General Motors announces $5.4 billion in factory investments

US car giant, General Motors might be a bit of financial trouble, but that hasn’t stopped the company from announcing a $5.4 billion investment (Rs 32,000 crores) in U.S plant improvements during the next three years, including details of $783.5 million (Rs 5000 crores) for three Michigan facilities. Two other investments of $520 million (Rs 3000 crores) is for tooling and equipment for future new vehicle programs at the Lansing Delta Township assembly plant, that will help retain 1,900 jobs, and $139.5 million (Rs 834 crores) for a new body shop and stamping facility upgrades at Pre-Production Operations in Warren.

The $5.4-billion new total investment translates to GM investing in U.S. operations about $5 million a day or $150 million every month for the next three years. That is some serious cheddar!

Since June 2009, GM has announced U.S. facility investment of approximately $16.8 billion. About $11.4 billion of that has come since the 2011 UAW-GM National Agreement. Gm also has stated that these investments have created 3,650 new jobs and secured the positions of approximately 20,700 others.

“These investments are evidence of a company on the move, strategically investing in the people, tools and equipment to produce cars, trucks and crossovers that are built to win in the marketplace, with stunning design, quality and breakthrough technologies,” GM North America President Alan Batey said at the Pontiac Metal Center, where $124 million will be invested.