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Chrysler announced recently that it has added some 800 new jobs at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) to support the production of its all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 sedan. Total employment at the Sterling Heights, MI plant grows to almost 2,800 with the hires, an impressive figure for a plant that was slated for closure in 2010.

Speaking to a crowd of employees and community leaders, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne was on hand to celebrate the kick-off of 200 production last week. "We're making a big bet on its success," said Marchionne of the sedan, "we've invested nearly a billion dollars in this facility."

That billion-dollar bill has been used to construct a spanking new paint shop, install a new body shop and install "machinery, tooling and material-handling equipment" according to the Chrysler press release. The company says that SHAP now runs to nearly five million square feet of manufacturing space - loads of room for all the new employees to do their thing - and that the facility can handle multiple vehicles on two unique architectures.

Marchionne also poked fun of the fact that not all of the money Chrysler has spent on the lead-up to the 200, was allocated to SHAP. Quipped the CEO, "With all due respect to Bob Dylan and to the generous amount of money to air this commercial during the Super Bowl, it is the men and the women here at SHAP that are real stars."

You can find the full video of Sergio's speech and another one touring the reborn SHAP, below.Continue reading 2015 Chrysler 200 production gets underway [w/videos]

2015 Chrysler 200 production gets underway [w/videos] originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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