GM Vice President's First Visit to Korea This Year: "Trax and Trailblazer Are GM's Future"

First Visit to Korea Among Overseas Sites
Consecutive Visits to Bupyeong and Changwon Plants
Emphasizing the Importance of Trax and Trailblazer

Gerald Johnson, Executive Vice President of GM Global Manufacturing (center), is greeting employees at the GM Bupyeong Plant in Incheon on the 24th. (Photo by Korea GM)

General Motors (GM)'s global head of production chose South Korea as the first destination among its overseas operations worldwide. He visited domestic factories producing small crossovers and sport utility vehicles (SUVs), which are key to future strategies, and ordered thorough quality control.

On the 26th, Korea GM announced that Gerald Johnson, GM's Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing, visited GM's Bupyeong and Changwon plants on the 24th and 25th.

Johnson was the first among GM's overseas operations this year to visit a Korea GM plant. This move is explained as emphasizing the importance of the Korean operation producing GM's core small crossover and SUV models.

Johnson visited the Bupyeong plant in Incheon on the 24th and the Changwon plant on the 25th consecutively. He closely examined the facilities and technologies aimed at maintaining the highest quality and improving productivity of Chevrolet's 'Trailblazer' and 'Trax Crossover.' At the Bupyeong plant, he toured the latest equipment installed to prevent worker injuries and enhance competitiveness in the assembly process.

Currently, the Bupyeong plant produces the Trailblazer (including derivative models) and derivative models of the Trax Crossover. The Changwon plant recently invested 900 billion KRW to apply GM's latest technologies, including automation of key processes. Last year, a total of 204,910 Trax Crossovers were supplied to international markets.

Employees at the GM Changwon plant are manufacturing the global strategic model, the 'Trax Crossover' vehicle. (Photo by Korea GM)

Johnson said, "The Trax Crossover and Trailblazer play an important role in the growth of GM's profitable internal combustion engine portfolio, which is one of this year's core business strategies alongside electrification. The global demand for these strategic products produced at GM's Korean operations remains strong."

Hector Vizcarra, President of GM Korea Operations, said, "The Trailblazer and Trax Crossover ranked first and fourth respectively in cumulative exports of Korean passenger cars last year, significantly contributing not only to the Korean operations but also to the development of South Korea's economy and automotive industry. GM Korea will operate its annual production capacity of 500,000 units to the fullest this year as well, following last year, to respond seamlessly to explosive global demand and strengthen the sustainability of Korean operations."

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