GM stops the conveyor once again in St. Petersburg

The American auto giant General Motors plans to again stop production at a factory in St. Petersburg. Stop the pipeline will from 8 to June 28, 2009, said RBC Manager, Government Affairs of the Russian Federation LLC "GM Auto" Julia Boycharova. According to her, is a planned stop the pipeline, which was approved in the production plan in December 2008. During the stop will be held on the final commissioning of training equipment for the production of a new model of Chevrolet Cruze, the remaining workers at the plant will be in paid leave. Note, the previous suspension of production at the GM plant occurred March 30, 2009. She has also been linked to the preparation of production to the production of Chevrolet Cruze. Company General Motors opened a plant in Shushary near St. Petersburg in November 2008. In the first phase the plant will produce models Chevrolet Captiva and Opel Antara, and in mid-2009 it is planned to start producing cars Chevrolet Cruze. The volume of investments in venture GM in St. Petersburg amounted to 300 million by the end of 2009 GM plant in Shushary will be released at full capacity - 75 thousand cars per year. Originally scheduled to release this 30 thousand cars annually. GM provides freight and passenger cars in 33 countries, including Russia. In addition to the St. Petersburg plant in Russia at the auto giant a joint venture GM-AvtoVAZ in Togliatti, which arranged production cars Chevrolet-Niva. The company sells cars under the brands Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. In Russia, represented by five GM brands: Cadillac, Hummer, Saab, Opel and Chevrolet. In 2007, Russia has sold 259 thousand cars GM - almost half (95%) more than a year earlier.