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'''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. | '''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. | ||