While most of the manufacturing and operating improvements FCA US makes are to existing processes and plants, we also look to improve from the ground up. When we built a new body shop at the Sterling Heights, Mich., Assembly Plant, achieving LEED Gold Certification – and all the benefits that come from it – was
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Category Archives: Manufacturing
Green FCA: One thing leads to another: Reducing emissions leads to better corrosion protection
Sometimes, in manufacturing, a good solution can lead to other challenges. However, resolving that challenge also can lead to a better solution. That’s what happened when we discovered that an improved body sealing system at our Belvidere, Ill., Assembly Plant was causing more emissions. But, Belvidere and FCA personnel along with a supplier found a
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Green FCA: ‘Green’ foam reduces more than noise
Being watchful, being efficient, being green benefits everyone – those within Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and our vehicle owners. FCA employees have the opportunity to submit projects for an Environment, Health and Safety Leadership Award. And, we’re giving you an exclusive look inside FCA to see the nominees and the impact that these ideas have on
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Off the Line: Denny Bastarache
FCA US is made up of men and women from a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Our commitment to diversity helps breed innovation and accomplishment. Over the next few months, we’ll be taking a look at some of our most interesting and unique manufacturing employees working in a wide range of positions, locations
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6,000,000 and counting at Detroit’s JNAP
The manufacturing wheels at the FCA Jefferson North Assembly Plant are humming right along. Less than three years after the Detroit plant marked the 5 millionth vehicle made there, the 6 millionth one rolled off the line to applause from some of the nearly 5,000 men and women who work there. Jefferson North, also known
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Windsor Assembly Plant builds the Pacifica, an ‘incredibly cool machine’
For more than three decades, the men and women working at the Windsor Assembly Plant have helped families get their kids to school, small businesses transport work equipment and teams carry their gear to games in Chrysler and Dodge minivans. The company invented the segment in 1983, and since the first minivan rolled off the
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Off the Line: Tania Pratnicki Young
FCA US is made up of men and women from a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Our commitment to diversity helps breed innovation and accomplishment. Over the next few months, we’ll be taking a look at some of our most interesting and unique manufacturing employees working in a wide range of positions, locations
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