The debut of the next generation of full size SUVs from General Motors is closer than ever. Assembly of an all-new stamping plant that will supply various body moldings for the upcoming vehicles recently went under way. Located in Arlington, Texas is the home of the famed line of GMT platform haulers otherwise known as the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade. As GM gets its sole source of big-bodied SUVs ready, Arlington will soon get a boost itself by way of up to 180 new jobs and thousands of dollars in contributions to local charities.
The Arlington Manufacturing complex is quite large but currently, stampings for the SUVs are received from various other GM facilities, some of which are more than 1,000 miles away. In order to lower shipping costs and boost production speed, the new plant will be made possible by a $200 million initial investment but will save GM about $40 million a year in logistics costs. It will also help the manufacturing of the next line of global, full size SUVs become hyper local when production get rolling in 2013. Currently, the entire complex has the ability to pump out more than 1,100 vehicles a day and there is no doubt that with the addition of the new stamping plant, that number will soon grow larger.
Source: General Motors
