GM to identify 14 plant closures but probably not Wentzville - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The announcement could coincidewith GM’sa bankruptcy filing, an unnamed source told The Associate Press. Four vehicle assembly plants, along with partsw stamping, engine and transmission factories, will be shuttered, the AP GM’s plant in Wentzville, Mo., could be spareds because it’s the only planyt where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vansare made, said Haig Stoddard, an auto industrt analyst with . “I wouldf think that they would keep that product he said. “In the long run they are commercial vehicles and there is usefor them.
They are used for constructioh jobs, fleets for major utility companies, independent contactors and electriciansw andshuttle vehicles.” If GM were to move Wentzville’xs operations to another plant, it woule have to redesign the vans to fit the platformj of other vehicles because the vans do not sharse parts with light trucks, for example, Stoddarr said. Robert Wheeler, a spokesman for GM’z Wentzville plant, said he does not know which facilities willbe “Unfortunately, we will likely hear this news at the same he said.
A representative from Unite d Auto Worker Local whichrepresents 1,700 workers at the Wentzvilld plant, was not immediately available to comment becausde union members were busy voting Thursday on UAW contractt concessions.