General Motors (GM) has announced its intention to halt production in the assembly plants of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; Detroit-Hamtramck in Detroit; Lordstown in Warren, Ohio; as well as the propulsion plants of Baltimore Operations in White Marsh, Maryland, and Warren Transmission Operations in Warren, Michigan. These are to be closed in 2019 and the number of redundancies in North America alone should total 14,000 workers. In addition, GM is also to close the assembly plant in Gunsan, South Korea, and another two additional plants outside North America by the end of 2019. "These manufacturing actions are expected to significantly increase capacity utilisation. To further enhance business performance, GM will continue working to improve other manufacturing costs, productivity and the competitiveness of wages and benefits", said GM in a statement.