Posted on August 10th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Ron Bloom, 56, President Obama’s “car czar” and top manufacturing adviser will step down at the end of August. The White House released a statement on Tuesday confirming earlier reports. He plans to return home to Pittsburgh to spend more time with his family but hasn’t announced any future career moves at this time. “For [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
When the President spoke to employees at the Toledo Assembly Complex yesterday, Chrysler recorded his remarks. There are three parts. Video courtesy of Chrysler Media.
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Posted on June 3rd, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
President Barack Obama today visited the Toledo Assembly Complex. Upon his arrival at the 1.5-million-square-foot assembly plant, the President was met by Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, General Holiefield, Director of the UAW’s Chrysler Department General Holiefield and Ken Loortz, Director of UAW Region 2B. Mario Pino, the plant manager, and Walt Schweifert, UAW Local 12 [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2011 • by David Zatz
President Obama will be visiting one of Chrysler’s Toledo plants (one makes the Wrangler, the other makes the Liberty and, if still in production, the Nitro) next Friday to acknowledge repayment of the TARP loans. The repayment was made partly through a cash investment from Fiat, and partly through a move to private credit sources; [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Employees at Chrysler Group LLC’s Indiana Transmission Plant II welcomed President Obama and Vice President Biden today as they toured the Kokomo, Ind., facility to celebrate the Company’s recent announcements that it would invest more than $1.1 billion locally for the production of future transmissions and retain nearly 3,500 Indiana jobs. Escorted by Plant Manager [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
President Obama and Vice President Biden will visit Chrysler’s Indiana Transmission Plant II in Kokomo, Indiana, next Tuesday as part of the President’s White House to Main Street tour. The President and Vice President will tour the 600,000-square-foot plant that opened in 2003, meet some of the 1,219 employees and make a short speech in [...]
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