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Former General Motors Manufacturing Executive joins Elio Motors as Plant Manager of its Shreveport, La., Manufacturing Facility
Former General Motors Manufacturing Executive joins Elio Motors as Plant Manager of its Shreveport, La., Manufacturing Facility.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nFormer General Motors Manufacturing Executive joins Elio Motors as Plant Manager of its Shreveport, La., Manufacturing Facility\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFormer General Motors Manufacturing Executive joins Elio Motors as Plant Manager of its Shreveport, La., Manufacturing Facility\nDoug Frick's Hire as Plant Manager a Key Step in Building an Experienced Manufacturing Team to Assemble Elio Vehicles\nPR Newswire\nSHREVEPORT, La., July 13, 2016\n\n\n\nSHREVEPORT, La., July 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Elio Motors (OTC-QX: ELIO) announced that it has named Doug Frick as plant manager for its Shreveport production facility. The manufacturing assembly plant is the former General Motors Shreveport Assembly and Stamping Plant in Caddo Parish, which previously built mid-size pickups and Hummer sport utility vehicles.\n\n\nFrick recently led a virtual tour of Elio Motors' Shreveport manufacturing facility to show how the production line will be organized. It is available here.\n\nFrick, who is Elio Motors' first plant manager, is a 20-year industry veteran who previously worked for General Motors at the Shreveport production facility. He was an industrial engineering supervisor and manager for General Motors at the site from 2000 to 2012. Most recently, he was working at the facility as a project manager for Elio Motors through Hunt, Guillot and Associates. Frick is responsible for Elio Motors' production startup at the plant for its three-wheeled Elio vehicle, which will have a targeted base price of $6,800 and is engineered to attain a highway mileage rating of up to 84 mpg. Frick will oversee site development and production line installation, facility management and staff hiring as production draws closer.\n\n\"We're building an experienced manufacturing team to assemble our Elio vehicles here in Shreveport, and we're honored to have Doug as our Plant Manager and unofficial team captain,\" said Paul Elio, founder and CEO of Elio Motors. \"Doug's knowledge of the plant, the local workforce and the ArkLaTex area will be crucial to the successfu...