GM invests $877 million for Flint Assembly upgrades

GM has announced plans to invest $877 million to build a new body shop for its oldest assembly plant, locating it closer to the Flint Metal Center, which supplies sheet metal and other parts used in the Chevrolet and GMC full-size pickups produced in the assembly plant.

The investment also will cover improvements to the general assembly area inside Flint Assembly, as well as retooling and the installation of new equipment at the plant.

A new stand-alone paint shop, currently under construction at the Flint plant, is scheduled to open in 2016. Work on the 883,000-sq.-ft. body shop is expected to begin in the first half of 2016, with completion slated for 2018.