FCA Overhauls Windsor Plant To Manufacture Next-Generation Chrysler Minivan - Auto World News
Just the body shop will get 822 new robots, while the assembly part of the plant will be fitted with a "new 'skillet' line that can raise or lower the shell of the car to match the height of workers will replace an overhead conveyor," according to... The Windsor Assembly Plant has a workforce of 4,800 and has been building minivans since the first one came off the assembly line in 1983. Its overhaul, which will take place during a minivan production break from Feb. "We worked six days a week from the middle of last year until this year in order to bridge the 14-week gap to have enough vehicles in the field," plant manager Michael Brieda told the Free Press. The revamped Windsor plant will manufacture a Chrysler-badged minivan only since Fiat Chrysler plans to discontinue the Dodge Grand Caravan. In 2014, Fiat Chrysler sold more than 272,000 minivans in the United States, combining sales of its Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan models. that figure compares with Toyota, which sold 124,502 Sienna minivans last year, and Honda's Odyssey. Source: www.autoworldnews.com
