Allied Automotive Group, another Janesville company linked to the closed General Motors plant, is shutting down. The motor carrier company hauled the SUVs made at the GM plant and terminated its Janesville operation on December 23, 2008, putting all 117 employees out of work.
Allied Automotive Group is a subsidiary of Allied Systems Holdings and is the largest motor carrier in North America transporting cars and light trucks. They move approximately nine million cars and trucks a year on their 4,000 car haulers. The closing was announced by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the city of Janesville was notified. The closing coincided with the shutting of the GM plant on December 23 and was one of a host of GM suppliers of parts and services to end operations in Janesville.
Lear Corp. with 371 employees, LSI with 159 employees, and Flint Special Services with 28 employees is among other Janesville companies that either shut down or have cut back. The closing of GM’s Janesville facility, the oldest plant in the company, put approximately 1,250 people out of work.
