By Alzira Rodrigues | Translated by Jorge Meditsch

General Motors announced the implantation of a third shift in its engine plant in Joinville, SC, beginning November 1. With the extra shift, the plant capacity will be expanded by 30%, from 312 thousand to 410 thousand engines per year. The company will hire 130 new workers, adding up to 762 employees at the plant.

“The return of the third shift in Joinville is very significant for GM in South America’, comments Santiago Chamorro, GM’s president in the region. “With this expanded capacity, we will export engines and supply the plant in São Caetano do Sul where, beginning in 2023, we will produce the new Montana”.

General Motors was already exporting engines made in the São José dos Campos plant in São Paulo. Now, with the external sales also including the unit in Santa Catarina, the volume will be expanded.

Inaugurated in 2013, the Joinville plant also produces engine heads and blocks. Its area was quadrupled in 2017, when pioneering environment conservation and energy efficiency processes were adopted, positioning the plant among GM’s most modern and sustainable worldwide.

In a note released this Wednesday, 10/5, about the implantation of the 3rd shift in its engine plant, GM also informs that all its units in the regions are Zero Landfill since 2018.

In Santa Catarina, the plant has an energy efficiency system using photovoltaic energy, industrial water recycling through reverse osmosis and effluent and sewage treatment by filtering gardens.

General Motors lost the Brazilian market lead to Fiat in 2021, when it fell to 3rd place after a long stoppage in its plant in Gravataí, RS, caused by the shortage of semiconductors. This year, its share has been growing, and it now disputes third place with Volkswagen.

Photograph: GM

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