Friday, November 14, 2014

GM plant in St. Petersburg is operating normally – RIA Novosti

GM plant in St. Petersburg is operating normally – RIA Novosti

St. Petersburg, November 15 – RIA Novosti. General Motors plant in St. Petersburg is currently operating normally, and it is not planned to close, told RIA Novosti the company.

Earlier in some media reported that General Motors may close its plant in St. Petersburg because of the political situation.

“plans for the closure of the plant is not. The plant is operating normally – five days a week one shift, “- said the agency interlocutor.

GM plant in St. Petersburg went on single-shift work schedule from October 6. In addition, due to the continued slowdown in the Russian automotive market, announced the plant downtime periods from August 22 to September 12, 19 and 26 September, from September 29 to October 3, and from 10 to 27 October. The company offered 500 employees compensation packages on the program termination of employment by mutual agreement.

As the representative of the company, the introduction of downtime at the plant before the end of the year is not planned, the program termination of employment by mutual agreement concluded by the beginning of work on the new one-shift schedule.

GM has commissioned a plant in St. Petersburg in November 2008. The company produces a model of Chevrolet Cruze and TrailBlazer, and the Opel Astra.

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