By Associated Press
Dallas, TX – General Motors will temporarily close 13 assembly plants in the U.S. and Mexico as it tries to pare back its bloated inventory due to slumping sales. The company says the closures will begin in May. Shutdown weeks vary by factory, but some will be closed for nine or 10 weeks.
GM normally shuts down its assembly plants for two weeks each summer to prepare for the new model year. But assembly plants that will see additional down weeks are in Arlington, Texas; ... Bowling Green, Ky.; ... Fort Wayne, Ind.; ... Lordstown, Ohio; ... Shreveport, La.; ... Spring Hill, Tenn.; ... Wilmington, Del.; ... Wentzville, Mo.; ... and Silao, Mexico. Michigan plants facing extended shutdowns are in Detroit-Hamtramck, Flint, Lansing and Pontiac.
The troubled automaker has 22 assembly plants in North America. Dozens of other factories that stamp metal parts and build engines and transmissions, also will see temporary closures.