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Article: GM increasing production hours to meet expected rise in demand
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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DETROIT - General Motors Co. will go to 24-hour operations at
factories in Kansas, Michigan and Indiana to handle an expected
increase in demand and to make up for production lost from a large-
scale consolidation announced earlier in the year.
The automaker says it will add a third shift at its Fairfax plant
in Kansas City, Kan., in January. That will be followed in March or
April by third shifts at factories in Delta Township, Mich., near
Lansing, and Fort Wayne, Ind.
About 2,400 production workers will be recalled as a result of
the added shifts, and another 600 will be recalled at parts
factories across the country, said Tim Lee, group vice president for
global manufacturing.
The ...