{"id":338772,"date":"2011-03-25T19:49:41","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T19:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/gm-to-reopen-factory-shut-by-parts-shortage\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T19:49:41","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T19:49:41","slug":"gm-to-reopen-factory-shut-by-parts-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/gm-to-reopen-factory-shut-by-parts-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"GM to reopen factory shut by parts shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"49.568627451\"><span id=\"fb-recommend\"\/><br \/>\n<span>By <a href=\"mailto:peter.valdes-dapena@turner.com\">Peter Valdes-Dapena<\/a>, senior writer<\/span><span>March 25, 2011: 3:47 PM ET<\/span><!--startclickprintexclude--><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; General Motors is reopening its truck plant in Shreveport La. which was closed due to parts shortages caused by the Japan earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Work will begin again at the plant, which was closed on March 17, on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Like many automakers, GM sources some of its parts from Japan.<\/p>\n<p>GM declined to say, at the time, <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/17\/autos\/gm_suspends_production_japan_supply_shortage\/index.htm\">what part or parts had caused the shutdown<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The automaker later shut down an engine plant in New York state that supplied engines to the Shreveport factory. <\/p>\n<p>The Shreveport Assembly plant makes the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-sized trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Japan was hit by a devastating tsunami on March 11 after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the island nation&#8217;s coastline.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Japanese automakers have had to close factories in the crippled nation. 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