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Feb 11, 2015

WEATHER TROUBLES * USA: Manufacturing plants canceled operations

* Michigan - Auto plants cancel shifts due to snow
-- Many area Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and FCA US, manufacturing plants canceled operations for part of Monday because many employees weren’t able get to work because of the snowstorm... All area plants for FCA US, formerly Chrysler Group, have canceled first shifts because of high absenteeism. FCA US spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said the company expects second shifts to report as scheduled... All of Ford Motor Co.’s production facilities were back up and running early Monday afternoon, but earlier that morning Romeo Engine Plant canceled its second shift and Michigan Assembly Plant canceled its first shift, spokeswoman Kristina Adamski said. In addition, Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant was down for the plant’s. A Crew and other plants were running, but seeing higher-than-normal absenteeism... Four area GM plants canceled first shifts Monday, said GM spokeswman Bill Grotz... Last night’s snowstorm made getting to work difficult for a number of GM plant employees across the Midwest. Plants in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana faced staffing challenges on last night’s third shift and first shift this morning,” he said in an emailed statement... First shifts on Monday were canceled at GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant, Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant, Orion Assembly Plant and Toledo Transmission Plant. Grotz said some facilities are using down time for maintenance and employee training... (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty / AP: A woman shields her face from the wind-driven snow while making her through a winter storm in downtown Portland, Maine, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015) Detroit,MICH,USA  -The Detroit News, by Michael Wayland, Melissa Burden and Michael Martinez -February 2, 2015

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