General Motors to announce major expansion of Arlington, Texas, SUV factory - Winnipeg Free Press
Cathy Clegg, GM's manufacturing and labour relations chief, and United Auto Workers Vice-President Cindy Estrada, who handles negotiations with GM, are among those scheduled to attend. Demand for GM's full-size SUVs has been so strong that the plant can't make them fast enough. The Arlington factory has about 3,800 hourly workers on three shifts making the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and the Cadillac Escalade. Sales of the big GM SUVs are up more than 10 per cent through June, according to Autodata Corp. GM has sold more than 111,000 of the truck-based vehicles this year as low gas prices have helped shift U. S. buyers away from cars and into SUVs of all sizes. The full-size SUVs also are among GM's most profitable. Source: autos.winnipegfreepress.com
