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Assembly Plant News

• Top 500 Sourcebook: Automotive Manufacturing Investments Up
  
  Fiat Chrysler has begun construction on a $1.6-billion assembly plant on the site of its existing Mack Avenue Engine Plant in Detroit.
  Engineering News-Record.  Wed, 19 Jun 2019 15:20:00 -0400.
• BMW isn't changing Mexico production plans as border tariff looms
  
  BMW's assembly plant officially opens in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, days before Trump's threatened 5% tariff on all Mexican products.
  CNBC.  Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:04 GMT.
• SC economic development official: Here's how North Carolina can land its first auto assembly plant
  
  Here are the encouraging words from a S.C. foreign direct investment executive to North Carolina Commerce officials still searching for their first auto assembly plant: keep trying.
  Ken Elkins.  American City Business Journals.  Mon, 20 May 2019 12:24:08 +0000.
• Warner Music turns former Ford assembly plant into Arts District music factory
  
  Employees of Warner Music Group Inc. for the last several weeks have been toiling in the same red brick building where men who could have been their great-grandfathers put together shiny black automobiles. ...
  Roger Vincent.  Los Angeles Times.  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 05:00:00 PDT.
• Last car to roll off assembly line today at Ohio GM plant
  
  A sprawling General Motors assembly plant near Youngstown will be idled Wednesday after more than 50 years producing cars and other vehicles, a move that will eliminate nearly 1,700 hourly positions by months' end. ...
  Mark Gillispie and Tom Krisher.  Chicago Tribune.  Wed, 6 Mar 2019 05:50:00 PST.
• WATCH: Fiat Chrysler to add hundreds of job in Michigan
  
  The $4.5 billion announcement plan will include building a new auto assembly plant in Detroit for a workforce of about 6,500 people.
  ABC News.  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 01:29:43 -0500.
• Ford to Exit Heavy-Truck Business in South America
  
  The auto maker intends to stop making heavy trucks in Latin America and end production at an assembly plant in Brazil this year.
  Wall Street Journal.  Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:38:26 EST.
• GM to respond by January 7 to Canada union efforts to save plant
  
  General Motors Co will respond by Jan. 7 to a Canadian union's proposals for keeping an Ontario auto assembly plant open, the head of Canada's largest private sector union said on Thursday.
  Reuters.  Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:33:54 -0500.
• FCA to idle Ontario minivan plant for 8 days, union says
  
  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans to idle its assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., for two weeks in the new year, according to the union representing workers there.
  AutoNews.com.  Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:58:12 EST.  Subscription may be required.
• Mazda-Toyota's Ala. greenfield charts new path
  
  Toyota and Mazda will spend $1.6 billion to build an assembly plant in Huntsville. Things have changed since their last greenfield ventures.
  AutoNews.com.  Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:01:00 EST.  Subscription may be required.

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