General Motors (GM) of Canada is recalling 42 employees to work on the six speed front-wheel drive transmission line at its St Catharines Powertrain factory in Ontario, Canada.
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These employees will return to work on 13 February as part of the ramp-up of transmission production which began on 3 January.
GM said it would also spend US$8.8m to ready the factory to make the next generation of the six speed front wheel drive transmissions. Machinery will begin to be installed in the prismatics and assembly areas of the transmission line next summer to prepare for a future start of production.
Plant manager Carolyne Watts said: “We look forward to these employees’ return on our new transmission line as we continue to ramp up production.
“I’m also pleased we are announcing a further investment.”
The plant will supply transmissions to both the CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll and GM’s Oshawa assembly plant – both also in Ontario – for the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain and Buick Regal.
The new transmission is based on the proven current Hydra-matic 6T40/45 transmission which, GM said, had established a strong reputation for its refinement, durability and fuel efficiency, for over a million customers to date.
