Manage updates with the Download AppGM opens new state-of-the-art diesel engine plant in Rayong, Thailand
General Motors just opened a new $200 million, diesel engine plant in Rayong, Thailand.
The new engine plant, which is adjacent to the GM's vehicle manufacturing plant, will employ 500 workers and have the capability to manufacture about 120,000 engines per year.
GM expects to source $94 million worth of Thai-built components for the production of engines at its Rayong facility by 2012, the company said in a press release.
The first engines to be manufactured at the facility are for the new Chevy Colorado pickup. GM revealed the Colorado Show pickup at the Bangkok International Motor Show … Read more
