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UAW STRIKE AT AMERICAN AXLE
Automaker shifts axle supply priorities away from SUVs
David Barkholz
and Robert Sherefkin
Automotive News
April 7, 2008 - 11:49 am ET
GM intends to close its Arlington, Texas, SUV plant after this week, while reopening two plants previously closed by the UAW strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., said GM spokesman Dan Flores.
The pickup plants are in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Oshawa, Ontario. The plants make the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. Fort Wayne reopened today with one shift. It adds another Monday, April 14. The Oshawa plant reopens April 21, with two shifts.
GM can afford to make the change because it has ample supplies of SUVs.
