Dec 21, 2020
FCA announces their investment of $400 million to convert the ITP II plant into an engine assembly plant while also changing the name to Kokomo Engine Plant or KEP in this March 5, 2020, photo. Tim Bath | Kokomo Tribune
The opening of Fiat Chrysler Automobilesâ Kokomo Engine Plant has been pushed back to the end of 2021 due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Company officials in March first announced the plant would open sometime in the first three months of 2021. Now, that date has been delayed to the last three months of next year.
Jodi Tinson, FCAâs communications director for manufacturing and labor, said in an email the retiming of the opening was due to the company shuttering for about 8 weeks earlier this year due to the pandemic.