Magna plans to add 5,000 square feet to the plant, as well as at least 100 parking spaces and three shipping docks. It also will renovate current space as part of the expansion. Two new automated storage and retrieval systems will be added.

Lear's safety protocols include strenuous cleaning regimens, temperature checks, plexiglass guards in high-traffic areas and more. The company also is testing new technologies.

Lear held an open house, of sorts, for its production line leaders to get them acclimated with the rigorous new safety protocols as the plant is set to begin limited production Monday. Crain's Detroit Business reporter Dustin Walsh got a first-hand look.

The seating and electronics supplier said net income fell 67 percent to $76.4 million during the quarter while revenue fell 11 percent to $4.6 billion. The COVID-19 downturn took $900 million out of sales during the quarter.

The merged company will be owned 85 percent by BorgWarner shareholders and 15 percent by Delphi shareholders. Both companies' engine and transmission businesses are seen by analysts as entering a period of decline.

The company said it would lay off 343 employees in July when it permanently shuts down the plant's hot strip mill, annealing, and tempering operations.

Adient said $530 million of its $717 million decline in revenue during the quarter stemmed from the COVID-19 outbreak's impact, primarily from lower vehicle production across Asia. The supplier shored up its quarter by cutting $757 million in expenses.

Adient estimates its cash burn is averaging $175 million per month during the COVID-19 crisis.

The numbers are all far, far worse than we saw in the Great Recession. But there is reason to think the bounce back might also dwarf the long, slow recovery from the 2008 crisis.

In his first year at the helm, Doug DelGrosso has focused on moving the Johnson Controls spinoff past its debt burden.

During a wide-ranging speech and question-and-answer session, Khan made assertions about the downside of globalization and the benefits of President Donald Trump's trade policy. Khan laid praise on Trump's "America First" policy.

Sakthi Automotive was once a keystone to Detroit's manufacturing resurgence, but behind the scenes Sakthi's owners battled over control while operations stumbled and financials tanked. GM said it was forced to resource its business with the supplier.

The seating supplier said all non-plant, salaried employees in the U.S. will not be working or receive pay for the weeks of Thanksgiving, Nov. 25-29, and New Year's, Dec. 30-Jan. 3.

Organizers are calling the Southeast Michigan Auto Show in early January a consumer-focused event as opposed to the international, media-driven flair of the North American International Auto Show, held annually at Detroit's Cobo Center but moving to June in 2020.