GM has been trying to unload the Saab brand but after the latest talks with Dutch automaker Spyker Cars failed to produce a deal, the company has decided to shut down production of the Swedish line of cars. Closing the Saab brand will cost at least 3400 jobs worldwide and affect another 1,100 dealers. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 10, 2009
Commercial Vehicle Group is shutting a plant in Ohio that manufactures truck cabs, after it losing its contract with Navistar. Navistar has decided to manufacture the cabs at its own plant in Mexico as of April 2010. The Ohio plant has about 120 employees who will be out of a job once the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
Vice President Biden is expected to announce on Tuesday that Delaware has struck a deal with electric car maker Fisker Automotivethat will bring in $175 million and 2000 jobs. Fiskerwill reopen and retool a plant previously owned by General Motors under an agreement that will give Fisker unspecified tax incentives. The plant will [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Volkswagen’s new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee is opening soon and the company is hiring 1200 people. Applications can be filed online at VWJobsChattanooga.com starting Monday, October 26th. Starting pay will be $14.50 per hour plus benefits. The new plant will have the capacity to produce 150,000 cars per year, but can easily be expanded [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 14, 2009
ArvinMeritor has agreed to lease an idle portion of its Detroit plant to Ohio Modular Manufacturing Company for six years. Ohio Modular Manufacturing will reopen the plant, which supplies products for auto manufacturers. In addition to the 109 workers previously laid off by ArvinMeritor, the company expects to add 100 new jobs. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 9, 2009
BMW is adding two additional shifts at its plant in Greer, South Carolina. Former BMW employees will be contacted first to see if they are still available to work before additional hiring decisions are made, the company said. The jobs have been described as temporary, citing a volatile market and the need to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Metavation, a producer of parts for the automotive industry, has announced that 122 workers will lose their jobs due to the closure of a plant in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Employees were notified on Friday about the closure. Metavation will be consolidating their facilities. Most of the lines will be transplanted to a plant in Mt. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 18, 2009
General Motors will add 60,000 cars and trucks to its North American production schedule, and reinstate 1,350 jobs The new cars will be produced during Q3 and Q4, at plants in Ontario, Canada and Lordstown, Ohio. The company says demand is up for the Chevy Cobalt compact car and the Chevy HHR retro-styled compact station wagon. General Motors [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
Automotive manufacturer New Flyer Industries will cut 13% of its workforce in the US and Canada, and shut down some plants. The bus maker will cut its unionized workforce by 270 positions, and its salaried workforce by 50 positions. The firm says an order for 140 diesel-electric hybrid articulated buses was delayed indefinitely by the customer. New [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
General Motors will hire 375 new workers in Fairfax, Missouri, as it ramps up production of the 2010 Buick LaCrosse mid-size luxury sedan. The auto manufacturer will rehire workers from GM plants that have been shut down. When hirings are complete, the Fairfax plant will employ 2,500 hourly and 200 salaried workers. The car is the second [...]
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Friday, December 18, 2009
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