Just over a week after emerging from the restructuring process and finalising its global strategic alliance with Fiat Group, Chrysler Group LLC has revealed that it will resume volume production of vehicles with the start up of seven of its idled North American assembly plants during the week of June 29. Chrysler's vehicle production factories and associated stamping and component plants across the United States, Canada and Mexico had fallen silent when it slipped into Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 30.

As part of a phased production ramp-up, the following assembly plants are scheduled to resume production at the end of the month: Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (Sterling Heights, MI) – Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger; Warren Truck Assembly Plant (Warren, MI) – Dodge Ram and Dodge Dakota; St. Louis North Assembly Plant (Fenton, MO) – Dodge Ram; Toledo Supplier Park (Toledo, OH) – Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Wrangler Unlimited; Brampton Assembly Plant (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) – Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Challenger; Windsor Assembly Plant (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) – Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan; and  Toluca Assembly Plant (Toluca, Mexico) – Dodge Journey and Chrysler PT Cruiser. The last named vehicle, the decade-old Chrysler PT Cruiser, could get an extension to its life it has been reported in sections of the U.S. media this week. Originally set to be phased out this summer, proposals could see it continuing into 2010 before it is replaced in the Toluca factory by the Fiat 500.

Chrysler Group’s Powertrain and Stamping facilities that supply these assembly plants will also resumes operating at the end of the month while the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant, which builds the low-volume Dodge Viper, resumed production on June 15.

All Chrysler Group plants will be closed during the previously announced two-week summer break which will cover the weeks of July 13 and 20. Re-starting of production at other Chrysler Group assembly plants will be announced at a later date.