Villarreal, President of Korea GM, Visits Boryeong Plant... Accelerates On-site Management

Hector Vizareal, the new president of Korea GM, visited the GM Boryeong Plant located in Boryeong City, Chungcheongnam-do, on the 30th. President Vizareal attended the ceremony celebrating the production milestone of 6 million 6-speed automatic transmissions and spent time communicating with employees.

The Boryeong Plant began mass production of 6-speed automatic transmissions in 2007, the first for GM. This plant was recognized for the highest productivity in the 6-speed automatic transmission sector in the Harbor Report, an automotive plant productivity index, until 2020. It also became the first international plant to achieve Level 4 in BIQ, an indicator evaluating the manufacturing process quality of GM production plants.

Hector Vizareal, the new president of Korea GM, is visiting the GM Boryeong plant on the 30th to inspect the production site.
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On the day of his visit to the Boryeong Plant, President Vizareal praised the efforts of the employees who achieved the milestone of producing 6 million units. Since its establishment, the Boryeong Plant has maintained high productivity for 27 years without a single strike. President Vizareal also commended the culture of labor-management harmony at the Boryeong Plant.

President Vizareal said, "The milestone of producing 6 million 6-speed automatic transmissions at the Boryeong Plant was made possible by the employees' uncompromising commitment to quality, high productivity, and stable labor-management relations."

He added, "All Korea GM production products are realized through thorough quality control and flawless delivery under GM's top priority value that 'the customer is at the center of everything.' We will continue to maintain strong trust in the market while responding to explosive global demand."

Meanwhile, earlier on the 23rd, President Vizareal visited the Bupyeong Plant to inspect the production site of the Chevrolet Trailblazer. He also plans to visit the Changwon Plant, where the global strategic model Trax Crossover is produced, in the near future.

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