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John Goreham Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com 6-12-2019 Just two weeks back, GM announced it would pour $24 million into the Fort Wayne plant in order to maximize Silverado and Sierra production. Now it's Flint's turn. GM will invest $150 million to ensure that its Silverado and Sierra HD trucks can be built to meet strong customer demand. The Flint plant has been in operation since 1947 and runs three shifts. “We have tremendous opportunities to grow our heavy-duty pickup business, because we’ve invested in capability, performance, innovation and capacity,” said Mark Reuss, GM president. “Our all-new Chevrolet and GMC HD pickups are the toughest, strongest, most capable heavy-duty pickups we’ve ever brought to market, and our Flint team is up to the challenge to build world-class quality products to drive the growth.” These Flint and Fort Wayne investments are just the most recent GM made to ensure it has the capacity to handle its growing truck and SUV business. Other locations that have received significant investments include Dayton, Ohio; Parma, Ohio; Romulus, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Lansing, Michigan. GM says that it has invested one-quarter of all the dollars invested by the American auto industry in domestic manufacturing.
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The workers at the Flint plant are represented by Local 598 of the UAW. UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada seems pretty happy with the changes in Flint and offers her view on how this came to pass, saying, “This announcement is due to the hard work and dedication of our UAW members in Flint." She added "...UAW members continue to come up with innovative ways to grow the business, which provides jobs and improves the quality of the products we produce. This is both good for the Company and good for our members.” Dayne Walling, the elected mayor of Flint Michigan, the city, also is pretty happy with GM right now. He was quoted as saying “In the last several years, GM’s investments in the city of Flint have topped $2.5 billion, creating hundreds of construction jobs and an economic boost for the community." We look forward to the sequel of Roger and Me that dives deeply into the way GM has benefited Flint, but we won't hold our breath. [/media]
