Automotive supplier Dakkota Integrated Systems is officially closing the doors on its Detroit manufacturing facility. The decision comes as a direct result of losing major supply contracts with Stellantis, ultimately leaving nearly 400 employees facing layoffs.
According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice filed with the state of Michigan on October 19, 2026, Dakkota will shutter the Detroit plant in stages. The filing specifically attributes the closure to the loss of contracts to build instrument panels for the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango. Both of these popular SUVs are assembled at Stellantis’s nearby Detroit Assembly Complex…