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General Motors Ecuador factory closes doors for good

Published 09/02/2024, 04:43 PM
Updated 09/02/2024, 10:21 PM
© Reuters. The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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QUITO (Reuters) - General Motors (NYSE:GM)' factory in Ecuador will shutter production on Friday amid pressure from local competitors, but will still sell vehicles in the Andean country.

The Cadillac and Chevrolet maker said in April it would close its production operations in Ecuador and neighboring Colombia.

General Motors' OBB plant in Quito accounts for 51% of car production in Ecuador.

© Reuters. People work on one of the production lines at the General Motors' GM.N factory in Ecuador, which will stop production amid pressure from competitors but still sell vehicles in the country, in Quito, Ecuador September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

The factory's 320 workers fear for their livelihoods. Ecuador's unemployment in the first quarter of the year was 4.1%, according to official figures.

"I have mixed feelings - I'm welding my last truck for General Motors in Ecuador," said welding team leader Antonio Oramas, who joined the plant in 2004. "It will affect us a lot. Not all of us will have the same opportunity for a new job."

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