Chrysler to close St.Louis plant indefinately
June 25, 2009 by Matt Brogan
After just going back in to production last week, Chrysler has announced that it will be closing its St. Louis plant indefinitely from July 10th.
The plant, which produces Dodge RAM 1500 & 2500 models, was one of seven Chrysler had planned to reopen this month, but with the plant’s staple not selling the company was left with little choice.
According to an official statement from Chrysler it will offer its St. Louis plant employees incentives to leave the factory or employment at other Chrysler plants where possible.
All Chrysler plants will be idled during mid-July in order to re-tool the plants for the 2010 models.
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Indefinitely.
Forgive me for asking a naive question about the following quote:
“The plant, which produces Dodge RAM 1500 & 2500 models, was one of seven Chrysler had planned to reopen this month, but with the plant’s staple not selling the company was left with little choice.”
Does that mean that Crysler no longer offer these models to the public? or that not enough people are buying these sorts of trucks to keep the factory open?
This won’t be the only Chrysler plant to close ‘indefinitely’.
I think I can hear the environment breathing a huge sigh of relief…
On the flipside though, it’s never good to see people lose jobs. I realise they are looking to transfer people to other plants and pay incentives, but perhaps Chrysler could speed up there fuel efficient / electric car development to put these people back into work. It’s a rapidly growing market, why not take advantage of it?