Michigan manufacturing is still adding jobs → and the fall calendar already holds 120 announced Michigan losses to weigh against them.

What changed

Manufacturing & automation

• GlobalFoundries and TSMC reach $2B deal for US-based silicon interposers · Manufacturing Dive · October 9, 2026
• Thousands of manufacturing layoffs announced in September · Manufacturing Dive · October 9, 2026

AI, standards & research

• NIST Joins White House Effort to Drive ‘A New Golden Age of Science’ · NIST · October 8, 2026

Michigan workforce & industry

• HealthEdge, d/b/a as UST HealthProof — announced permanent layoff, Detroit, 53 jobs, effective December 1, 2026 · Michigan WARN (LEO) · October 8, 2026
• Lear Corporation — announced facility closure, Sterling Heights, 67 jobs; closing reported for July 2027 (Automotive News, October 9, 2026) · Michigan WARN (LEO) · October 8, 2026

OT cybersecurity

• Red Lion Controls N-Tron 700 Series · CISA · October 8, 2026
• Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian · CISA · October 8, 2026

Funding & policy

• Energy Department Announces New Genesis Mission Awards to Advance Super Intelligence for Science · U.S. Department of Energy · October 8, 2026
• U.S. Department of Energy Awards $96 Million to 67 Early Career Scientists · U.S. Department of Energy · October 8, 2026

Michigan Pulse

• Manufacturing employment 586.7k +1.1k MoM · August 2026 · preliminary as published
• Unemployment rate 5.0% +0.1 pts MoM · August 2026 · preliminary as published
• Labor force 4.85M · August 2026 · preliminary as published
• Total nonfarm employment 4,505.9k · August 2026 · preliminary as published

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Why it matters

Two Michigan WARN filings landed October 8: Lear Corporation's announced Sterling Heights closure (67 jobs; the November 9, 2026 effective date this issue first carried is not supported by the reporting — Automotive News reported on October 9, 2026 that the plant closes in July 2027, with transfers to Orion offered) and HealthEdge / UST HealthProof's announced Detroit layoff (53 jobs, effective December 1). Announced is not completed — both are notices with effective dates still ahead, and this series tracks them as such.

August's Michigan figures — the newest published — show manufacturing employment up 1,100 on the month to 586,700 while the unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point to 5.0%: gains and softening in the same release. September's state figures, out October 20, will arbitrate which way the trend is actually moving.

Manufacturing Dive reports thousands of manufacturing layoffs were announced nationally in September. How much of that national total is Michigan is unexplained in the source — the Michigan-specific record this week is the two WARN filings above, not the national headline.

From the blog

Oakland County is losing jobs. Here is why. · October 8, 2026

Watchlist

• Michigan September employment release — October 20, 2026
• Michigan county & metro data revision — October 28, 2026
• Lear Corporation Sterling Heights closure (WARN, 67 jobs), closing as reported by Automotive News on October 9, 2026 — July 2027

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