Updated Information: Chrysler Group to Host U.S. Treasury Secretary at Jefferson North (Detroit) Assembly Plant

Knowledge Base: Chrysler Buyer's Guide

What:
Chrysler Group LLC will host U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at its Jefferson North (Detroit) Assembly Plant. The Secretary is in town for an appearance at the Detroit Economic Club.

Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne and the Secretary will tour the assembly plant. Photo opportunity will be available along the tour route.

When:
Thursday, April 28, 2011
1:30-2:30 p.m.

Arrival times:
11-11:30 a.m. All equipment entering the building: cameras, computers, recording devices, etc. must be in the building for a Secret Service security check. No equipment will be permitted into the building after 11:30 a.m.

1 p.m. Those attending the event without equipment should be in the building.

Who:
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne

Where:
Jefferson North Assembly Plant
2101 Conner Street
Detroit, MI 48215

Details:
Photo opportunity will be available along the tour route. Tour participants should wear long pants and closed toe shoes.

Media parking for the event is in the South Parking Lot located off of Jefferson Avenue.

For Satellite and Microwave truck parking, enter the complex via Kercheval Avenue, which is located directly off of Conner Ave.

Press room with WiFi will be available.

Please confirm attendance by 3 p.m. Wednesday to Jodi Tinson.

Additional information:
Chrysler Group is the only automotive manufacturer with more than one manufacturing facility in the city of Detroit. The nearly 3-million-square-foot Jefferson North assembly plant, located in Detroit, has been the site of Jeep Grand Cherokee production since its introduction in 1992 and launched production of the all-new 2011 Dodge Durango in December 2010. President Obama visited the plant in July 2010, more than a year after a new company emerged from bankruptcy.

For more information, please visit the Chrysler media site at Chrylser Media.

Contact:
Jodi Tinson
(248) 512-2944 (office)
(586) 219-0677 (cell)
jodi.tinson@chrysler.com