General Motors today unveiled plans to add a third shift and 650 jobs to its Spring Hill, Tenn., manufacturing plant to increase output of the recently launched Cadillac XT5 and GMC Acadia.
The shift is expected to begin in January 2017, the company said. Staffing details are being finalized and positions will be filled starting this quarter.
"Spring Hill is demonstrating again its flexibility and agility to meet increasing customer demand for GM's hot products," said Cathy Clegg, vice president for GM's North America manufacturing and labor relations.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said that GM chose to locate a plant in Tennessee 31 years ago from among 38 states.
"Tennessee is still the best place in the country for auto jobs," he said in a statement.
Spring Hill's UAW Local 1853 Chairman Mike Herron termed the announcement "outstanding news for our entire Spring Hill workforce."
The Spring Hill plant first opened in 1990.