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May 23, 2013

* USA - Summer vacation will be cut short for Detroit's Big Three workers this year

* Michigan - Rising car sales shrink summer plant shutdowns for Detroit's Big Three

(Photo, by Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg: New 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokees move down the assembly line at the Chrysler LLC Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan)
Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Karl Henkel -22 May 2013: -- Summer vacation will be cut short for more auto factory workers this year, as carmakers try to keep up with heightened demand... Detroit automakers plan to reduce their annual two-week July shutdowns at dozens of North American plants that produce popular models such as Ford Motor Co.’s F-Series pickup trucks and Chrysler Group LLC’s Jeeps... Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler — which have collectively grown their market share this year for the first time in two decades — have their North American plants running at or above capacity, meaning nearly all operate two shifts, with many running three. And this year, they are trying to squeeze every bit of production from their plants... Auto sales are up 6.9 percent through April, according to Autodata Corp., and U.S. sales may hit 15.5 million this year. That would be the highest annual total since 2007, according to industry news and data company WardsAuto; in 2007, automakers sold nearly 16.5 million cars and trucks but had more production facilities scattered across the continent... Automakers customarily idle their plants for two weeks during the summer, but in recent years have been reducing that off-time — allowing them to produce tens of thousands more vehicles... Last year, four Chrysler assembly plants worked through the summer; two others took one week off. Chrysler has 26 North American assembly, powertrain, transmission and stamping facilities... Ford will halve the vacation time at 20 of its 31 North American factories, including six of its assembly plants. Last year, the automaker limited summer shutdowns at 13 facilities...

* Michigan - GM, Ford to gain market share in U.S. at foreign rivals' expense

Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Bryce G. Hoffman -22 May 2013: -- An influential annual report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch says General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. will gain market share in the United States over the next four years at the expense of foreign automakers such as Japan’s Nissan Motor Co... Chrysler Group LLC, which posted the biggest sales gains of any domestic manufacturer in recent years, will see its share growth flatten out, according to the annual “Car Wars” report, which also has Toyota Motor Corp. continuing to gain share...


* DC - Automakers, dealers object to rental recall bill

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News David Shepardson  -May 22, 2013: -- Automakers came under harsh criticism for opposing a bill that would require rental car companies to park all recalled vehicles until they are repaired... At a Senate Commerce subcomittee hearing Tuesday, the president and chief executive officer of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Mitch Bainwol, came under tough questioning from key Democratic senators. Automakers are worried that a proposed law could force them to fix rental cars before fixing individual owners’ cars — and that they could face lawsuits from rental firms companies for lost revenue while recalled cars are out of commission... The alliance, which is the trade group representing Detroit’s Big Three automakers, Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and seven others — along the National Automobile Dealers Association, which represents 16,000 new car dealers — told the committee that oversees auto safety that they oppose a bill endorsed by rental car companies that would end the practice of allowing the rental of unrepaired recalled vehicles...


* Michigan - GM to invest $44.5M on Lansing logistics center, creating 200 jobs



 (Photo: GM Plant in Lansing, Michigan)
Lansing,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Melissa Burden -May 21, 2013: -- General Motors Co. officially announced Tuesday that it will spend $44.5 million to build a logistics center at its Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant, following its recent tax break approval from Lansing... The company said the new 400,000-square-foot building, which will go next to the plant, will create 200 new jobs. The center will sequence and assemble parts to help with manufacturing flexibility at Lansing Grand River, GM said. It also will save money for GM, improve quality and boost efficiency by using available land and cutting transportation costs, the Detroit automaker said...

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