A new supplier park will be coming to Arlington, bringing with it 850 new jobs to the U.S. General Motors Co. The announcement was made last week, identifying that some of the jobs would replace positions in foreign GM facilities. Encompassing 1.2 million square feet, this new supplier park to Texas will have two industrial manufacturing and warehouse buildings and have 1,250 employees. Six hundred of those positions will be replacing work which currently takes place outside of the country.
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GM Plans to Bring 600 Jobs to Arlington From Abroad for New Supplier Park
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In a company statement, Steve Kiefer, GM Senior Vice President of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain identified, “Through strong supplier and community relations, we’re able create new supplier parks to generate significant benefits to our manufacturing operations and the communities in which we operate. This new supplier park will create improved logistics efficiency and coordination, while also bringing significant employment opportunities to Arlington.”
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The present GM Arlington Assembly plant manufactures the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe SUVs along with the Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon, and Yukon XL. GM noted that it’s a cost-effective measure to place supplier parts near their plants and reducing transportation costs. Arlington Mayor, Jeff Williams, said in a statement, “General Motors has been a part of the American Dream in Arlington from the beginning. In fact, the opening of the assembly plant in Arlington in 1954 was one of the key igniters of our city’s incredible population and economic growth. And now, more than 60 years later, GM continues to be a critical foundation of Arlington’s economy.”
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