Difference between revisions of "Lansing Grand River Assembly"

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Lansing Grand River Assembly is a modern automobile factory in Lansing, Michigan. Opened in 2001 by General Motors, the 2,000,000 ft² plant produces vehicles on the company's Sigma platform. It is the main plant for Cadillac.

On February 14, 2006, GM announced that it would invest in a 120,000 ft² expansion to the Grand River plant to prepare for production of the next-generation CTS.

Products:

Cadillac CTS
Cadillac STS
Cadillac SRX

External links

GM Global Operations: Lansing Grand River

Coordinates: 42°43′21.84″N -84°33′41.67″E / 42.7227333°N 83.438425°W / 42.7227333; -83.438425

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+'''Lansing Grand River Assembly''' is a modern [[automobile]] factory in [[Lansing, Michigan]]. Opened in 2001 by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], the 2,000,000 ft² plant produces vehicles on the company's [[GM Sigma platform|Sigma platform]].  It is the main plant for [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]].
-'''New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.''' is an [[automobile]] [[manufacturing]] [[factory|plant]] in [[Fremont, California]]. The factory was an old [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] plant originally opened in 1962 and is now a [[joint venture]] between GM and [[Toyota]]. When it reopened for production in 1984, it was the first automotive [[joint venture]] plant in the [[United States]]. GM saw this joint venture as an opportunity to learn about the ideas of [[lean manufacturing]] from the Japanese company, while Toyota gained its first manufacturing base in North America and a chance to implement its production system in an American labor environment.  Many business textbooks mention NUMMI when they discuss joint ventures.
+On [[February 14]], [[2006]], GM announced that it would invest in a 120,000 ft² expansion to the Grand River plant to prepare for production of the next-generation CTS.
-NUMMI is now an award-winning facility which ranks with other Toyota plants among the most productive manufacturing operations in North America. GM places around 12 managers each year at the plant to learn lean techniques and has improved quality enough across the rest of its operations for it to show through on J.D. Power quality rankings. While the plant has been successful in adopting Lean, other GM plants have seen benefits. GM's Oshawa, Ontario plant received the 2006 JD Power Gold Plant Quality Award, the third time in the last five years.
+Products:
+* [[Cadillac CTS]]
-==Overview==
+* [[Cadillac STS]]
-As of December of 2008, the NUMMI plant produces the [[Toyota Corolla]] [[compact car]], [[Toyota Tacoma]] [[pickup truck]], and the [[Pontiac Vibe]] [[hatchback]]. In the past, it produced the [[Chevrolet Nova]] (1984-1988); the [[Geo Prizm]] (1990-1997), and the [[Chevrolet Prizm]] (1998-2002), as well as the [[Toyota Voltz]], the Japanese [[right-hand drive]] version of the [[Pontiac Vibe]] - both are based on the [[Toyota Matrix]], which is also manufactured in [[Cambridge, Ontario]], [[Canada]] along with the [[Toyota Corolla]]. Employment is nearly 5,500 workers. NUMMI employees are represented by [[United Auto Workers|The International, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America]] (UAW) Local 2244. NUMMI sells 60% of their parts to Toyota and 40% to General Motors. NUMMI has 160 robots to assemble the three cars they build today.
+* [[Cadillac SRX]]
-The plant size spans the equivalent of at least 88 football fields.  The plant is configured into six major areas: 1) detached Plastics facility fabricating bumpers, instrument panels, interior panels, and others, 2) Stamping facility that fabricates all visible sheet metal parts, 3) Welding facility that assembles all metallic parts into one rigid unit 4) a detached Paint facility to prepare and paint passenger vehicles 5) a detached Painting facility to prepare and paint truck cabs, 6) main building that assembles entire vehicles complete with redundant quality checks to ensure customer satisfaction at the dealership.
-Daily tours of the plant are offered free to the public. NUMMI has announced that tours will no longer be offered past February 27th, 2009.<ref>https://www.appointment-plus1.com/ap/numminewunitedmotormanufacturinginc/index.php?page=10</ref>
-<ref>http://www.nummi.com/tours.php</ref>
-==Products==
-* [[Pontiac Vibe]]
-* [[Toyota Corolla]]
-* [[Toyota Tacoma]]
-== Past products ==
-*[[Toyota Corolla Sprinter]]
-*[[Geo Prizm]]
-*[[Toyota Pickup]]
-*[[Chevrolet Nova]]
-*[[Chevrolet Prizm]]
 ==See also==
-* [[United Australian Automobile Industries]] (UAAI) &mdash; A similar joint venture in [[Australia]] between Toyota and [[Holden|GM-Holden]] from 1989 to 1996.
+* [[List of GM factories]]
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.nummi.com/ Official NUMMI site]
+*[http://www.gmdynamic.com/company/gmability/environment/plants/facility_db/facility_summary.php?fID=224 GM Global Operations:  Lansing Grand River]
-*[http://www.autointell.net/nao_companies/general_motors/gmnummi.htm Autointell NUMMI page]
-*[http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=105515 Photo Tour of NUMMI]
-*[http://www.jdpower.com/reports/gm/ JD Power Gold Plant Award for GM]
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-{{General Motors}}
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-{{General Motors brands}}
 [[Category:General Motors factories]]
-[[Category:Toyota factories]]
+[[Category:Economy of Lansing, Michigan]]
-[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in California]]
+[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan]]
-[[Category:1984 establishments]]
-[[Category:Joint ventures]]
-[[Category:Companies based in Fremont, California]]
-[[Category:General Motors]]
-[[ja:NUMMI]]
-[[pt:NUMMI]]
-[[zh:新聯合汽車製造公司]]

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