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12-21-2006, 07:48 AM
Chrysler Group Launches Production of All-New 2007 Jeep® Patriot at Belvidere Assembly Plant
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Flexible manufacturing cuts production costs by 85 percent
Robotics, lean dies and material flow improve quality, productivity and worker ergonomics
Third vehicle introduced at Belvidere Assembly Plant
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler Group's Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant launched production of the Company's tenth all-new vehicle this year, as the first 2007 Jeep Patriot came off the assembly line today. The plant which was extensively retooled in 2005, has become a flagship for Chrysler Group's adoption of flexible manufacturing. Production of the all-new 2007 Dodge Caliber began in January 2006 and was followed in May by the all-new 2007 Jeep Compass.
Read and discuss the entire press release HERE (http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2002)
http://cgmedia.daimlerchrysler.com/dcxms/assets/libraryImages/patriot__mid.jpg
Flexible manufacturing cuts production costs by 85 percent
Robotics, lean dies and material flow improve quality, productivity and worker ergonomics
Third vehicle introduced at Belvidere Assembly Plant
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler Group's Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant launched production of the Company's tenth all-new vehicle this year, as the first 2007 Jeep Patriot came off the assembly line today. The plant which was extensively retooled in 2005, has become a flagship for Chrysler Group's adoption of flexible manufacturing. Production of the all-new 2007 Dodge Caliber began in January 2006 and was followed in May by the all-new 2007 Jeep Compass.
Read and discuss the entire press release HERE (http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2002)