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'''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
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  |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_15/b4029081.htm
The '''Scarborough  Van Assembly''' Plant was a [[General Motors Canada]] plant in [[Scarborough, Ontario]] which opened in 1966. It once stood on the now Eglington Town Center Retail Complex between Victoria Park and Warden Ave. The plant employed 2,700 workers before closing in 1993 and has since been re-developed into a retail outlet mall.
  |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"/> 


'''Plant snapshot:'''
==History==
It had started as an automotive components manufacturing plant in 1963 before being converted into a van assembly plant years later. the plant produced gm vans and GM and chevy cube van cabs and chassis. In 1986 the One-millionth van was produced by Scarborough Van Plant. Around Thanksgiving of 1989, General Motors announced that they would be closing the van plant in Scarborough, Ontario, and awarding the van contract to [[Flint Truck Assembly]].The last van rolled off the Scarborough line on On May 6, 1993. Production was then transferred to [[Flint Truck Assembly]] and the process of dismantling the plant began. Then after three years at Flint the van division moved to Wentzville Assembly in Missouri in July, 1996. The Scarborough plant employed 2,800 people. Most of the employees were transferred to [[Oshawa Truck Assembly]] or [[Oshawa Car Assembly]] shortly after the demolition of the Scarborough Plant. 


::* {{convert|850|acre|km2|sing=on}} Site.<ref name="autonews2"/>
===Models produced===
::* Built at a cost of 1.3 Billion US.<ref name="autonews2"/>
*[[Chevrolet Van|Chevy G10]]
::* 2500 employees, suppliers employ 17,500.<ref name="autonews2"/>
*[[Chevrolet Van|Chevy G20]]
::* Recycles 90% of the water it uses.<ref name="autonews2"/>
*[[Chevrolet Van|GMC Vandura]] (1970-1993)
::* 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"/>
*[[Chevrolet Van|GMC Vandura HD]] (1985-1993)
::* As of 9/5/08, Aveos staged in SLP plant with Canadian stickers.  Had Aluminum Wheels, Onstar, and Navigation."/> 
*[[Chevrolet Van|Chevy Van]] (1970-1993)
*[[Chevrolet Van|Chevy Sportvan]] (1970-1993)
*[[Chevrolet Van|Chevy Beauville]] (1970-1993)
*[[Chevrolet Van|GMC Rally Wagon]] (1970-1993)
*[[Chevrolet Astro]] (1985-1993)
*[[GMC Safari]] (1985-1993)


[[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]].
==See also==
 
* [[Chevrolet Van]]
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"/>
 
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"/>
 
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>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.hurmuses.com/exhibsite/index.html Tour Of the Plant]
* [http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada/english/about/OverviewHist/highlights_hist_gm_canada.html GM Canada plant overview]


[[Category:General Motors factories]]
[[Category:General Motors factories]]
[[Category:San Luis Potosí]]
[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Canada]]
[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Mexico]]
 
 
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The Scarborough Van Assembly Plant was a General Motors Canada plant in Scarborough, Ontario which opened in 1966. It once stood on the now Eglington Town Center Retail Complex between Victoria Park and Warden Ave. The plant employed 2,700 workers before closing in 1993 and has since been re-developed into a retail outlet mall.

History

It had started as an automotive components manufacturing plant in 1963 before being converted into a van assembly plant years later. the plant produced gm vans and GM and chevy cube van cabs and chassis. In 1986 the One-millionth van was produced by Scarborough Van Plant. Around Thanksgiving of 1989, General Motors announced that they would be closing the van plant in Scarborough, Ontario, and awarding the van contract to Flint Truck Assembly.The last van rolled off the Scarborough line on On May 6, 1993. Production was then transferred to Flint Truck Assembly and the process of dismantling the plant began. Then after three years at Flint the van division moved to Wentzville Assembly in Missouri in July, 1996. The Scarborough plant employed 2,800 people. Most of the employees were transferred to Oshawa Truck Assembly or Oshawa Car Assembly shortly after the demolition of the Scarborough Plant.

Models produced

See also

References

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