Marchionne: Sterling Heights plant will close in 2010

Dashing hopes that refreshes of the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger indicated company executives were re-thinking the closure of the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says the plant will be shuttered at the end of 2010 as originally planned.
Marchionne said he has ruled out major refreshes to the two sedans, which never [...]

Sterling Heights plant still slated for closure

Contrary to rumors appearing in various media sources, Chrysler Group spokesman Max Gates says there have been no changes to the company’s plans to shutter the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant by the end of 2010. Employees at the factory, which builds the slow-selling Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger, had been encouraged by news the two [...]

Sebring, Avenger to get reprieve

While workers at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant rally to save their jobs, Automotive News is reporting the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger have been given another chance. The Sebring will get a significant facelift for the 2011 model year while a revamped Avenger will appear somewhat sooner as less work is required.
The Sterling Heights [...]

New plant heads named

New plant heads are:

Brampton: Kevin Hayes
Sterling Heights: Joseph Ozdowy
Jefferson North: Patrick Walsh
Toluca Body-in-White and Stamping: Carlos Rivera
Sterling Stamping: Robert Seabolt
Warren Stamping: Lance Schwartz

Other changes include:

James McBride was appointed Head of Central Planning and Investment Control of Powertrain Operations
Donald Dekeyser was appointed Head of the Trenton (Mich.) South Engine Plant.
Andrew Garibian was appointed Head of the [...]

Seven Chrysler plants to start back up

Chrysler Group announced today that it will resume volume production of vehicles in seven of its North American assembly plants on the week of June 29, 2009. As part of a phased production ramp-up, the following assembly plants are scheduled to resume production at the end of the month:

Sterling Heights (Sterling Heights, MI) – Chrysler Sebring [...]

Rumor: Nissan coming to SHAP?

[Corrected]
We have not verified this, but we were just told that some die makers have been recalled to the Mt. Elliott Tool and Die Shop to work on tooling for a new Nissan to be built at Sterling Heights. A derivative of the Nissan Cube was to be built in Japan for Chrysler, but plans may now [...]

Chrysler re-shuts plants

Automotive News reported that, faced with a 50% sales decline, Chrysler has once again shut down the Sterling Heights, Jefferson North, and Warren Truck plants, which make, respectively, the Sebring/Avenger, Grand Cherokee/Commander, and Ram and Dakota. Despite the award-winning, visually unique 2009 Dodge Ram redesign, pickup sales dropped 35% in January – which made them [...]