Thanksgiving is a time of reflection and celebration. It’s a time to have fun with our families and friends, to eat too much, to watch parades and football and, for many, a time to help others in our communities. Most of all, it is a time to reflect on what we are all thankful for
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Category Archives: Manufacturing
Vehicle Test Track at FCA’s New Assembly Plant in Detroit is Taking Shape
As construction continues on the paint shop at our new assembly plant on Detroit’s east side, another structure is taking shape in the northeast corner of the site that will house the plant’s new test track. Located entirely under one roof, the 95,000-square-foot facility will validate that all vehicles rolling off the line are free
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Mayor Mike Duggan: FCA’s impact on Detroit ‘will last generations’
FCA and the City of Detroit are working hand-in-hand to identify and prepare qualified city residents to apply for jobs at the company’s new assembly plant on Mack Avenue on the city’s east side, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan told a packed town hall audience at FCA’s Auburn Hills complex. Under the agreements put into place
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New assembly plant rises on auto industry historic terrain
When Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, aka “Cadillac”, arrived by canoe in 1701 on the shores of what is now Detroit, little did he know that his decision to establish a fort and trading post along a bottleneck of the Great Lakes would become the center of the world’s automobile industry and
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Warren Truck expansion begins with steel column installation; plant to produce all-new Jeep® Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, along with electrified models
A giant industrial crane recently hoisted a nearly two-story tall piece of steel high into the blue sky and delicately dropped it into place to mark the first column raised for the Warren Truck Assembly Plant’s new paint shop. The steel column is the first of nearly 7,500 pieces that will be lifted into place
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Truckloads of Equipment Begin Arriving at New FCA Assembly Plant
FCA’s new assembly plant on Detroit’s east side marks yet another milestone. As steel continues to be raised for the new paint shop, the first piece of equipment has been installed, a 120-ft. E-coat dip tank that had to be delivered in six separate sections. Weighing about 30,000 lbs. or nearly 17 tons each, the
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Application window now open for Detroit residents to apply for Mack facility jobs
The application window is now open for city of Detroit residents who have been invited to apply for jobs at FCA’s new Mack facility. More than 10,000 Detroit residents who participated in the pre-application process have received an email inviting them to fill out an online application and take an assessment test. Detroit residents who
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