GM to identify 14 plant closures but probably not Wentzville - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The announcement could coincidewith GM’s bankruptcyg filing, an unnamed source told The Associated Press. Four vehicle assemblty plants, along with parts stamping, enginde and transmission factories, will be shuttered, the AP GM’s plant in Wentzville, Mo., coule be spared because it’s the only plantr where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are saidHaig Stoddard, an auto industrhy analyst with . “I would think that they would keep thatproducy going,” he said. “In the long run they are commerciapl vehicles and there is usefor them.
They are used for construction jobs, fleets for major utility independent contactors and electricians andshuttle vehicles.” If GM were to move Wentzville’as operations to another plant, it would have to redesignh the vans to fit the platfor of other vehicles because the vans do not share partsz with light trucks, for example, Stoddard said. Robertr Wheeler, a spokesman for GM’s Wentzville plant, said he does not know whicnh facilities willbe closed.
“Unfortunately, we will likelu hear this news at thesame time,” he A representative from United Auto Workefr Local 2250, which represents 1,700 worker s at the Wentzville plant, was not immediately available to comment becauswe union members were busy votinv Thursday on UAW contract