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New VP & Progress for Chassix

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Automotive parts supplier Chassix, with large plants in both Benton Harbor and Stevensville, is continuing progress after emerging from bankruptcy late last summer and the most recent step-up is a new Vice President & General Counsel for the Southfield-based manufacturer.

The precision casting and machining solutions company has appointed Iwona Villaire as VP & General Counsel. As such she will report directly to Chassix President & CEO Doug DelGrosso. He says that Villaire is responsible for providing legal guidance, direction and oversight to corporate business development, financial agreements, corporate governance and compliance, commercial transactions and employment matters.

DelGross says, "Iwona brings a broad range of legal experience in the automotive sector to our team." He adds, "Her knowledge and expertise in corporate law along with her business acumen will help position Chassix for continued growth and profitability."

Villaire joins Chassix from Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc, where she served the past nine years as deputy general counsel and director of global compliance. Prior to that, she served as senior counsel with Federal Mogul Corporation.

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The new Chassix Veep holds a juris doctor degree from Wayne State University Law School and a master's degree in education psychology and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wayne State University.

Chassix is a $1.6-billion, privately held automotive supplier launched in 2013 following the integration of the businesses of SMW Automotive and Diversified Machine, Inc. The company has more than 4,500 employees in 23 locations including on Yasdick Drive in Stevensville and on Paw Paw Avenue in Benton Harbor where they most recently expanded the parking lot to handle the increased worker population, now topping 230 employees at that site.

Meanwhile, Crain's Detroit Business says work at the Bristol, Indiana plant which manufactures control arms and knuckles continues the turn around with DelGrosso suggesting the plant will be back in the black by the end of the year. The company continues to invest capital to repair and upgrade machinery to fix the Bristol site and restore the workload there. 

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