR, CHERYL PARRISH, JEFFREY STADLER, RONALD STOLTENBERG, DANNY STOYANOVICH, STANLEY THOMAS, ISAIAH WHITLOW, ROBERT WILSON, ENZO ZUIANI            
 
Community Giving
 

JDRF
The team has raised about $4,000 for the Juvinile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) so far.  Stay tuned to see how you can get involved.

Multiple Sclerosis Society
About $210,000 dollars was raised for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society thanks to the raffle of the one-of-a-kind 2013 Mustang Boss 302 that was built at AAI.  Thanks to everyone who showed their support! 

March of Dimes
We surpassed our goal of $12,000 and raised about $14,000!  Thank you to everyone that made contributions and supported this worthy cause! Your donations will fund programs that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies, and will fund research that seeks to find answers to the problems that threaten babies.

Relay for Life
The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life charity events celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. The Women’s Committee exceeded their fundraising goal of $12,000 by raising over $14,300!

News 

 

Employees say goodbye to Mazda after 25 years in Flat Rock
Updated: August 27, 2012
Employees signed the hood of the last Mazda vehicle as it came down the line in honor of the last 25 years of production in Flat Rock, Mich.

 


 

 

Timeline of major events at AAI
Updated: August 24, 2012
Here is a timeline of significant events that took place at AAI over the years.

 

 
Mustang Alley visits AAI before Woodward Dream Cruise
Updated: August 24, 2012
Mustang Alley has been visiting AAI to tour the home of the Mustang before the Woodward Dream Cruise for the last three years.  Visitors from all over the country and even the world come to see the Mustang in production.
 

 
MOCSEM visits AAI for plant tours
Updated: August 24, 2012
The Mustang Owners Club of Southeastern Michigan (MOCSEM) is the largest regional Mustang group in the united states.  They have also developed a strong relationship with the Ford Mustang team.
 

 


 

 

Mustang teams go further to meet vehicle requirements, ships 300 ponies to Philippines
Updated: August 6, 2012
The Philippines is considered a severe water market and the Mustang team worked hard to ready the 2013 Mustang for the wet conditions.


 

AAI Gives Race Car Flare to Shelby
Updated: August 6, 2012
See how the AAI team adds stripes to the 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500.


 

Final Department employees fundraise for charity year round
Updated: June 29, 2012
Kim Vandenberg, Final, and her supporters are raising money for Toys for Tots and Adopt a Family all year round.


 

Electrical team goes further for quality
Updated: May 30, 2012
With much of a vehicles functionality being controlled by sensors and electrical components, the electronic Customer Acceptance Test System (eCATS) is a crucial to verifying the quality of the electrical system.


 
Women's Committee raises almost $12,000 for American Cancer Society
Updated: May 30, 2012
Thanks to contributions from AAI employees and through other fundraising events, the Women’s Committee has raised $11,854 for the American Cancer Society which is just a few dollars short of their $12,000 goal.
 

 

AAI and Ford Racing continue to build race cars together
Updated: May 3, 2012
Since 2008, AAI and Ford Racing have built race cars together.  They plan to build a limited number of 2013 Mustang Cobra Jets starting this month. ) looks for any failures in the vehicle’s complex electrical system.


 
Body team Goes Further to satisfy 2013 Mustang demand
Updated: May 3, 2012
The Body team at AAI has worked hard to produce 80 more vehicles a day!
 

 
New preventative maintenance system at AAI
Updated: May 3, 2012
Joe Vinson, preventative maintenance planner, is optimistic about the new maintenance system called Maximo For Maintenance (MFM).
 

 

Employee advocates for March of Dimes, honors son
Updated: March 28, 2012
Paul Fuller, new model specialist, lost a son due to a premature birth.  In honor of his son, Fuller is very involved with the March of Dimes organization.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

AAI engineer visits Hermosillo to study Fusion production
Updated: March 28, 2012
Don Pockey, manufacturing engineering supervisor, visited Ford’s Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant (HSAP) in Mexico to prepare for when Fusion production is added at AutoAlliance International (AAI).


 

Employees serve community as volunteer firefighters
Updated: March 28, 2012
Brian Theobald and John Shields, team members, Final, are volunteer firefighters who help protect their communities by responding to fires, accidents and rescues.


 

 

 

 

Industrial Engineers from AAI to support launch of 2013 Escape
Updated: Feb. 28, 2012
Industrial Engineers bring years of experience launching vehicles to the launch of the much anticipated 2013 Escape.


 

AAI employees talk Mustang at D.C. Auto Show
Updated: Feb. 28, 2012
Click on the link above to read highlights from Ford Motor Company's 4th Quarter Financial results.


 

DCTC program benefits local area students
Updated: Jan. 24, 2012
Check out the News Herald's article about AAI's involvement and impact on the Downriver Career Technical Consortium. 


 

New Ford Fusion Brings More Technology, Expected Triple Crown of Best-in-Class Gas, Hybrid, Plug-In Efficiency
Updated: Jan. 10, 2012
Check out some of the new features and the completely new design of the 2013 Ford Fusion.

 

 

 

 


 

 

Ford Ushers in New Year with Brand Promise
Updated: Jan. 10, 2012
Across the globe, Ford Motor Company employees have been working together to live by the One Ford plan.  Now, Ford is taking that initiative to the next level with Go Further – a global brand promise that puts a voice behind One Ford and communicates the characteristics that distinguish Ford from other automakers.


The last Mazda vehicle comes off the line at AAI after 25 years of production. Click the picture above to see more pictures from the event.
AAI's Emergency Information Hotline
1-866-454-0787
Call this number for information pertaining to the status of the workplace if a business interruption occurs.
In the News Bulletins
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Plant Profile

City: Flat Rock
State: MI
Current Products: Mustang and Mazda 6
Year Opened:  1984   
Product History: Mazda MX-6, Ford Probe, Mazda 626, Mercury Cougar, Ford Shelby Mustang

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