GM Saves $40 Million During G6 Launch
Pontiac gets its new midsize car – the G6 officially begins production in August.
By Brian Corbett
WardsAuto.com, May 26 2004
ORION, MI – By recycling equipment and reducing the use of contract workers, General Motors Corp. saved about $40 million while preparing its assembly plant here to build the all-new Pontiac G6 midsize sedan.
The 4.1 million-sq.-ft. (380,902-sq.-m) facility recently wrapped up pilot production of 40 non-salable G6s, and will complete today the first three builds of some 400 salable models. Job 1 is scheduled for early August, according to Gene Stefanyshyn, GM vehicle line executive-midsize cars.
Orion will halt production June 4 of its current vehicles, the Buick LeSabre and Park Avenue, says Plant Manager Jamie Hresko.
Following the launch of the G6 sedan in August, Orion will add output of the G6 coupe during first quarter-2005 and the G6 retractable hardtop in October 2005. The plant currently operates one shift with a line rate of 61 jobs per hour. The second shift, which has been laid off since April 2002 due to slow sales, is scheduled to return in eight to 10 months.
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Pontiac gets its new midsize car – the G6 officially begins production in August.
By Brian Corbett
WardsAuto.com, May 26 2004
ORION, MI – By recycling equipment and reducing the use of contract workers, General Motors Corp. saved about $40 million while preparing its assembly plant here to build the all-new Pontiac G6 midsize sedan.
The 4.1 million-sq.-ft. (380,902-sq.-m) facility recently wrapped up pilot production of 40 non-salable G6s, and will complete today the first three builds of some 400 salable models. Job 1 is scheduled for early August, according to Gene Stefanyshyn, GM vehicle line executive-midsize cars.
Orion will halt production June 4 of its current vehicles, the Buick LeSabre and Park Avenue, says Plant Manager Jamie Hresko.
Following the launch of the G6 sedan in August, Orion will add output of the G6 coupe during first quarter-2005 and the G6 retractable hardtop in October 2005. The plant currently operates one shift with a line rate of 61 jobs per hour. The second shift, which has been laid off since April 2002 due to slow sales, is scheduled to return in eight to 10 months.
Full story here