General Motors Co on Thursday was restarting the eight-speed transmission line at its plant in Silao in Mexico's Guanajuato state, according to a company message sent to workers.
) on Thursday was restarting the eight-speed transmission line at its plant in Silao in Mexico’s Guanajuato state, according to a company message sent to workers.
The reopening of the plant is a welcome sign for the North American auto sector, with supply lines highly interconnected between the United States, Mexico and Canada. The plant in central Guanajuato state has been idled for weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected 56,594 people and killed 6,090 in Mexico so far. Workers had previously been told to plan to return to their jobs on Monday.The government last week gave Mexico’s automotive industry the green light to exit the coronavirus lockdown before June 1 if firms have approved safety measures in place, after initially giving confusing signals about when the restart would begin.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration issued guidelines on Monday for restarting operations in the automotive, mining and construction sectors, pushing ahead with the economic reopening even as coronavirus-related deaths hit new highs.
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