GM marks 500M production milestone, invests at Fairfax - The Detroit News
General Motors Co. Monday announced a $174 million investment to its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan. , where GM CEO Mary Barra gathered with customers, employees and dealers to celebrate the automaker surpassing 500 million vehicles produced globally — the most by any automaker. The carmaker said it wants to give back to customers who helped it reach that half billion milestone since its founding in 1908. it reached 100 million vehicles in 1964 and 400 million in 2003. Barra announced that U. S. salaried and hourly... Barra and GM North America President Alan Batey met with employees, customers and dealers at the Fairfax plant, which is receiving a portion of $5. 4 billion in U. S. plant investments over three years that GM announced last week. Brining, a retired Army corporal who has had 23 surgeries since being struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in 2005 in Iraq, is one of five GM customers to be given a new GM vehicle. "During 2015, we expect to sell more than 1,000 new vehicles per hour, 24 hours a day," Barra said in a statement. GM shared some global customer milestones at the Fairfax plant that it will use on brand. Source: www.detroitnews.com
