Companies General Motors Co FollowWASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) on Tuesday said it was investing $920 million to expand operations at its Ohio diesel engine plant for production of future internal combustion engine (ICE) heavy-duty truck powertrain products.
GM on Tuesday said it will build a 1.1-million-square-foot expansion of the its Brookville, Ohio, diesel engine facility and install new technology and equipment, more than quadrupling the current size of the facility, which produces Duramax diesel engines for the Chevrolet Silverado HD and the GMC Sierra HD.
GM declined to release "product details and timing related to its "future HD truck powertrain products."
GM also announced C$280 million ($210 million) in its Canadian Oshawa Assembly and $632 Million in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for future next-generation ICE full-size trucks.
GM did not post an announcement on its website about the $920 million Ohio investment, but sent a press release to Reuters after Senator Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, issued a statement touting the plan.
Persons:
Sherrod Brown, David Shepardson, Leslie Adler
Organizations:
General Motors, Ohio, U.S, GM, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra HD, Canadian Oshawa Assembly, U.S . Environmental Protection Agency, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
WASHINGTON, Brookville , Ohio, Flint , Michigan, Arlington , Texas, Fort Wayne , Indiana, California, Ohio