According to DetNews report, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, the announcement concerns the addition of over 650 workers to the employment scheme of the plant, where the car maker assembles the GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado.
Word from GM is expected later today, although at this point no one can say why the car maker is hiring. At the beginning of December, the car maker said it had plans to expand the production capacity of the 1.4l engine used on the Cruze and the engine used for the Volt hybrid plug-in hybrid.
The goal is to get the production capacity of the facility at new levels, with the sights set on 400 engines per day in the beginning of 2011, 800 by the end of the year and no less than 1,200 by late 2012.
The new workforce to be employed will not be new personnel, GM choosing instead to bring back some of the workers it laid off during the rough 2009.
If true, the good news for the former soon to be GM employees comes only a month after the manufacturer said it would buy out the contracts of thousands skilled trades workers at 14 of its US plants.
More details on the Flint announcement will come from the Flint Assembly plant throughout the day, so stay tuned for more updates.
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