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3. Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C.
- 2009 Rank: 3 (Last Year: 3)
- Chief Executive(s): Ronald E. Hall Sr.
- Business Type: Automotive parts supplier
- Address: 4617 W. Fort St.
Detroit, MI 48209 - Staff: 1508
- Year Started: 1998
Financial Information
- 2008 Revenues: $1186.0
For the third consecutive year, Detroit-based Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C. remains the nation’s third-largest black-owned company. Since moving up 19 places on the BE Industrial/Service Companies list from No. 22 in 2005, the company has earned the recognition of being a BE 100s top employment and sales leader.
As a joint venture between automotive supplier Johnson Controls and Detroit-based Epsilon L.L.C., Bridgewater Interiors produces seating and interior systems for some of the nation’s leading automakers including Ford Motor Co., who awarded the minority auto supplier a groundbreaking $500 million annual contract in 2003.
Since its inception in 1998, Bridgewater Interiors has grossed more than $1 billion in revenues and expanded its enterprise to incorporate a manufacturing firm in Warren, Michigan.
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