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Ohio Governor Doesn't Think GM Will Revive Assembly Plant

Ohio's governor says it seems clear that General Motors isn't planning on making a new line of vehicles at its assembly plant in the state.

The Associated Press
Mar 13, 2019
In this Oct. 3, 2008, file photo, assembly line worker Melvin Matthews, right, uses a large robotic machine to install front seats in a new 2009 Chevrolet Traverse at the GM Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant, in Spring Hill, Tenn. Image credit: AP Photo/Bill Waugh, File
In this Oct. 3, 2008, file photo, assembly line worker Melvin Matthews, right, uses a large robotic machine to install front seats in a new 2009 Chevrolet Traverse at the GM Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant, in Spring Hill, Tenn. Image credit: AP Photo/Bill Waugh, File

Ohio's governor says it seems clear that General Motors isn't planning on making a new line of vehicles at its assembly plant in the state.

The plant near Youngstown that shut down last week is one of five factories GM wants to close by next January.

Union leaders are hoping GM will agree during contract talks this summer to bring a new vehicle to the plant.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine tells The Vindicator in Youngstown that GM has given no hints about using the plant again.

He also says the automaker has indicated it's talking with another company about using the site.

DeWine says GM isn't saying who it's talking with and that the state is ready to help bring jobs back to the plant once it knows more details.

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Information from: The Vindicator, https://www.vindy.com/