Manufacturing

GM wrings more pickups out of busy plant

Hot-selling Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon have GM scrambling.
May 25, 2015 05:00 AM
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GM, scrambling to crank out more midsize pickups from its Wentzville, Mo., plant, • Added 3rd shift in March • Revised break schedule to eliminate lull between shifts • Is hiring up to 1,000 "flex" workers for weekend shifts Source: GM; Automotive News reporting

Dealers are starving for more hot-selling Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups. And workers at General Motors' St. Louis-area truck plant are starving themselves to eke out a few more of them.

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