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GM: $220 million investment in Northeast Ohio
GM commits to building the next generation Cruze at Lordstown
by WKSU's M.L. SCHULTZE
and KABIR BHATIA


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M.L. Schultze
 
The Chevy Cruze officially rolled off the GM assembly line in Lordstown two years ago. Now the company is committing to building the next generation there.
Courtesy of Jeff St. Clair
In The Region:
GM is committing to building the next generation of the Chevy Cruze at Lordstown, an announcement that bodes well for 4,000 to 4,500 jobs in Northeast Ohio.

GM’s announcement includes an investment of $220 million to upgrade equipment at the Lordstown assembly plant and at the Parma Metal Center.

Together, the plant employ about 5,000 people.

The announcement came today in Warren, at the headquarters of one of the two union locals at the plant. Tim O’Hare is UAW Local 11-12’s vice president.
O'Hare: good for job security

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“The corporation, they usually like to start a new model or revamp the one they have every four, five, six years to keep it fresh.  Assuming that we start sometime, off the top of my head, maybe 2015, 2016, you know that’s another  five to six years of job security for our members of Local 1112 and 1714.”

GM officially launched the Cruze two years ago, and the compact sedan has been a top seller since. But sales slid last year, as Japanese competitors recovered from the earthquake, and GM cut back on fleet sales to rental companies.
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