A look inside GM's Fort Wayne truck plant

May 27, 2015

GM's Fort Wayne assembly plant in Ft. Wayne, IN, began building light-duty trucks in 1986. Today, it is a three-shift operation with approximately 3,800 employees focused on manufacturing light- and heavy-duty regular plus double cab full-size pickup trucks. The OEM recently announced it's investing $1.2 billion into its Fort Wayne facility; part of a three-year $5.4 billion investment effort in all of its U.S. plants. All photos courtesy of GM.

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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