FLINT, MI -- General Motors isn’t saying much about a planned “positive plant manufacturing announcement” at Flint Engine Operations on Friday, Jan. 20, but the guest list suggests it’s something more than an employee-of-the-month presentation.
Top officials for GM, the United Auto Workers, U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist are among those expected to appear during a news conference at the Bristol Road plant, which opened in 2002 and has produced several engine platforms, including the current small gas and turbo diesel engines.
Flint Engine employees build GM’s 1.5L turbo engine for the Chevrolet Malibu and a 3.0L turbo diesel for the Chevrolet Silverado LD and Tahoe as well as the GMC Sierra LD and Yukon.
More than 700 employees are based at the plant, roughly the same number as when it began production, soon after GM closed its old Powertrain Flint V-8 Engine Plant.
Flint Engine was built south of the Flint V-8 Engine Plant, which was demolished by GM, and UAW leaders speculated then that the company could eventually build a second engine plant at the V-8 site in the future.
Flint Journal files say GM officials refused to discuss that future possibility publicly at that time.
A GM spokesman said Wednesday, Jan. 18, that he could not discuss details of Friday’s announcement.
In addition to Gilchrist and Kildee, those expected to attend Friday include Gerald Johnson, GM’s executive vice president of global manufacturing and sustainability; Ray Curry, UAW president; Lisa Mack, Flint Engine plant director; and officials for UAW Region 1D and Local 659.
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