Factory upgrades are necessary. This is to ensure refinements and improvements in the facility, equipments and other tools. Generally speaking, such upgrades are essential to achieve better (or even the best) quality among a company's products and to further make these more marketable.

A proposal was recently announced stating tax breaks to plants which are making major refinements and upgrades would increase. Extensive factory upgrades could qualify for new tax breaks. An example is the one under way in the Spring Hill plant of General Motors Corporation (GMC).

Under a Bredesen administration plan is to amplify incentives for existing plants instead of just for new ones that are coming to Tennessee.

According to Reagan Farr, the State Revenue Commissioner, the proposal would commend the fact that not every big investment will come with significant job growth and development. He added that GMC would be a likely beneficiary of the proposed alterations. This is because the work the American car manufacturer is being done on its assembly plant in Spring Hill. This was the plant where the Saturn brand was introduced to the public in 1990.

The car maker has closed, for the meantime, the plant. But it is currently working on its paint shop upgrade that costs $225 million. GMC and the state have been in several talks over incentives for more investments in the factory.

About General Motors Corporation

Also known as GM or GMC, General Motors Corporation is the 2nd (after Toyota) largest car company based on sales revenue as of 2007. Maker of quality cars and their parts, GMC has around 284,000 employees all over the world. In 2005, 9.17 million GMC cars and trucks were sold around the world.

It was founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan and has global headquarters located at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA. In Zurich, Switzerland is their European headquarters. This American car maker produces its trucks and cars in 33 countries.

GM cars and trucks are sold under Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall brands.

GMC is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea. It has had collaborative ventures in technology and manufacturing with many of the automakers all over the world.

GM Parts like GMC tail light cover and accessories are known in the market under GM Performance Parts, GM Goodwrench and ACDelco brands through GM Service and Parts Operations that supplies GM dealerships and distributors all over the world. The United States is GM's largest national market. This is followed by China, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. GM owns half of a finance company, the GMAC Financial Services. It offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance.

The company is the number 1 automaker when it comes to Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index (TQI).