Chrysler Idles Pickup, SUV Factories in June to Conserve Parts From Japan
Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker run by Fiat SpA (F), is pulling ahead summer shutdowns at some factories and canceling overtime at a plant in Mexico to conserve parts from suppliers affected by the March earthquake in Japan.
The automaker, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, will idle some factories in Ohio and Michigan in June, instead of July, Jodi Tinson, a Chrysler spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail. The factories make pickups and sport-utility vehicles. U.S. automakers typically stop production for a week or two to change tooling before beginning the next model year’s production.
Chrysler’s Toledo North Assembly Plant that builds Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro SUVs in Ohio will shut down during the weeks of June 20 and June 27 instead of during the week of July 11 and July 18, she said. The Toledo Supplier Park that produces Jeep Wranglers will shut down for the week of June 20 instead of the week of July 11, Tinson said.
A factory that makes Ram 1500 and Dakota pickups in Warren, Michigan, will be closed during the weeks of June 20 and June 27 instead of July 11 and July 18, she said.
The assembly plant in Saltillo, Mexico, that makes Ram trucks will eliminate overtime scheduled for May 20, May 27, June 10 and June 24 instead of taking down time during the week of July 11, she said.
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