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GM Idles Plant Due To Parts Shortage

Manufacturing.Net - October 30, 2009

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NEW YORK (AP) -- General Motors Co. will temporarily shutdown a plant that builds two of its crossover vehicles and reduce production at a transmission plant as a result of a parts shortage stemming from a strike at a supplier in India, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Workers at Rico Auto Industries have been on strike for several weeks and as a result parts shipments to Detroit-based GM have been disrupted, the person who did not want be identified said.

Rico makes a component that goes into the transmissions manufactured at GM's Warren Transmission Plant in suburban Detroit and shipped to its Lansing Delta Township plant for use in its GMC Enclave and Buick Acadia models.

GM Spokeswoman Kimberly Carpenter confirmed that production at the Delta Township plant will cease on Monday and is expected to resume the following Monday. She said the shutdown is related to a parts shortage, but would not identify the supplier or part involved.

Carpenter also confirmed that the Warren Transmission will run only one shift during that week as a result of the same part shortage.

The Delta Township plant employs 2,696 people, while the Warren plant employs 759.


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Temp Shutdown  10/30/2009 11:54:00 AM
What, someone in SCM can't find a local source?
Apparently no proof reading  10/30/2009 12:17:00 PM
These AP writers must have been educated in the same classes at Harvard as BHO. The Enclave is a Buick product and the Acadia is a GMC product. There IS a difference.
reply  10/30/2009 12:20:00 PM
All the "local" source are out of business!!
GM PARTS  10/30/2009 1:18:00 PM
Find an american supplier, lets bring our manufacturing home.
Serves them right  10/30/2009 2:33:00 PM
How do you like your cheap overseas parts now?
Serves them right  10/30/2009 2:52:00 PM
How do you like your cheap overseas parts now?
Indian Stirke  10/30/2009 3:07:00 PM
Gee to think we could have easily had American UAW workers strike instead.
They know they're wrong  11/1/2009 7:10:00 AM
The person didn't want to be identified. When I spend the big bucks buying from an American company, I want an American product. In 2005, a new Chevrolet was 92% north American, 2009 a new GM products were 74% north American at best. I truly believe 2009 was a last chance to buy American from GM. I can get 53% north American content on a Subaru, I'll strongly consider them next time. BTW, I think it would be more honest to post US content on the sticker rather than north American.
RE: No Proof Reading  11/6/2009 12:18:00 PM
The article was probably translated in India! I wonder who will pay the bill when this assembly plant shuts down?


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