GM’s new $200 million Arlington stamping plant is the 10th contiguous stamping plant to come on line in GM’s global operations in the last five years. It adds 180 jobs to the Arlington manufacturing complex, and at the same time, will save about $40 million in logistics costs each year. And it’s now operational.
To culminate the event, GM, the GM Foundation and UAW leaders announced $75,000 in contributions to local charities. They are: the River Regency Foundation ($7,000), the Arlington Independent School District Foundation Teacher Grants ($10,000), Arlington Independent School District GREEN ($10,000), the Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail ($7,000), Community Food Bank ($7,000), and United Way of Tarrant County ($34,000).
The Arlington facility will assemble the all-new 2015 Cadillac Escalade, 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, and 2015 GMC Yukon and Yukon Denali.
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GM opens $200M stamping plant at Texas complex
From The Detroit News:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131014/AUTO0103/310140117/-1/apps/GM-opens-200M-stamping-plant-Texas-complex
I always said that the GM Plant at Shreveport was Short of Press Power with only Two Presses. Well they are using Three Presses in the Arlington Stamping Plant. It is a Dirty Shame that the Shreveport Plant was Shut Down just because they could not keep up with Production Assembly. In a Perfect World with No Down Time Two Presses will do but in the Real World a Third Press is Desperately Needed and never Attained. It is a Dirty Shame that GM’s Newest Assembly Plant at Shreveport was shut Down just because of Bean Counters Cutting Cost’s in all the Wrong Places.
Larry M. Shreveport Employee Retired Early
GM did a similar stunt with the closing of a very efficient stamping plant in Grand Rapids Michigan and transferred some stuff to an old run down plant in Indiana. We heard it was politics and a lady high up wanted the business transferred to her hometown plant. More crap at GM. They could be a good company if they dumped some executives and used common sense, but they seem to wallow in the bull crap. Stupid is as stupid does.