GM to make big Lordstown announcement today

LORDSTOWN — General Motors is to officially announce today a multimillion-dollar investment in its Lordstown complex and release photos of the Cruze.

On hand for the announcement is to be Rick Wagoner, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer; Cal Rapson, United Auto Workers international vice president of the GM Division; Gov. Ted Strickland; and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher.

“The governor believes that GM will continue to be a strong partner with the state,” said Keith Dailey, Strickland’s spokesman. The governor “will continue to do everything he can to support the company and its workers.”

Though GM officials aren’t discussing how much money it is investing at the complex, the Ohio Department of Development wrote in a news release that it could be $317 million.

The state is providing $82.1 million in tax incentives to the company.

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