General Motors is to invest $120 million in tools and equipment to support the production of vehicle components at its Grand Rapids Operations plant in Michigan. This investment is expected to lead to the creation of around 300 jobs.
The plant, which employs nearly 500 people and operates three shifts, produces a variety of precision-machined automotive engine components used in Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles.
These components include lash adjusters, roller hydraulic-valve lifters, cylinder de-activation lifters, continuously variable cam phasers and metal stampings.
The Grand Rapids plant, which covers 1.8 million ft2 on a 95-acre site, has been building precision-machined automotive components for almost 70 years.
It is the original home of the Diesel Equipment Division of General Motors. Over the years, it has been part of the Rochester Products Division, the AC Rochester Division and the Energy & Chassis Division of Delphi.
The investment at Grand Rapids is part of the $5.4 billion investment in its US facilities that GM announced at the end of April; $3 billion has been allocated to date.