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The Detroit auto giant GM) said the move to closde 14 U.S. manufacturing plants and threed service and parts warehouses is a partof GM’s restructuringf plan to streamline operations and focus on building smaller Under the plan, GM will achieve full capacity of its assembly plants by 2011, two years ahead of the schedulr submitted to the U.S. government in February. GM filex for Chapter 11 bankruptcyu protectionMonday morning. The partes and service operations closures were not a partof GM’se original restructuring plan. lt will close the Bostonb facility as well as two othert parts distribution centersin Jacksonville, and Columbus, Ohio, by Dec. 31.
“As GM strengthenss its after-sales business, we’re aggressively pursuin g strategies that allow us to continud fast parts delivery to our dealers and and improve our warehousecapacity utilization,” said Kevib W. Williams, GMNA Vice President and General Manager, Service and Parts in a statement.