GM invests in U.S. factory

The future of some Opel factories in Europe may be uncertain, in the United States the situation is completely different.

As parent company General Motors will invest heavily in a factory in Kansas City.
It is the Fairfax plant, where the group is currently the Chevrolet Malibu and Buick builds. General Motors is investing up to $ 600 million in the plant and thus builds include a new paint and new machines for metal presses. The renovation will take about two years.

Fairfax plant
The production continues during that period just level. Last year, General Motors built 277,454 cars in the Fairfax plant, 220,893 and 56,561 Malibu Lacrosses. It reports Automotive News. The Fairfax plant has been around since 1945.

General Motors, this year a total of $ 1.5 billion to invest in improving factories. The investment in Fairfax is thereby the largest cost.

source: autoweek