Global Automotive Technology :: A Complete B2B, Media Portal for Automotive Industry

According to a Center for Automotive Research study, U.S. automakers in the next five years are expected to add about 34,000 new hourly and salaried workers nationwide.

While the report does not break out hourly employment, it said Ford Motor Co. is planning to add two shifts to a Louisville, Ky. plant, and another 4,700 jobs through 2012.

The report by Ann Arbor, Mich.-based CAR also said General Motors Co. recently announced plans to add thousands of new manufacturing workers over the next few years.

In 2009 the General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant was cutting the workforce, and the future was as uncertain for GM, which was headed toward bankruptcy. But when GM invested $425 million in it to produce the Ecotec 2.2 liter and 2.5 liter four-cylinder engines for the Chevrolet HHR and the Chevrolet Malibu, it reflected confidence in their ability to perform.

The Tonawanda Plant employs about 1,000 and is preparing 690,000 square feet of space to house a new Generation 5 V-8 production line. By early 2012, many of the 179 who are on layoff should be hired back.

Comments

RSS

All rights reserved."