Australian car maker GM Holden Ltd appeared fully-recovered from the losses it suffered during the height of global financial crisis as it reopened its Adelaide factory and announced on Monday that the facility's second shift has come online.

Following its shut down in early 2009, Holden said that its Adelaide assembly plant has resumed full capacity operation, with its afternoon shift in full gear and being served by up to a hundred new workers freshly recruited in November.

In a statement released by the car maker on Monday, Holden said that it is expecting to hire 65 more employees that would fill up available job slots in the Adelaide facility right before the current year ends.

The news of Adelaide's ramp up production capacity came just over a year after its temporary work stoppage in May 2009 as car sales dwindled mostly due to the economic crunch that hit the world a year earlier.

Amidst the stiff competition in the local and global market, Holden director of vehicle operations Richard Phillips called the re-introduction of the new shift in Adelaide as breakthrough steps not only for the company but also for the motor vehicle industry as well.

Mr Phillips admitted that Holden still faces a challenging environment but the production initiative pointed to Holden's renewed optimism that "we will grow production next year with Commodore, Cruze and export orders for the new Chevrolet police car models."

He added that along with the growing demand forecast that extends through next year, Holden's workforce should also expand in parallel as he revealed that "we also expect to recruit an additional intake of employees in the first half of next year."

Meanwhile, the South Australian government hailed the development as a testament of Holden's long term economic commitment in the state, SA Minister for the Northern Suburbs Michael O'Brien pointing out that "in a time of economic uncertainty, not only has the company survived but it is once again starting to thrive."