Lordstown moves up in plant rankings
LORDSTOWN — General Motors’ Lordstown plant is among the Top 10 most productive vehicle assembly plants in North America.
The Harbour Report, a closely watched industry study released Thursday, said the plant boosted productivity by 10 percent last year. That was enough to move the plant from No. 20 among all plants in 2005 to No. 9 last year.
The plant needed 19.17 work hours per car producted last year, down from 21.68 in 2005.
The Lordstown plant still faces stiff competition among small car plants, however. It ranked fourth out of the 13 plants that produce non-premium small cars, as compared with fifth in last year's report. This year's leader in that category was GM’s Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., which needed 18.25 work hours per car.
GM’s plant in Oshawa, Canada, which assembles the Pontiac Grand Prix, Buick LaCrosse and Buick Allure, set the best mark among all plants at 15.68 hours.
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