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There won’t be any ceremonies marking the occasion, but today the last engine will be machined at Chrysler’s Kenosha Engine Plant. A few engines may be finished next week, but the end has come not only for the history of a plant built 93 years ago, but more than a century of automotive production in [...]
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Chrysler Group LLC will close its Kenosha Engine Plant in early October, eliminating some 575 jobs and ending more than a century of automotive production in the city. The company made the required advance-notice filings with Wisconsin authorities on Friday. Company officials said the plant will close on Oct. 8 or within two weeks of [...]
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The Business Journal of Milwaukee quoted Governor Jim Doyle as saying that Chrysler will not buy the Kenosha engine plant, but that Fiat will consider it for ”future opportunities within the Fiat group.” Chrysler is closing the plant, which currently builds V6 engines, in 2010, when new Phoenix engine plants go on-line.
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