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GM build-shy strategy has tens of thousands of vehicles parked awaiting chip parts Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press © Provided by Source At Bedrock Quarry in Troy, Missouri. General Motors is storing several hundred Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups and full-size vans while they await parts to complete production at Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri. Then they will ship to dealerships. The industry is faced with a massive shortage of semiconductor chips used in car parts causing automakers to build and store vehicles in certain instances. In late Janu...

Tens of thousands of GM pickups delayed while awaiting chips as shortage continues Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press © Provided by Source At Bedrock Quarry in Troy, Missouri. General Motors is storing several hundred Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups and full-size vans while they await parts to complete production at Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri. Then they will ship to dealerships. The industry is faced with a massive shortage of semiconductor chips used in car parts causing automakers to build and store vehicles in certain instances. In late Janu...

Detroit Free Press In late January, retired General Motors employee Joseph Jones bought a 2021 GMC Sierra full-size pickup after having driven his 2004 Sierra for 17 years. Jones, 68, tracked the production of the new light-duty pickup in cherry red from his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He saw that it was built on Feb. 15 at GM's Silao Assembly Plant in Mexico, so he eagerly awaited its arrival any day. But as of May 5, Jones' pickup remained in Mexico, parked alongside thousands of other GM pickups built shy of the final parts needed to complete them because of a global semiconducto...

That’s great news. Canadian built vehicles seem to have better build quality than American made ones IMO. My 17 Impala was built at the Oshawa plant, and a friend of mine recently purchased a used low mileage 2019 Impala LT a month ago and I was able to go for a ride with him. His Impala was made at the Hamtramck plant. I noticed right away there was some quality issues with the interior with certain trim pieces looked off compared to my car, and even the finish of the trim looked more dull and felt less well tightly fitted than my Impala especially on the door panels.

Virtual manufacturing job fair seeks to fill skilled trades positions Posted Apr 28, 2021 Facebook Share FLINT, MI — A job fair centered on filling open positions for entry-level, skilled trades and managerial positions at local manufacturers is scheduled to take place next month. Job seekers can explore all the open positions at the virtual Manufacturing Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday, May 10. The economic rebound that’s underway has a number of local manufacturers in search of talent to fill various job openings, according to a press release from the Flint & Genesee Economic...