DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler unit will add a third shift Monday at its Warren truck plant.
The move will gradually put 1,000 laid-off union workers back on the job as Chrysler prepares the factory for two new model launches.
The new shift, announced in October, is being added despite sluggish car and truck demand so far this year that left the automaker with an oversupply of pickup trucks built at the plant.
Chrysler is investing $35 million to increase capacity at the Warren facility by 20 percent, to about 338,000 trucks a year.
The plant builds full-size Dodge Ram pickups and midsize Dodge Dakota pickups.
Chrysler is gearing up to launch a redesigned Dakota in Warren this summer and a new midsize truck for Mitsubishi Motors Corp. next year.
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The move will gradually put 1,000 laid-off union workers back on the job as Chrysler prepares the factory for two new model launches.
The new shift, announced in October, is being added despite sluggish car and truck demand so far this year that left the automaker with an oversupply of pickup trucks built at the plant.
Chrysler is investing $35 million to increase capacity at the Warren facility by 20 percent, to about 338,000 trucks a year.
The plant builds full-size Dodge Ram pickups and midsize Dodge Dakota pickups.
Chrysler is gearing up to launch a redesigned Dakota in Warren this summer and a new midsize truck for Mitsubishi Motors Corp. next year.
Full Story HERE