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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees at Chrysler Group's Belvidere Assembly Plant had a special escort today on their way to the Belvidere/Boone County Food Pantry. Leading their procession of Chrysler Group vehicles laden with food for Thanksgiving Day dinners was the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart compact car. But this Belvidere-built Dart looked remarkably like a police car, complete with overhead light bar and Belvidere Police Department graphics on the sides....
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 50 million people in America face hunger. That's 1 in 6 of the U.S. population - including more than 1 in 5 children. Chrysler Group's Thanksgiving Food Drive helps local food pantries restock for Thanksgiving Employees' efforts continue fight to eliminate hunger in their communities With Thanksgiving approaching, Chrysler Group LLC employees across the Midwest are taking time out from building cars and trucks to...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeep Patriot Freedom Edition honors military members past and present Jeep to donate $250 to military charities for each 2013 Jeep Patriot Freedom Edition sold Jeep Patriot is the best-priced SUV in America; boasts unsurpassed compact SUV 4x4 capability and fuel economy up to 30 mpg Built at Chrysler Group LLC's Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant, the 2013 Jeep Patriot Freedom Edition is on sale now Military Bonus Consumer Cash...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nowadays, it's not just the all-new Dodge Dart that is turning heads and winning awards. Chrysler Group LLC's Belvidere Assembly Plant, home of the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart, was recognized as a winner of an Economic Development in Illinois Award (Edie). The annual award is given jointly by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Development Council to recognize significant economic development projects finished in the prior...
BELVIDERE, Ill., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sergio Marchionne tours plant, meets with employees Visit coincides with one year anniversary of repayment of government loans Dodge Dart to start arriving in dealerships in June Nearly four months after his first visit to the Belvidere Assembly Plant (Ill.) when he announced the addition of 1,800 new jobs, Chrysler Group LLC Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne returned to the plant to celebrate the launch of the all-new Dodge Dart...
BELVIDERE, Ill., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrysler Group Chairman and CEO confirms plant will add third crew as part of innovative work pattern Nearly 500 jobs added specifically for production of the all-new Dodge Dart All new hires will be onboard by the third quarter 2012 Body shop investment increases to $700 million Plant to build the first Chrysler Group vehicle featuring Fiat-derived architecture Illinois Governor and Belvidere Mayor celebrate new jobs with...
BELVIDERE, Ill., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrysler Group LLC's Thanksgiving Food Drive will feed more than 1,000 hungry people in Boone County Area Thousands more are expected to be helped by food drives in Southeast Michigan; Kokomo, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio; and Washington, D.C.Chrysler Group, The Chrysler Foundation and the UAW, are helping to make this holiday season brighter for hungry people in the Boone County area. Today at 11:30 a.m. CT, a caravan of vehicles filled with food...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal, County and City officials join company executives and UAW representativesState-of-the-art paint shop, part of an $850 million investment, to be completed by the end of 2012 Chrysler Group LLC celebrated the start of construction of a new, state-of-the-art paint shop at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Sterling Heights (Mich.) Assembly Plant (SHAP) today. The event marked the fulfillment of an $850 million investment pledged by...
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A little more than a week after Chrysler Group LLC announced that it had paid off its government loans in full more than six years early, 350 UAW-represented employees at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly Complex (TAC), Company executives and elected officials welcomed President Obama to the home of the iconic Jeep® Wrangler. The President visited the Chrysler Group plant today, which builds the 2011 Jeep Wrangler in an innovative...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Company confirms plant will produce future products, beginning in 2012 Announcement brings total investment in U.S. facilities to $2.1 billion since June 2009 Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it will invest $600 million in its Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant to support the production of future models in 2012, increasing its investments in U.S. facilities to $2.1 billion since the formation of the new company in June 2009. The investment...
