Chrysler Resumes Production at Seven Plants June 29
June 17, 2009
DETROIT -- Chrysler announced Wednesday it will resume vehicle production at seven of its
North American assembly plants starting the week of June 29.
Chrysler closed all of its plants when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Since then, it has re-started only one plant; the Detroit Conner Avenue plant that makes the Dodge Viper cranked up production on Monday.
The plants will barely get rolling when Chrysler will shut them down again for the traditional two-week summer break, the weeks of July 13 and July 20.
Resuming production the week of July 29 are the following Chrysler plants:
- Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, Sterling Heights, Michigan, which makes the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger;
- Warren Truck Assembly Plant, Warren, Michigan, which makes the Dodge Ram and Dodge Dakota pickup trucks;
- St. Louis North Assembly Plant Fenton, Missouri, which makes the Dodge Ram;
- Toledo Supplier Park, Toledo, Ohio, which makes the Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited;
- Brampton Assembly Plant, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, which makes the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Challenger;
- Windsor Assembly Plant, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, which makes the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan as well as the Volkswagen Routan;
- Toluca Assembly Plant,Toluca, Mexico, which makes the Dodge Journey and Chrysler PT Cruiser;
- Chrysler Group's Powertrain and Stamping facilities that supply these assembly plants will also be operating.
Re-start of production at other Chrysler plants will be announced later.
Photo by Chrysler
Chrysler's Brampton, Ontario, Canada plant, which makes the Dodge Charger and Challenger, will resume along with a half-dozen other Chrysler plants the week of July 29.
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