# Flex-N-Gate plans $175M expansion in Grand Prairie, Texas

Flex-N-Gate Corp. is spending over $175 million to expand into a new 430,188-square-foot manufacturing facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, including a 50,000-square-foot addition. The company will relocate 172 employees from Arlington and hire 500 more by 2020, with production starting July 2, 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-07
- Where: Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
- Value: $175.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: 2 Jul 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 430,188 sq ft
- Products: injection molded bumpers, stamped metal parts, welded assemblies
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Flex|N|Gate](https://endata.com/companies/1181.md)
- [General Motors](https://endata.com/companies/4654.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [absgoods.com](https://www.absgoods.com/news/auto-supplier-flex-n-gate-planning-175m-expan-15026885.html), 2018-06-07: "Automotive supplier Flex-N-Gate Corp. is spending more than $175 million to expand into a new 430,188-square-foot manufacturing facility in Grand Prairie, Texas."
- [thefabricator.com](https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/news/bending/flex-n-gate-to-expand-in-texas), 2018-06-08: "The $175 million project includes about a $70 million investment in new equipment for injection molding, metal stamping, and automated robotic metal welding."

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