Slippery Slope: Strain on Windsor battery plant negotiations putting Brampton plant at risk, sources say
Windsor, Ontario — Disputes surrounding Stellantis’ plans to build a battery plant in Windsor have taken a notably more dire turn, as sources close to the automaker have informed the Windsor Star that the company may be calling its entire Canadian footprint into question. In the hot potato game that the funding of this new […]
Lay Off Me! I’m Retiring Here! : Stellantis to offer retirement buyouts to mitigate potential layoff numbers
Toronto, Ontario — You take the good with the bad in this world—for Stellantis workers, the bad comes with the company’s announcement of potential layoffs, however, to mitigate these layoffs, comes some good. Stellantis is offering retirement packages to employees, in the attempt to reduce the total number of job cuts implemented. The initial Tuesday announcement […]
Pivoting toward Progress: Stellantis invests $3.6 billion to retool Windsor, Brampton assembly plants
Toronto, Ontario — Stellantis is doubling down on its presence in southern Ontario, announcing that the automaker’s Brampton and Windsor production plants are due to receive a total $3.6 billion investment to retool for electric vehicle production. The announcement was made Monday at Stellantis’ Automotive Research and Development Centre (ARDC) in Windsor, Ont., where the […]
A Win for Windsor: Windsor Assembly Plant recognized for 2021 Canadian Energy Project of the Year
Windsor, Ontario — The Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant (WAP) has been recognized as the 2021 Canadian Region Energy Project of the Year by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). The plant’s winning project reduced energy usage in the paint shop by 20,250 gigajoules (GJ) or eight percent annually — the equivalent of the electricity used […]