Trollhattan Plant to Build Next Generation Saab 9-3

JARFALLA - June 19, 2008: General Motors has allocated production of the next generation Saab 9-3 to the Trollhattan plant in Sweden. This morning the Saab staff was informed by GM Europe President and Chairman of the Saab Board Carl-Peter Forster.

“This is obviously extremely positive news for our organization and the region and a clear signal of the confidence in our ability to deliver world class production quality and efficiency”, says Saab Automobile Managing Director Jan Åke Jonsson.

“Since we had been allocated production of the next generation global Compact Vehicles in April of 2007 it’s really good to know we can start focusing on building a range of next generation Saab 9-3 vehicles”.

To achieve leading competitiveness the Trollhattan plant has introduced the GM Global Manufaturing System GM-GMS with strict standards related to quality, involvement of the employees, continuous improvement and short lead time in the production process.

The plant currently has roughly 1700 employees.