FLINT, MI – Back to the Bricks is taking more steps to become a family event, and in doing so, have partnered with General Motors to bring the Detroit Pistons Flight Crew and mascot Hooper to join the show on Saturday, Aug. 17.
In addition to the Flight Crew, General Motors and Back is also pairing with the Children’s Museum of Flint to offer a variety of child-focused activities.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — General Motors plans to spend another $167 million at its Tennessee factory so it can build two new midsize vehicles.
The investment disclosed Tuesday is on top of a previously announced $183 million investment. The spending is expected to create or keep 1,800 jobs, but GM wouldn't say how many new people would be hired.
ACME — A surge of new model launches that will soon accelerate is straining the ability of automakers and suppliers to keep production on schedule without major quality glitches, several industry officials said Tuesday.
General Motors has hired about 200 quality engineers to work with suppliers in the field to help with the onslaught of new vehicles. The effort began last summer, Grace Lieblein, vice president of global purchasing, told reporters at the Center for Automotive Research annual U-M Management Brief Seminars.
Chrysler Group LLC will invest $52 million in its engine plants in Trenton and Dundee to increase output of its four-cylinder Tigershark motor — a move that will create 298 new jobs.
The Auburn Hills automaker is spending $11.5 million to add a new assembly line for the Tigershark at its Trenton North factory, where all the new positions are being created. The company is spending another $40.5 million to convert a line at Dundee to machine cranks, heads and blocks to support Tigershark production at Trenton. The Dundee plant also will continue to assemble Tigershark engines, as well as two other four-cylinder motors.
The signs have been very positive for Ford's F-Series line of pickup trucks as of late, and after 24 consecutive months of increasing sales of the best-selling F-150, the automaker has added a third production crew at its Kansas City Assembly Plant that includes 900 new hourly workers to meet demand for the truck. This the first step in Ford's plan to add 2,000 hourly jobs at the plant to help meet demand for its trucks and to begin production of the new Transit van, the automaker says.
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — Americans are keeping their cars and trucks longer than ever, and even with new car sales increasing, the average age will continue to rise, an industry research firm says.
The average age of the 247 million cars and trucks on U.S. roads hit a record of 11.4 years in January, the latest figures available from state registration data gathered by the Polk research firm.
General Motors is expected to unveil a major expansion for its Spring Hill plant Tuesday that could finally bring the long-promised two additional vehicles to assembly lines in Middle Tennessee, which analysts said Monday would most likely be a pair of premium midsize crossovers -- one each from Buick and Cadillac.
If the automaker holds to its earlier pledge made when the plant re-opened, the expansion should bring an additional investment of about $358 million and could double employment at the plant, which now has 2,002 workers.
Even big pickups want to be green these days.
Ford Motor Co. announced today that it will use 45,000 pounds of rice hulls annually as a replacement for a talc material in the electrical harnesses of Ford’s F-Series pickups.
Acme, Mich. —Chrysler Group LLC said Monday it will expand its World Class Manufacturing Academy in Warren to help train more workers and add new training scenarios and areas to help improve quality.
The company opened the academy in January 2012. It plans by September to add 15,000 square feet to the center, which will bring the total square feet to 40,000, said Mauro Pino, Chrysler’s vice president of vehicle assembly operations and head of World Class Manufacturing, during the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars.