President Trump met with CEOs of U.S. car makers. He pledged to cut many regulations—especially environmental regulations— but also pressed them to do more to increase production in the U.S.
The CEOs all gave vague reassurances to build more in America.
But here’s the more concrete news from GM as reported by an Ohio news station on January 9, 2017:
“LORDSTOWN, Ohio– The General Motors plant in Lordstown is
ending its third-shift production on Friday for the foreseeable future, a plant
spokesman said on Thursday. The change affects 1,250 salary and hourly
employees who work on the Chevrolet Cruze. The plant employs about 4,500
people.”
In a statement, GM said: ‘General Motors today announced
initiatives to strengthen and align its production output at key U.S.
manufacturing operations. The plans include investing more than $900 million in
three facilities – Toledo Transmission Operations, Ohio; Lansing Grand River,
Mich.; and Bedford Casting Operations, Ind. – to prepare the facilities for
future product programs.
‘In addition, GM also announced plans to align production
output with demand for cars built at the Lordstown, Ohio, and Lansing Grand
River, Mich. assembly plants. As the customer shift from cars to crossovers and
trucks is projected to continue, GM will suspend the 3rd shift of production
at both assembly facilities in the first quarter of 2017.’”
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