Warren Truck Assembly and other plants reopen
Employees returned to the Warren Truck Assembly Plant and other manufacturing sites on June 29. This video features an interview with Warren Truck Plant Manager Ken Brune, Head of North American Assembly Operations, Frederick Goedtel and team leaders Jud Corby and Kim Parrish. Read the rest of this story…
CTC services, operations curtailed during shutdown
During last December’s holiday shutdown, the company achieved an operating savings of $250,000 through a planned reduction of utilities and services at Chrysler Technology Center in Auburn Hills. With the pending two-week shutdown in July, the Facilities Operations organization will again operate in a shutdown mode. The following services will be suspended during the shutdown period: • Events [...]
Under the Pentastar for June 29-July 3
Under the Pentastar highlights four significant stories from the Chrysler Group LLC this week. Stories include June sales, July incentives, plant reopenings and the Dodge Ram winning another award.
Environmental awards competition extended to Aug. 16
Since most company facilities were down the past several weeks, nominations for the 2009 Environmental Leadership Awards are being extended to Aug. 16. Projects are being accepted in four categories: Category A: Production-related environmental protection. Projects implemented by the facility staff to improve the environmental performance at production sites and manufacturing facilities Category B: Product-related environmental protection. Projects [...]
Busch seeks elusive win at Daytona
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the “World Center of Racing” for this weekend’s Coke Zero 400 at historic Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The 2.5-mile, high-banked superspeedway is the 18th stop on the 36-race, regular-season schedule. Seven Chargers are entered in quest of Dodge’s third win of the season and 16th overall at Daytona. With only [...]
Fong discusses June U.S. sales
Peter Fong, President and Chief Executive Officer—Chrysler brand, puts June U.S. sales for Chrysler Group LLC and the auto industry in perspective.
Green Scene video for July (Part 1)
Recycling ranks high among the priorities that the company’s facilities management group is targeting with new, cost-savings programs and some help from employees. (Part 1)
Company gains retail market share in June
Chrysler Group LLC today reported more than a 1 percentage point increase in retail market share with June U.S. retail sales of 66,324 units. Retail sales declined 16 percent compared with the same time period in 2008. During the month of June, Chrysler Group LLC did not produce any vehicles for fleet sales, which resulted [...]
Mopar® celebrates 30th Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Chrysler Group LLC’s parts division is ready to bring the “boom” back to Thunder Mountain. The ultimate Mopar® Nation celebration is set to blast off next weekend at the 30th Annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, the longest continuous running sponsorship in the National Hot Rod Association. The event is July 10-12 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, [...]
Chrysler’s PT to keep cruising
The Chrysler PT Cruiser should be history, according to The Detroit News, but the new Chrysler Group LLC has given the retro-styled car a last-minute reprieve. Chrysler Group chief spokesman Gualberto Ranieri confirmed Monday for the News that Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne, who also is CEO of Fiat SpA, said the company will keep building the [...]
Manufacturing restarts production in N. America
The Chrysler Group LLC today resumed production at the following seven North American assembly plants:
• Sterling Heights (Mich.) Assembly Plant—Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger
• Warren (Mich.) Truck Assembly Plant—Dodge Ram and Dodge Dakota
• St. Louis Assembly Plant North (Fenton, Mo.)—Dodge Ram
• Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park—Jeep® Wrangler and Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
• Brampton (Ontario) Assembly Plant—Chrysler 300, [...]
Ram tops all trucks in Total Quality Index study
The all-new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 ranked at the top of the full-size truck segment in Strategic Vision Inc.’s 2009 Total Quality Index, which was released today. The Ram led the way with the highest total quality score of any truck in the 15-year history of the study. Customers specifically noted that the Ram had the [...]
Liberty, Challenger top ‘ideal’ vehicle list
Two Chrysler Group LLC vehicles are on AutoPacific’s 2009 Ideal Vehicle list. According to the survey released today, owners of the Jeep® Liberty and Dodge Challenger say they are driving a vehicle that meets, or even exceeds, their expectations, meaning those vehicles are perfect just the way they are. “We are very pleased that the Jeep [...]
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