Posted on August 8th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
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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Posted on September 29th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
About 400 hourly employees from the Chrysler stamping plant in Twinsburg, Ohio will be given an opportunity to come to the Motor City and fill positions at the Warren and Sterling stamping plants. Chrysler says 150 of the workers could go to Warren with the balance being assigned to Sterling. The Twinsburg plant was one [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
U.S. Senator Bob Corker, well-known for his politically charged attacks on the Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers, is singing another tune. The Tennessee Republican is now fighting to keep a union-staffed GM plant open and, predictably, is charging partisan politics will be responsible if it is closed. At stake is the Spring Hill [...]
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Posted on March 12th, 2009 • by David Zatz
Chrysler president Tom LaSorda has threatened one of its best markets, Canada, with a shutdown of its plants if it cannot get massive concessions from the Canadian Auto Workers. Chrysler currently produces all its minivans and large cars, along with many parts, in Canada; the company’s Windsor, Ontario plant has traditionally had higher quality than [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2008 • by David Zatz
Chrysler LLC announced that it would close the Newark, Delaware, assembly plant earlier than planned, and cut one of the two shifts at Toledo North. The Newark plant makes the Durango and Aspen, and the Toledo North plant makes the Liberty and Nitro. Inventories of all four vehicles are currently very high. Both closings will [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2008 • by Bill Cawthon
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) today announced the company would focus on a two-brand strategy in an effort to cut costs and streamline operations. The two brands are Freightliner and Western Star. Sterling, which was based on Ford’s heavy truck operations that were purchased by Freightliner in the late 1990s, will be discontinued effective March 2009. The [...]
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