Investment comes a year after $118 million investment.
Bay City Powertrain, 1001 Woodside Ave. BAY CITY, MI -- A year after announcing a major investment into the Bay City Powertrain plant, General Motors officials are again investing millions of dollars into the plant to support its production of camshafts and other engine components.
GM officials Friday, Feb. 3, announced a $20 million investment into the Powertrain plant on Woodside Avenue in Bay City. The investment won't add new jobs, a GM spokesman said, but it will retain 15 positions.
"This investment reflects the excellent workforce at Bay City Powertrain, whose commitment to building benchmark quality engine components for many of GM's award-winning vehicles is visible everyday," Bay City Powertrain Plant Manager John Lancaster said in a prepared statement.
Dave Gunlock, chairman of UAW Local 362, congratulated his Bay City workforce for their "hard work, commitment and dedication to satisfy our customers."
"Today's investment is a perfect example of what we can achieve by working together and strengthening our relationships," he said.
The announcement comes less than a year after GM announced a $118 million investment into the plant that created 29 new jobs and retained 67 positions.
Bay City Mayor Kathleen Newsham called the investment "great news for Bay City."
"You always hope that (GM) will stay here in our area," she said. "I don't think we'll ever see the days of three shifts with thousands of workers per shift, but that's ok. We still have them in our community and are so grateful for their investment."
Since 2010, GM has invested, or committed to investing, $269.4 million into the Bay City plant.
Friday's announcement also included a $27 million investment into GM's plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, the spokesman said.
Today, there are 379 workers at the Bay City plant -- 296 hourly workers and 83 salaried employees. The plant produces engine components used in Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles.
Friday's announcement is part of a $1 billion investment that the Detroit automaker said it would make into American-based manufacturing, following comments made by President Donald Trump about keeping those jobs in the country. In 2015, as part of negotiations with the UAW for a new four-year contract, GM announced plans to invest $8.3 billion in the U.S. over a four-year period while adding 3,300 jobs.