GM to idle plants for truck retooling

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General Motors Co., preparing to introduce new pickups in 2013, has scheduled 21 weeks without production at three U.S. full-size truck plants next year to update the factories for building the new models.

GM's Fort Wayne assembly plant in Roanoke, Ind., is scheduled to suspend output for nine weeks from January to October, Chris Lee, a spokesman for the Detroit-based company, said in a telephone interview. The automaker plans to idle its Flint factory for seven weeks from June to November. GM's Arlington, Texas, plant is scheduled to shut for five weeks from June to December.

The largest U.S. automaker has said it boosted profit this year by building a supply of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, two of its most profitable models.

GM is idling pickup factories for updates and renovations so they're able to assemble the automaker's next-generation trucks.

www.detroitnews.com

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Do most of the employees take their yearly vacation during the shut down?

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