“There are more people alive on the face of
the earth today than have ever died from
beginning of time, and that’s a lot of cars,” he
said. “So someone’s going to be buying cars.
I decided it was in the best interest of my
own people, first of all, that I came out of
retirement – not because of greed, not
because of need, but because there were
people in Grand Rapids that had to be
helped.
At one time, in Grand Rapids, we were a
substantial employer in the Wyoming
Industrial Park. Today, I’d say that we’re up
to about 70 percent of one block – with six
plants all functioning.”
Those plants are home to an array of nearly
four dozen plastic injection molding
“
May 2014
| BusinessWorld | 143
