GM Oshawa 2.0 marks a first for the automaker
John Irwin, Automotive News Canada May 27, 2019 TORONTO — General Motors’ $170-million plan to turn its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant into a parts operation signals a new business model for the automaker and gives the factory a renewed lease on life. “Getting that kind of money is more than a stay of execution and […]
This was pre-Trump: Why USMCA couldn’t have saved GM jobs in Oshawa
Jessy Bains, Yahoo Finance Canada Nov. 29, 2018 Canada is on the cusp of signing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at this week’s G20 summit in Buenos Aires, but even the revamped trade deal wouldn’t have saved the General Motors (GM) plant in Oshawa, Ont. Under USMCA, 75 per cent of a vehicle will have […]
End of GM’s Oshawa plant to be a $3B blow to Canadian supply industry
Dana Flavelle Automotive News Canada General Motors’ decision to end production at its Oshawa assembly plant next year is a blow to Canada’s multi-million dollar auto supply industry, the head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association said Tuesday. “It’s not good for the workers at the Oshawa plant and it’s not good for our members, […]
