This time President Obama's visit came a little more than a week after the Chrysler Group announced that it had paid off its government loans in full more than six years early.

350 UAW-represented employees at Chrysler Group LLC’s Toledo Assembly Complex (TAC), Company executives and elected officials welcomed President Obama to the plant that builds Jeep's Wrangler in an manufacturing project with two supplier partners. The Wrangler has been rolling off the line as part of a unique manufacturing arrangement since August 2006. At the time, three supplier partners managed and operated major parts of the vehicle production process from neighboring facilities within the Toledo plant footprint, including body, chassis and paint. Chrysler Group has the responsibility for the final trim and assembly operations of the plant and, in the first quarter of 2011, also assumed responsibility for the paint operations. The body and chassis assembly are still managed by supplier partners KUKA Group and Hyundai Mobis-owned Ohio Module Manufacturing Company (OMMC), respectively.

When announced, the co-location project between the three supplier partners and the Chrysler Group in Toledo was part of a $2.1 billion total program investment.

Upon arrival at the 1.5-million-square-foot assembly plant, the President was greeted by Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer, Chrysler Group LLC; Vice President and Director, UAW Chrysler Department General Holiefield; and Director of UAW Region 2B Ken Lortz. Escorted by Plant Manager Mauro Pino and UAW Local 12 Committeeman Walt Schweifert, the President then toured the trim line where the front end, instrument panel and center console are installed in the Jeep Wrangler and talked with employees. The President was introduced by Toledo Assembly Complex employee Jill Opial, 37, who has worked at the plant for 17 years. Opial thanked the President for having faith in auto workers and for giving Chrysler the opportunity to reorganize. Following his remarks, the President shook hands with employees as they departed the Chrysler Group paint shop.