Posted on August 14th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
An insider reports: The Belvidere Plant is still building S1 Compass pilots. Our source can’t take a photo (and risk their job), but is surprised no one else has gotten a picture out yet. The Compasses are loaded on enclosed trucks every day to ship to the Chrysler Tech Center and they have to uncover [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Belvidere Worker reports, “We began building s1 pilots for the 2011 Jeep Compass last week. Looks like a small Grand Cherokee in the front and the rear facia is improved as well. Also minor change to the interior with steering wheel controls for the radio/nav and hands-free phone. They are putting camo on some to [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler Group’s Belvidere Assembly Plant in Belvidere, Illinois, passed a significant milestone this morning a Natural Green Jeep Patriot rolled of the assembly line, marking the one millionth current-production vehicle produced at the plant. “The Belvidere plant has been producing some of Chrysler’s most popular models for the past 45 years and the Jeep Patriot [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2010 • by David Zatz
The Rockford Register Star reported that Chrysler has confirmed a 500,000 square foot addition to the Belvidere, Illinois assembly plant, to hold a larger body shop. A Chrysler manager said they did not know about the product that would be made there, but they knew they would need the space. The city will speed construction [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
The Chrysler’s Belvidere, Illinois, assembly plant is scheduled to reopen today. A parts shortage caused the plant, which makes the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot, to suspend production Tuesday, idling 2,300 workers. Supply chain issues have become a significant problem during the massive upheaval the industry has experienced over the last 18 months [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2009 • by David Zatz
Chrysler is extending the holiday shutdown period through January 8 at: Belvidere (Compass/Caliber/Patriot) Warren Truck Toledo Supplier Park and Toledo North (Jeep) Brampton (LX cars) Windsor (minivans) Toluca (PT Cruiser and Journey) The reasons cited are scheduled maintenance, equipment installation and supplier changes as Twinsburg (Ohio) Stamping comes close to closure, and preparation for new [...]
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