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-'''Oshawa Metal or Oshawa Metal Centre''' is a [[General Motors of Canada]] facility in [[Oshawa, Ontario]].
+'''San Luis Potosí Assembly''' is an assembly plant of [[General Motors]] in [[San Luis Potosí]], [[Mexico]]  &mdash; 400&nbsp;km northwest of Mexico City.  It was dedicated on July 30, 2008. <ref name="busweek">{{Cite web
+  |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_15/b4029081.htm
+  |title=Factories Go South. So Does Pay.
+  |publisher=Business Week,
+ APRIL 9, 2007}}</ref> <ref name="autonews2">{{Cite web
+  |url=http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f12/gm-dedicates-mexico-complex-will-build-aveo-67433/
+  |title=GM dedicates Mexico complex that will build Aveo
+  |publisher=Automotive News, Stephen Downer, July 30.2008}}</ref>
+The [[Chevrolet Aveo]] and Pontiac G3 are assembled at the plant.  Original projections suggested a June 2009 construction completion.<ref name="autonews.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegmsource.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1287|title=GM to produce Aveo at new Mexican plant, Stephen Downer, Automotive News}}</ref>
+President [[Vicente Fox]], other dignitaries, and local executives from General Motors attended the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2006.<ref name="autonews.com"/>
-Built in 1986 to supply metal for Chevrolet Lumina and Buick Regal made in Oshawa, the plant now makes steel used at the Oshawa Car and Truck plants and other GM customers. It is the GM's only metal facility in [[Canada]] located close to an assembly plant.
+'''Plant snapshot:'''
-The {{convert|587000|sqft|m2}} facilities makes over 80,000 parts a day using 337 tons of steel a day to make 22 million parts a year.<ref>[http://www.gm.ca/inm/gmcanada/english/about/Overview/operations_osh_metal.htm Oshawa Metal Centre]</ref>
+::* {{convert|850|acre|km2|sing=on}} Site.<ref name="autonews2"/>
+::* Built at a cost of 1.3 Billion US.<ref name="autonews2"/>
+::* 2500 employees, suppliers employ 17,500.<ref name="autonews2"/>
+::* Recycles 90% of the water it uses.<ref name="autonews2"/>
+::* Will build Aveo's to be marketed in Mexico and South America.<ref name="autonews2"/>  ''Note: earlier conflicting sources suggest the Aveo's manufactured will be marketed also in the US and Canada.''<ref name="autonews.com"/>
+::* As of 9/5/08, Aveos staged in SLP plant with Canadian stickers.  Had Aluminum Wheels, Onstar, and Navigation."/>
-It will likely lose some jobs due to the pending closure of the [[Oshawa Truck Assembly]].
+[[GM Daewoo]] currently builds [[Daewoo Kalos]], which is marketed globally in 120 countries, includiing in Mexico as the '''Pontiac G3''', in Canada as the '''Pontiac Wave''', and in the US and Canada as the [[Chevrolet Aveo]].
-==References==
+Tina Jantzi, senior manager of North American forecasting at J.D. Power and Associates, confirmed in July 2007 that GM will build the '''Pontiac G3''', also a rebadged derivative of the Daewoo Kalos,  in San Luis Potosi.<ref name="autonews.com"/>
-{{reflist}}
+The plant, to cost $650 million (US) with employment up to 1800 and an annual capacity of 160,000 cars
+<ref name="iht">{{Cite web
+  |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/20/yourmoney/mexcar.php
+  |title=U.S. automakers expand in Mexico, but do it very quietly
+  |publisher=International Herald Tribune, Elisabeth Malkin and Micheline Maynard, July 21, 2006
+}}</ref> is a part of a "quiet" <ref name="iht"/> trend of US companies moving production facilities to Mexico with little publicity.  Other examples include the [[Dodge Journey]] and [[Chrysler PT Cruiser]] now manufactured at the newly renovated [[Toluca Car Assembly]], where Chrysler invested $1 billion.<ref name="iht"/>  [[Nissan]] manufactures its [[Versa]] in a Mexican plant &mdash; after a $1.3 million investment from the automaker and its suppliers.<ref name="iht"/>  [[Volkswagen]] produces Jettas for the global market at its plant in [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]], and will start production of the Jetta station wagon.<ref name="iht"/>
-==See also==
+The GM factory will be augmented by the a new fastener production facility called '''Parque Industrial Millennium''', a 3400 m2 (~37,000 sq ft) building, where '''EJOT GmbH''' & Co. KG of Bad Laasphe, Germany and '''ATF Inc.''' of Lincolnwood, IL, will manufacture engineered fasteners and cold-headed products. <ref name="ai">{{Cite web
+  |url=http://www.ai-online.com/Adv/Questionnaire/view.php?id=270
+  |title=EJOT GmbH & Co. KG and ATF Inc. Announce New Manufacturing and Distribution Plant in Mexico
+  |publisher=Automotive Industries, Debbie Fliehman}}</ref>
-* [[Oshawa Car Assembly]]
+==References==
-* [[Oshawa Truck Assembly]]
+{{reflist}}
-{{coord|43|52|13.31|N|-78|52|29.58|E|region:CA_type:landmark|display=title}}
-[[Category:Oshawa]]
 [[Category:General Motors factories]]
-[[Category:1986 establishments]]
+[[Category:San Luis Potosí]]
-[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Canada]]
+[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Mexico]]