Stellantis agrees to sell idled Brampton plant to defense firm Roshel
Stellantis has finalized a deal to sell its Brampton, Ontario assembly plant to armored vehicle maker Roshel, a transaction expected to close by the end of the year that would end car manufacturing at the Toronto area factory. The plant has sat idle during a retooling that was meant to prepare it for the next generation Jeep Compass, but Stellantis shifted that production to Illinois after the United States imposed heavy tariffs on foreign built vehicles. Canadian federal and provincial governments had provided more than $700 million in financing to retool Brampton and Windsor. Unifor, which represents about 9,000 Stellantis workers in Canada and recently won a strike mandate, called the sale a betrayal, while Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said the deal returns the site to productive use and opens defence industry opportunities.
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