From LBN: Midlo's Next Minivan To Be Canadian

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ource: MSNBC

DETROIT - Chrysler LLC said Monday it will close one Missouri plant indefinitely this fall and cut production at another due to slumping demand for trucks and other large vehicles.

Officials with the Auburn Hills-based automaker said in a conference call that it will shutter the St. Louis South plant, which makes minivans, effective Oct. 31. The St. Louis North plant, which makes full-size pickup trucks, will reduce operations from two shifts to one.

Chrysler President and Vice Chairman Tom LaSorda said the company has no plans to reopen the minivan plant. He added demand for minivans can be handled by three shifts, so the company has no need to operate two factories. Its other minivan factory is in Windsor, Ontario, in Canada.

“We see no need for the capacity in the future,” he said.

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