Russian GM plant closed for two months

Russian factory General Motors, located near St. Petersburg, suspend the assembly for two months - from July 1 to August 31. This was said in a statement. According to Yulia Bocharova predstavitya GM, will stop production because of falling demand for new cars on the Russian market. Thus, after three weeks of inactivity (plant reopened on June 29) Russian joint venture GM will last less than a week. "We have analyzed the situation in Russia and came to the conclusion that there is no need to increase production volumes," - said Bocharov. On downtime, all employees will keep their car factory jobs, and will receive two thirds of wages. In addition, during holiday time in the company will install and set up equipment for the production of new models - a sedan Chevrolet Cruze, which will begin assembly in the fall. vKak previously reported, the first five months of 2009, demand for new cars in Russia fell 47 percent, and in May, sales fell by 58 percent. Meanwhile, the Chevrolet brand still holds the leading position among foreign car, selling over five months, 49.5 thousand cars.