General Motors Corp., the world's largest auto maker, says it will invest $116-million and add 100 jobs at its engine factory in St. Catharines, Ont., so it can make gears for a new fuel-efficient transmission.
The plant will provide the parts for transmissions to be used starting with 2007-model vehicles, GM said in an e-mailed statement.
The factory now has 1,603 hourly workers and 228 salaried employees, according to GM's website.
GM and Ford Motor Co. in 2006 plan to introduce the new, jointly developed six-speed automatic transmission.
The companies say this will improve the vehicle fuel economy by as much as 4 per cent.
