General Motors to temporarily shut parts plants

Source: AP

Snip< DETROIT – General Motors Corp. will temporarily close all or portions of 23 engine, transmission and parts factories across the U.S. for several weeks because vehicle-making plants also will be idled.

Spokeswoman Sharon Basel said Wednesday it's all because of plans announced two weeks ago to shutter 13 assembly plants for up to 11 weeks to control growing inventory.

Snip< Of the 23 factories, the longest full-plant shutdowns will occur at the Baltimore and Toledo, Ohio, transmission factories, both of which will close for eight weeks. The Willow Run Transmission plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich., will see one of its assembly lines closed for nine weeks from May 11 through July 13, Basel said.

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With the Tax base eroding to retail jobs I feel the state of Michigan will be bankrupt in the next two years.