Editing Spring Hill, Tennessee (section)

==Economy==
Spring Hill was the site of the [[Saturn Corporation]] production facility, which operated from 1990 to 2007. The [[Saturn S-Series]], [[Saturn ION]], and [[Saturn VUE]] were produced there. In 2007, [[General Motors Corporation]] (GM), the parent company of Saturn, shut down the facility to retool it for production of other GM vehicles and renamed it [[Spring Hill Manufacturing]]. The plant reopened in February 2008 and became the assembly point for the new [[Chevrolet Traverse]]. However, after a battle among plants in Spring Hill, [[Orion Township, Michigan|Orion Township]], [[Michigan]] and [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]], [[Wisconsin]], GM announced on June 26, 2009, that they had chosen to build a new small car in Orion Township.<ref>Bunkley, Nick. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/business/27plant.html?ref=business G.M. Picks Michigan to Build Small Car]." ''[[NY Times]]''. June 26, 2009. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.</ref>  Nearly 2,500 Spring Hill auto workers were faced with lay-off, buy-out and early retirement.<ref>Johnson, Bonna. "[http://tennessean.com/article/20090626/BUSINESS01/906260371/GM+picks+Michigan+over+Spring+Hill GM picks Michigan over Spring Hill]." ''[[The Tennessean]]''. June 26, 2009. Retrieved on June 26, 2009. {{dead link|date=March 2018|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The vehicle assembly part of the Spring Hill plant was idled in late 2009 when production of the Traverse was moved to [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]], Michigan, while production of power trains and metal stamping continued.<ref>{{cite web|title=GM Investing $483 Million at Tennessee Engine Plant|url=http://www.americanmachinist.com/Classes/Article/ArticleDraw.aspx?HBC=News&NIL=False&CID=86320|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718053754/http://www.americanmachinist.com/Classes/Article/ArticleDraw.aspx?HBC=News&NIL=False&CID=86320|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|work=American Machinist|date=September 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spring Hill Manufacturing|url=http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/company_info/facilities/powertrain/springhill.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720161322/http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/company_info/facilities/powertrain/springhill.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2012|work=GM News|publisher=General Motors|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Buick's Ecotec 2.0L Turbo Makes Best Engines List|url=http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2011/Dec/1209_wards|work=Chevrolet Media Europe|publisher=General Motors|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> In November 2011, GM announced plans for retooling of the vehicle assembly portion of the plant for use as an "ultra-flexible" plant which will initially be used to build the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain but will be designed for rapid retooling to other vehicles of similar size.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bunkley|first=Nick|title=Ex-Saturn Plant to Reopen, And G.M. to Add 700 Jobs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/business/saturn-plant-to-reopen-with-700-jobs.html|work=New York Times|access-date=March 5, 2012|date=November 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spring Hill Assembly Reborn as Ultra-Flexible Operation|date=November 21, 2011 |url=http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2011/Nov/1121_springhill|publisher=General Motors|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bowman|first=Zach|title=Senator Corker Heckled At GM Spring Hill|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/28/senator-corker-heckled-at-gm-spring-hill-plant-ceremony/|work=Autoblog|publisher=AOL|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> In April 2021 General Motors <ref>{{cite news|title=GM, LG Energy Solution to build 2nd U.S. battery plant in Tennessee|date=April 16, 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/gm-lg-energy-solution-build-2nd-us-battery-plant-tennessee-2021-04-16/|work=Reuters|access-date=April 19, 2021|last1=Klayman |first1=Ben }}</ref> and South Korean joint-venture partner LG Energy Solutions stated they would build a second Ultium Cells battery cell manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, having revealed plans for a $2.3 billion plant that is operating as of March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site Maintenance |url=https://www.ultiumcell.com/our-locations/spring-hill-tn |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.ultiumcell.com}}</ref>

Spring Hill has gone through rapid development and growth in recent years, causing [[General Motors]] to reopen their auto plant and begin hiring locally again, which will hire 1,000 new people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2015/10/13/gm-begin-taking-applications-work-spring-hill/73859852/|title=GM to begin taking applications to work at Spring Hill|author=Melissa Burden|date=October 13, 2015|website=detroitnews.com}}</ref> In addition, companies such as [[Ryder]] and [[Goodwill Industries|Goodwill]] have announced new facilities in the Spring Hill area.