Villarreal, President of Korea GM Emphasizing Quality Management, Visits Changwon Plant

Hector Vizareal, the new president of Korea GM, visited the GM Changwon Plant on the 4th. The GM Changwon Plant is one of GM's key plants producing the global strategic model, the Trax Crossover. President Vizareal congratulated the successful launch of the Trax Crossover and urged high-quality production.

With this visit, President Vizareal has visited all domestic business sites, including the Bupyeong Plant, Boryeong Plant, and now the Changwon Plant, since starting his term on the 1st of last month. To produce the Trax Crossover, GM completed a new painting plant within the Changwon Plant in 2021. Subsequently, through large-scale new equipment investments in the existing Changwon Plant, GM secured world-class production technology.

The president of Villarreal is visiting the GM Changwon plant on the 4th to inspect the production site of the Trax crossover.
[Photo by Korea GM]

The new painting plant is a three-story building with an area of 80,000㎡, capable of painting 60 vehicles per hour. GM's cutting-edge equipment technology was applied, including full automation of key processes and environmentally friendly facilities. Additionally, GM remodeled the press, body, and assembly plants within the Changwon Plant into state-of-the-art production plants. This was to improve productivity and efficiency to respond to the high demand in the global market.

During his visit to the Changwon Plant, President Vizareal mentioned the efforts of employees to promote the Trax Crossover in the global market. At the same time, he emphasized assembly quality control and maintaining high productivity.

President Vizareal said, "Continuously responding to explosive global demand through flawless production and top-level quality control is the way to secure the competitiveness of the Changwon Plant and the entire GM Korea business site."

The Chevrolet Trax Crossover is a model that combines the advantages of a sedan and an SUV. Since full-scale production began at the Changwon Plant in March, it has achieved cumulative global sales of approximately 130,000 units by August. According to the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA), 22,375 units of the Trax Crossover were exported to overseas markets in July. It is the only domestically produced passenger car to record sales of over 20,000 units, maintaining the top spot in monthly passenger car exports for two consecutive months.

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