Excerpt from Fairfax KS plant weekly Newsletter
Visitors Impressed with Plant and Team
On Tuesday, 31 employees and family members from Lighthouse Automotive Buick/GMC visited Fairfax Assembly. Lighthouse is located in Morton, Illinois, about 375 miles from Kansas City. On February 19, Lighthouse will bring another group of employees to Fairfax for another visit.
This eager group wanted to see firsthand how the cars they are so proud to sell are made. While at Fairfax the Lighthouse group was given a tour of the plant by George Ruiz and listened to a GM/UAW presentation about the history of Fairfax Assembly and the future of GM. John Melton, UAW 31 Chairman, and Plant Manager Rex Blackwell spoke to the group and answered many questions about our facility, our products and our people.
Lighthouse Automotive braved the cold weather to visit Fairfax.
“Thanks to all of you for your hospitality and the great tour,” said Jeff Grimm, owner of Lighthouse Automotive. “We were thankful and proud to be selling the new LaCrosse before we
came, but that was reinforced big time after meeting all of you.”
One participant mentioned that the plant was so clean, much
cleaner than was anticipated. Following are some additional
comments regarding the visit:
“We are your biggest fan. We want you to succeed and we are behind you supporting you 100%.”
“We love the LaCrosse and our customers are very impressed with the quality of the vehicle, it is second to none!”
“We are doing everything we can to win customers for GM one by one.”
“We are proud to sell this vehicle.”
“Thanks SO MUCH for the hospitality and kindness that your plant showed. It was very informative and helpful for us to sell and defend ‘our’ product, the LaCrosse.”
The team at Fairfax should feel very good about the accolades that Lighthouse gave to Fairfax. In return, we should all know and feel good that our Dealers are out selling our products, talking positive about our products. They are engaged in selling one customer at a time while taking care of new and existing customers with the utmost professionalism and concerns. From Fairfax Assembly to Lighthouse Automotive Buick/GMC thanks for the great visit and we look forward to seeing your next group on February 19.