General Motors Nears Construction Completion on Service and Parts Operation Distribution Center In Massachusetts

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated Houston, Texas). General Motors Service and Parts Operations, a subsidiary of General Motors (NYSE:GM) (Detroit, Michigan) is currently nearing completion on construction of an automotive parts distribution center (PDC), located on 40 acres in the North Commerce Center in Norton, Massachusetts. Construction is halfway complete on the 404,000 square foot building to support the company's regional parts and service distribution.

Construction started in late September 2004 and is expected to be complete in June 2005. The new plant will replace the company's current facility in Westwood. This is the company's sixteenth facility to be built and will handle automotive replacement parts shipments and will service GM dealers in seven states. The new PDC will provide world-class service to GM dealers by realigning the distribution network.

Duke Construction Company, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded the general construction contract for the new center.

General Motors Service Parts Operations, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Mich., markets automotive replacement parts worldwide under the GM and ACDelco brand names. The company also provides inventory consultation and recommendations for improvement in parts, accessories and service merchandising under the GM Goodrich Service Plus name.

GM SPO has opened sixteen new PDCs in cities around the country since 1999, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Cincinnati, Columbus, Los Angeles, and Memphis.

In addition to this project, General Motors is planning 20 construction projects at its many manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Canada. These projects represent almost $2 billion in total investment value. Projects include plant expansions, production line retooling, maintenance shutdowns, as well as the construction of a new research laboratory and distribution center. Click on the image at right to view chart showing the number of projects planned by state.

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