First announced December 19, 2012, GM Canada's Oshawa Assembly facility will officially cease production of the Camaro on November 20, 2015 in conjunction with the car's next generation, GM announced today. Camaro production remained at the Oshawa plant a year longer than initially promised in 2012.
Assembly shifts will be reduced from four to three between the "Flex" and "Consolidated" lines. Currently, the "Flex" line is on three shifts while the smaller line is on one shift. GM Canada will "begin a voluntary retirement canvass" to reduce worker head count before implementing any layoffs. GM Canada President, Stephen K. Carlisle, stated "60 percent of our hourly workforce are nearing retirement" age and the company will offer incentives to eligible employees looking to retire early.
Chevrolet Impala, Buick Regal and Cadillac XTS production will continue on the "Flex" line for now. Regal production is scheduled to move to Germany by 2017 while the XTS will be discontinued at the end of its lifecycle in 2019. Both the XTS and Impala are also produced in Michigan. The "Consolidated" line currently builds the Impala Limited – a previous-generation W-body sedan – and the Chevrolet Equinox, the latter which is also produced in Ingersoll, Ontario.
GM Canada and Unifor are working together to "examine a range of longer-term opportunities and competitiveness enhancements for Oshawa Assembly," stated the release today. The future of Oshawa will be announced after Unifor national bargaining next year.
On the same day, GM also announced $5.4b in investments aimed at the company's Pontiac, Lansing, and Warren, Michigan facilities.
The announcement comes after GM Canada committed $800m to Ingersoll and another 100 jobs toward expanding connected car and green technology development at GM Canada's Oshawa Engineering Centre.
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