GM to invest $1.4B in Arlington SUV plant - The Detroit News
General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will invest $1. 4 billion at its Arlington Assembly Plant in Texas to help it better produce full-size SUVs at the lone global facility that builds full-size SUVs for the company. The automaker said the investment includes a new paint shop and body shop and upgrading general assembly areas. GM said production of the SUVs it builds at the plant — the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL and Cadillac Escalade — won’t be affected during construction. “This super-sized investment reflects GM’s commitment to our full-size SUV customers who expect nothing but the absolute best from us and their vehicles,” Cathy Clegg, GM vice president of North America manufacturing and labor relations, said in a... GM spokesman Bill Grotz said no new jobs are tied to the investment that will reconfigure the plant. The investment is part of the $5. 4 billion GM said in April said it would invest in U. S. plants over three years, creating 650 new jobs. Those jobs include 300 at GM’s Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township and 300 at GM’s components plant in Wyoming near Grand Rapids. GM added a $200 million stamping facility in Arlington that opened in 2013 and added a third shift and 800 new jobs the same year. Source: www.detroitnews.com
