DEFIANCE, OH -- General Motors says it will spend $47 million at its Powertrain factory in Defiance. The money will be used so the plant can build more parts that go into the company's small four-cylinder engine.
The investment won't create any new jobs but will give more job security to the nearly 1,300 workers who are employed there.
GM says it will buy equipment so the factory can crank out more parts for the 1.4-liter engine that goes into the hot-selling Chevrolet Cruze compact and the Chevrolet Volt electric car.
The motor also will power the Chevrolet Sonic subcompact, which goes on sale later this year.
Friday's news is part of an effort GM announced May 10 to create or retain about 4,000 jobs by investing $2 billion in 17 factories in eight states. That includes the Toledo Powertrain plant which will get an additional 250 jobs when the plant expands to build an 8-speed transmission for a fuel efficient car.
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