FCA US Plans $266 Million Investment At Its Kokomo, Indiana, Auto Transmission Plant
12/23/2014
According to company officials, FCA US, formerly Chrysler Group LLC, notified city officials of the new investment at the Dec. 8, 2014, Kokomo Common Council meeting, asking the Council to amend an existing tax abatement to support this new investment. The investment will be used to purchase new equipment and tooling, adding more assembly capacity within KTP's existing floor space. With the Council's approval, work in the plant will begin immediately and be completed in the third quarter 2016. With this investment, there will be retention of employment.
"Since the launch of the eight-speed, employees at Kokomo Transmission have been working practically round the clock to produce this advanced, fuel-efficient transmission," said Brad Clark, Head of Powertrain Manufacturing Operations, FCA – North America. "We are pleased that vehicles equipped with this transmission have been so well received by consumers. This investment will give us the additional capacity we need to make it available across even more vehicles in our product line.
"We are grateful to Mayor Goodnight and the Kokomo Common Council for their continued support of FCA US," said Clark. "This investment further demonstrates our commitment to this community and our workforce, and firmly establishes Kokomo as the center of competence for transmission production."
KTP has been producing the eight-speed transmission since September 2012. In 2013, KTP produced nearly 300,000 eight-speeds. That number has more than doubled to nearly 700,000 in the first 11 months of 2014. The KTP-produced advanced-technology TorqueFlite eight-speed automatics – first of their kind ever made available to mainstream-brand customers – are projected to power more than one million vehicles worldwide.
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