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GM plant in Fort Wayne to close for two weeks in April

The GM plant in Fort Wayne will be shutting down production for two weeks in April because of a chip shortage, reports Inside Indiana Business. The plant, which employs about 4,000 people, produces the Silverado and Sierra pickup.

While the chip shortage has improved since last year, there are still issues with getting enough chips to finish the current lot of trucks.

“There is still uncertainty and unpredictability in the semiconductor supply base, and we are actively working with our suppliers to mitigate potential issues moving forward,” said GM in a statement Friday.

The company’s president, Mark Reuss, said he believes the company will make its way through the chip shortage.

“We’re not a new automaker. We’ve got lots of volume, lots of partnerships. We’ve got over 20,000 suppliers, $88 billion of material that we run through that chain to make our cars, trucks and crossovers,” he said. “We’re not new to this game. We work on it every day, and it’s never over.”

The Toyota plant in Princeton announced this week they would be stopping production for five days in April because of similar problems.

The GM plant will stop production the weeks of April 4 and 11.

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