Automotive parts assembler Dakkota Integrated Systems will shut down its Watertown Township facility and eliminate 67 jobs by Dec. 31, according to a state filing, WLNS reported.

The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity on Wednesday, Sept. 9, according to LayoffIQ, which verified the date against the state's WARN record.

Dakkota has not explained the closure. WLNS reported it contacted the company and did not hear back.

Founded in 2001, Dakkota assembles parts for the automotive industry and says on its website it employs more than 2,500 people across 14 locations in the United States and Canada. Chairwoman Andra Rush is also founder and CEO of The Rush Group, which the firm's leadership page describes as one of the largest Native American women-owned enterprises in the country.

The closure adds to a wave of manufacturing job losses in the Lansing area heading into 2027. General Motors filed its own WARN notice in August announcing 350 layoffs at the Lansing Grand River Assembly and Stamping plant and the Lansing Regional Stamping facility, according to WILX. Those cuts take effect Jan. 14, 2027, as GM retools the Grand River plant for a next-generation Cadillac CT5.

Michigan State University supply chain management professor Amy Broglin-Peterson told WILX on Aug. 17 that smaller suppliers face outsized risk when a major automaker pulls back. "Especially for those suppliers that are smaller and/or heavily depended on one or a couple of vehicle lines for most of their volume, it could be a very significant impact," Broglin-Peterson said.

Statewide, Michigan employers have filed 37 WARN notices so far in 2026, putting 5,920 workers on notice for layoffs or plant closings, according to layoffdata.com. That figure is down 34% from 2025.

The state has not announced workforce assistance for the 67 affected Dakkota workers. The company's adjacent facility at 16150 Grove Road remains open.