General Motors announced Friday plants to relocate the Honeoye Falls Fuel Cell to Michigan to its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters – impacting 220 local jobs.
In a statement to News10NBC, GM Spokesperson Kim Carpenter said this decision has business advantages for the company like enabling GM to “capitalize on synergies with the rest of the powertrain and vehicle organizations.”
The majority of the GM employees will be offered the option to relocate to Michigan.
Business Alliance President Sandy Parker said there is no way to spin this – it’s simply bad news for the Rochester economy. “Although the state has made some positive movement in terms of becoming more competitive and improving its overall economic climate for businesses, we got to do better and we go to do more and we got to do it faster.”
“This is very unfortunate news for our region, the loss of more than 200 high paying jobs in an industry that holds great promise for the future, and has long been identified as a bright spot in our economy," Parker said in a statement.
The plant will close by the end of the first quarter in 2013.
General Motors announced Friday plants to relocate the Honeoye Falls Fuel Cell to Michigan to its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters – impacting 220 local jobs.
In a statement to News10NBC, GM Spokesperson Kim Carpenter said this decision has business advantages for the company like enabling GM to “capitalize on synergies with the rest of the powertrain and vehicle organizations.”
The majority of the GM employees will be offered the option to relocate to Michigan.
Business Alliance President Sandy Parker said there is no way to spin this – it’s simply bad news for the Rochester economy. “Although the state has made some positive movement in terms of becoming more competitive and improving its overall economic climate for businesses, we got to do better and we go to do more and we got to do it faster.”
“This is very unfortunate news for our region, the loss of more than 200 high paying jobs in an industry that holds great promise for the future, and has long been identified as a bright spot in our economy," Parker said in a statement.
The plant will close by the end of the first quarter in 2013.
