5 days ago · It announced plans to delay promised investments of nearly $5 billion to re-open the Belvidere Assembly Plant, build a joint-venture battery production facility in Belvidere and create a Mopar hub ...

6 days ago · Automaker Stellantis plans to produce a new midsize pickup truck at the assembly plant near Rockford. The move will put about 1,500 UAW-represented employees back to work.

The Belvidere Assembly Plant (BVAP) is an idled automobile production facility owned and operated by Stellantis North America. The factory opened in 1965 in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, and last assembled the Jeep Cherokee.

5 days ago · In an email to employees North America Chief Operating Officer Antonio Filosa confirmed that the plant in Belvidere, about 70 miles northwest of Chicago, will produce a new midsize pickup truck.

6 days ago · ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – The now-dark Belvidere Assembly Plant will be back online in two years, UAW President Shawn Fain announced Wednesday. According to Fain, the plant will reopen in 2027,…

Jan 22, 2025 · Illinois’ two U.S. senators are celebrating a decision by Stellantis and the United Auto Workers’ union to invest in upgrading its U.S. auto plants. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth say that includes investing in the Belvidere Assembly plant. 1,500 jobs are expected to return in 2027 to the Illinois plant.

6 days ago · Company leaders expect the plant to reopen by 2027, as outlined in the 2023 UAW-Stellantis collective bargaining agreement. The Belvidere plant was indefinitely idled in February 2023.

Aug 20, 2024 · In February 2023, Stellantis indefinitely idled the assembly plant and laid off its last 1,200 workers after halting production of the Jeep Cherokee amid dwindling sales. The Belvidere plant,...

Oct 28, 2023 · The Stellantis Belvidere Assembly Plant will reopen after the company reached a tentative deal to end the UAW strike. BELVIDERE, Ill. (WLS) -- There was sigh of relief for auto workers across...

Jul 11, 2024 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Biden administration on Thursday announced $334 million in federal funding to help reopen the shuttered Stellantis plant in Belvidere, and convert it to build electric...