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December 22, 2014 With sales of vehicles equipped with the popular eight-speed transmission growing, FCA US LLC confirmed that it will invest an additional $266 million in its Kokomo Transmission Plant (Ind.) to increase capacity of the fuel-efficient TorqueFlite transmission. This is the sixth investment made at Kokomo Transmission (KTP) since June 2009, bringing total investment in FCA US Kokomo operations to nearly $1.8 billion.
December 5, 2014 Kokomo Transmission Plant (KTP) has been awarded bronze status for its results in implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM). The Kokomo, Ind., transmission plant becomes Chrysler Group’s eighth North American facility to achieve the WCM award milestone and the Company’s highest ranking transmission plant.
October 31, 2014 Warren Stamping Plant has been awarded bronze status for its results in implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM). The Warren, Michigan, stamping plant becomes Chrysler Group’s first stamping plant and the seventh North American facility to achieve the WCM award milestone.
October 29, 2014 Indiana Transmission Plant II (ITPII) has been awarded bronze status for its results in implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM). The Kokomo, Indiana, transmission plant becomes Chrysler Group’s first transmission plant and the sixth North American facility to achieve the WCM award milestone.
September 25, 2014 With sales of the Ram 1500 on a 52-month sales streak, Chrysler Group’s Warren Truck Assembly Plant (Mich.) is increasing production. The plant that built back-to-back Motor Trend Truck of the Year winners in 2013 and 2014 will be building an average of an additional 100 vehicles a day, or 28,585 more trucks a year, to keep up with demand.
September 22, 2014 In order to build the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200, the Chrysler brand went back to the drawing board and rebuilt everything — even the factory that makes it. As the highly anticipated, all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 continues to arrive at dealerships across the country, the Chrysler brand presents the Chrysler 200 Factory Tour experience with Google Maps Business View, giving consumers a first-of-its-kind look inside the auto making process.
September 18, 2014 Chrysler Group LLC continued to demonstrate its historic commitment to supplier diversity and minority supplier development, hosting the 15th annual Matchmaker event today at the Company's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Matchmaker provides minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses access to Chrysler Group's Tier 1 suppliers and to decision makers in the Company's procurement organization
August 25, 2014 In 1964, the Beatles conquered North America, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their third consecutive Stanley Cup and, what is now known as the Etobicoke Casting Plant (ECP) in Etobicoke, Ont., was purchased by Chrysler Corporation to manufacture pistons and castings for Chrysler-produced vehicles. On Aug. 24, 2014, ECP celebrated its 50th year of producing die cast parts for Chrysler Group LLC.
June 24, 2014 Chrysler Group’s World Class Manufacturing Academy (WCMA) Mobile Unit is partnering with Southeastern Michigan United Way to provide fun learning activities to local children as part of the organization’s summer “Meet Up and Eat Up” block parties, designed to bring food and necessities to families throughout June and July.
June 25, 2014 Chrysler Group confirmed today that it would invest $63 million in its Warren Stamping Plant (Mich.) to expand capacity at the facility. The announcement comes following the Warren City Council’s approval in May of the Company’s tax abatement request.
June 23, 2014 The high-performance 2015 Fiat 500 Abarth and Abarth Cabrio, now offering an optional six-speed automatic transmission, begins production today at Toluca Assembly Plant in Toluca, Mexico.
May 28, 2014 As the nation pauses this Memorial Day to remember those who served in the United States Armed Services, Chrysler Group’s Toledo Assembly Complex (TAC) unveiled its own special tribute to veterans around the country during a ceremony at the plant today.
May 15, 2014 Chrysler Group’s Brampton Assembly Plant (BAP) has been recognized by the Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) with a Leadership Award. The coveted acknowledgement comes for being a company that has made significant and innovative contributions to energy efficiency.
May 14, 2014 Before they are shipped to dealers, shiny new 2015 Chrysler 200 sedans pass through the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant’s newly added Quality Assurance Center in the final step of the vehicle’s exhaustive quality process.
May 13, 2014 After sitting idle for years at the corner of US 31 and State Road 28 in Tipton County, Ind., Chrysler Group’s Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne officially dedicated the Company’s new Tipton Transmission Plant and celebrated the production launch of the fuel-efficient nine-speed transmission today.
April 27, 2014 After officially opening more than two years ago, the final touches on a significant expansion in both square-footage and educational programming at Chrysler Group’s World Class Manufacturing Academy were completed early this year.
April 22, 2014 Chrysler Group’s Belvidere Assembly Plant (Ill.) has 1.3 million reasons to celebrate on Earth Day because that was the amount of the rebate check it received today from Nicor Gas, the plant's natural gas provider. The check represented the savings achieved as a result of the implementation of three natural gas-saving projects.
April 21, 2014 Trenton Engine Complex (Mich.) has been awarded bronze status for its results in implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM). Trenton becomes the fifth North American facility to achieve the first WCM award milestone.
March 28, 2014 Windsor (Ont.) Assembly Plant has been awarded silver status for its results in implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM), the highest ranking of any of the Company’s North American manufacturing facilities.
March 21, 2014 First established in 1953 as a jet engine plant, Chrysler Group’s Sterling Heights (Mich.) Assembly Plant (SHAP) has experienced a cycle of changes in its lifetime, with none more significant than what lies ahead. The facility plays an integral role in the production of the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200.
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