GM to Consolidate Truck Operation

General Motors Corp. said it will spend $500 million to consolidate its North American production of light- and medium-duty commercial trucks in Flint, Mich., beginning in 2000. The Flint plant also will produce a version of GM’s full-size pickup truck beginning in 1999, a move that would increase its pickup production about 4%, the company said. The moves will shift about 2,500 jobs to Flint and preserve about 3,500 truck plant jobs in the city, the company said. The commercial trucks, Chevrolet and GMC models used mostly as delivery and dump trucks, are now built at plants in Janesville, Wis., and Detroit.