Production Record Set At General Motors Metal Fabricating Division (MFD) Mansfield Metal Center

FOR RELEASE: November 8, 2001

Production Record Set At General Motors Metal Fabricating Division (MFD) Mansfield Metal Center

MANSFIELD, Ohio - Employees at the General Motors Metal Fabricating Center in Mansfield, Ohio set a production record for the facility. During a 24-hour period that began on Tuesday, November 6, presses at the plant performed 304,958 hits.

The new record is a 4.8 percent improvement over the previous record of 290,437 hits in a single day set last December. A normal day's production is 150,000 to 160,000 hits.

"Establishing a new production record has become an annual tradition at our plant. The men and women at this facility are winners. They can accomplish anything when they focus on a goal," said plant manager Gerald Johnson. Ron Willis, shop chairman of Local 549 of the United Autoworkers Union, said, "The record run shows what can be accomplished when people work together. This was truly a team effort."

The production record is not the only performance milestone achieved by the plant in 2001. The facility is the number one stamping plant in General Motors in cost efficiency and volume. "That means we produce more parts than anyone else for less money and that is a great place to be. It's what it takes to keep growing our business. It's good for our people and this community," Johnson said.

The Mansfield Metal Center manufactures sheet metal components, dies and assembly tools for General Motors cars and trucks. The facility has approximately 2,400 employees.

GM Metal Fabricating Division, headquartered in Troy, Mich., provides many of the dies as well as major and minor sheet metal parts for the majority of General Motors vehicles produced in North America. The division has 16 operating facilities located in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, and Canada.

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