Plants And Workers Pushed To The Limit As U.S. Once Again Becomes The Place To Build Automobiles

Automakers are pushing factories and workers to the limit to try to meet burgeoning demand for new vehicles.

Some plants are adding third work shifts. Others are piling on worker overtime and six-day weeks. And Ford Motor and Chrysler Group are cutting out or reducing the annual two-week July shutdown at several plants this summer to add thousands of vehicles to their output.

"We have many plants working at maximum capacity now," says Ford spokeswoman Marcey Evans. "We're building as many (cars) as we can."

 

pepito66 - 5/23/2012 4:22:31 PM

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I don't kow what is all about but I really like to ear that again......jobs jobs....yes....

Designer1 - 5/23/2012 6:10:03 PM

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This is very good news.

MBguy - 5/24/2012 12:21:04 AM

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This article implies that the industry is making a big shift back to U.S. production.

Then why have Audi/Nissan/Honda all announced new plants for MEXICO?

And of course, Chrysler/Ford/GM have long produced there. Ditto for Volkswagen.

U.S. plants may be at full capacity. But this doesn't mean the industry is swinging entirely to the U.S.

chewy - 5/25/2012 3:28:17 PM

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VW came back from a long hiatus. Foreign companies have built quite a few plants in the past decade or two so I guess that balances out some of other plant closures.

chewy - 5/25/2012 3:30:07 PM

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And the ones that are already built are running at fuller capacity.