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News of December 14, 1999
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| GM Investing More Than $700 Million In Shreveport,
LA., Truck Plant Shreveport To Be Revamped For Future Truck Project . |
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| Shreveport, Louisiana, Dec. 6, 1999 - General Motors officials announced today plans to invest more than $700 million in its Shreveport, La., assembly plant for production of a wide variety of future mid-size trucks. |
1999 GMC Sonoma Photo: GM |
| The investment will be used to construct new body shop and
general assembly areas. The project also includes a significant enhancement to the plant's
paint operation. In addition, GM is planning to construct a new metal stamping facility
contiguous with the assembly plant. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half
of 2000. "This project represents GM's strategy to strengthen truck production, improve manufacturing capabilities and continue to offer customers high quality truck products," said Guy Briggs, GM vice president and general manager of the GM Truck Group. "This investment is an important step for the future of our Shreveport plant, the men and women who work there and GM overall." For competitive reasons, GM is not releasing information on the specific products to be built at the Shreveport plant. Shreveport Truck Assembly currently builds the Chevy S-10 and GMC Sonoma pickups. Most of the new construction will take place on land immediately adjacent to the existing facility, allowing the plant to continue building its current products without interruption. The plant currently has approximately 2,500 hourly employees represented by UAW Local 2166 and 210 salaried employees. The plant has built approximately 200,000 pickups so far this year.
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