Obama applauds Detroit Diesel’s new plant

Dec 11, 2012

Updated Dec 12, 2012

President Barack Obama visited Detroit Diesel Corp. Monday to praise the company for its $120 million investment into a Redford, Mich.-based plant to build its DT12 automated-manual transmission and DD15 turbocharger. Obama spoke to a crowd consisting of mostly United Auto Worker members and Detroit managers.

For the full story on Obama’s Detroit visit, see Overdrive sister site CCJ‘s full report.

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