GM earmarks $877 million for new Flint truck body shop - Autoblog (blog)
GM Invests $877 Million for Flint Assembly Upgrades. New body facility links assembly plant with Flint Metal Center. GM officials today announced plans to invest $877 million to build a new body shop for the assembly plant, locating it closer to the Flint Metal Center, which supplies sheet metal and other parts used in the Chevrolet and GMC full-size pickups... The investment will also cover improvements to the general assembly area inside Flint Assembly, as well as retooling and the installation of new equipment at the plant. Since 2011, GM has announced investments topping $1. 8 billion for Flint Assembly. This includes $600 million for plant upgrades and a new standalone paint shop that is under construction and slated to open in 2016. Work on the 883,000-square-foot body shop is expected to begin in the first half of 2016, with completion slated... Source: www.autoblog.com
