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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fo ... ing_plantsList of plants in the USA
Company and Title- Location- Historic Products- Year Opened- Year Closed- Cultural References- Present Use Alfa Romeo Arese, Italy Alfa Romeo 1963 2005 Alfa Romeo museum and Stile Centre working there
American Motors Kenosha, Wisconsin Nash, Rambler, Ambassador, Marlin, Javelin/AMX, Matador, Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer, Concord,
Spirit, Eagle, Renault Alliance, Chrysler Fifth Avenue/Dodge Diplomat/Plymouth Gran Fury, Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon 1902 1988 seen in 1978 film The Betsy now Harborpark development. Chrysler engines.
Nash Motors/American Motors El Segundo Plant El Segundo, California Nash 1948 1955 Purchased in 1955 by Hughes Aircraft for missile assembly and testing; later passed to General Motors; now Boeing Integration and Test Complex[1]
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge Main Plant
Hamtramck, Michigan with parts overlapping into Detroit, Michigan Dodge cars 1910[2] 1980-01-04[3] First plant organized by the United Automobile Workers Union. Home of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in the 1960s. Demolished 1981. Land claimed by eminent domain, along with surrounding neighborhoods in both Hamtramck and Detroit, for the creation of the massive "Poletown" plant (General Motors Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly Plant).[4][5]
Chrysler
Los Angeles Plant
Commerce, California Dodge Valiant, Plymouth Barracuda, Dodge Dart, Belvedere, and Coronet 19?? July 1971 Home of month-long strike in 1958[6] ?
Chrysler
Newark Assembly
Newark, Delaware Chrysler Aspen, Dodge Durango, K-cars 1957 2008 ? ?
Ford Motor Company
Mahwah Assembly Plant
Mahwah, New Jersey Edsel (1958), Ford Galaxie, Ford LTD, Ford Granada, Ford Fairmont, Mercury Monarch, Mercury Zephyr, Lincoln Versailles 1955 1980 Referenced in "Johnny 99", a Bruce Springsteen song Sharp Corporation Offices and Sheraton Crossroads Hotel Complex
Ford Motor Company
Edison Assembly Plant
Edison, New Jersey Ford Mustang, Pinto, Falcon, Escort, Ranger pickup, Mazda B-series 1948 2004 Under redevelopment
Ford Motor Company
Wixom Assembly Plant
Wixom, Michigan Lincoln Town Car, Continental, Mark series, Lincoln LS, Ford Thunderbird 1957 2007 Idled as of May 31, 2007
Ford Motor Company
Atlanta Assembly
Hapeville, Georgia Ford Taurus, Mercury Sable 1947 2006 closed October 27, 2006
Ford Motor Company
Canton Forge 3707 Georgetown Road NE, Canton OH 44704
Canton, Ohio Forged axles, ring gears, spindles, steering systems for Ford Mustangs, Lincoln Town Cars, and others[7][8] 1948[9] December 23, 1988[8] Partially used as Republic Engineered Products' Canton Bloom Cast Facility[10]
Ford Motor Company
Willow Run Plant
Ypsilanti, Michigan B-24 Liberator Aircraft World War II passed to Kaiser and General Motors after WWII "Largest room in the world"; see article Willow Run Airport and General Motors manufacturing facility
Ford Motor Company
Terminal Island Plant
Terminal Island, California 1930s[11] 1959[12] Henry Ford Bridge provided only link to Terminal Island for decades Part of the Port of Los Angeles complex[13]
Ford Motor Company
Long Beach Plant
Long Beach California Ford Model A 1930[14] 1959[14]
Ford Motor Company
Pico Rivera Plant
Rosemead & Washington Boulevards, Pico Rivera, California 1.4 million automobiles[15] c. 1959 January 1980[16] Purchased by Northrup Grumman in February 1982[17], the 2 million square foot plant went on to be the home of the B-2 bomber. Closed and demolished (2001); now a large retail center, anchored by Wal-Mart and Lowes.
General Motors
Reatta Craft Centre/Lansing Craft Centre
Lansing, Michigan Buick Reatta, GM EV1, Chevrolet SSR, Cadillac Eldorado, Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire convertibles 1988 2006-03-17[18] ? ?
General Motors
St. Louis Truck Assembly Plant
St. Louis, Missouri See article 19?? 1987 ? ?
General Motors
Wilmington Assembly Plant
801 Boxwood Road, Wilmington, Delaware Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky Ground broken 1945; Opened 1947[19] 2009-07-29 Last auto manufacturing plant in Delaware.
Last auto manufacturing plant in the Northeastern United States [20]
Awaiting final disposition
General Motors
South Gate Plant
2700 Tweedy Blvd.,[21]
South Gate, California
? 19?? 1982[22] ? Sold to City of South Gate in 1985, redeveloped as South East High School
General Motors
Oakland Assembly
Oakland, California Chevrolet cars[23] and trucks 19?? c.1965[23] ? ?
Production was moved to Fremont Assembly Plant in Fremont, California, which later became the site of NUMMI, GM's joint venture with Toyota and the only major auto assembly plant remaining in California.
General Motors
Detroit Assembly (also known as Detroit Cadillac or Clark Street Assembly)
Clark Street, Detroit, Michigan Cadillac models; Oldsmobile 88 and Custom Cruiser; Chevrolet Caprice and Impala. 1921 1987 ? Redeveloped as multi-tenant industrial park, within Federal Empowerment Zone[24]
General Motors
Norwood Assembly Plant
Norwood, Ohio Chevrolet Bel Air, Biscayne, Impala, Nova, Caprice, and Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, Buick Apollo 1923 1987 ? Redeveloped after lengthy court battle between city of Norwood and General Motors; see article
General Motors
Framingham Assembly Plant
Framingham, Massachusetts See article 1948 1989 ? ADESA automobile, truck, and boat warehouse and live auction site
General Motors
Janesville Assembly
Janesville, Wisconsin GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Suburban 19?? 2008-12-23[25] ? ?
General Motors
Lakewood Assembly Plant
Atlanta, Georgia (Lakewood) Chevrolet Trucks, Chevrolet Caprice 1927 1990 ? ?
General Motors
Pontiac Plant
Pontiac, Michigan To Be Verified[citation needed] 19?? 1994? ? ?
General Motors
Scarborough Van Assembly Plant
Scarborough, Ontario (present-day Toronto) G-series vans, GMC Vandura, Chevy Sportvan, GMC Handi-Van 1963 1993 ? Operations moved to Flint Truck Assembly
General Motors
Willow Run Assembly Plant
Ypsilanti, Michigan Chevrolet Caprice 19?? 1994 ? Vehicle assembly ceased in 1994; at the Willow Run site, GM Powertrain continues to operate Willow Run Transmission Plant.[26]
General Motors
Tarrytown Truck Assembly
North Tarrytown, New York (now Sleepy Hollow, New York) Minivans, including Lumina APV; see article 1896 by Maxwell-Briscoe; 1903 by Ingersoll-Rand; 1914 by Chevrolet, later acquired by GM 1996 ? Redevelopment[27]
General Motors
Baltimore Assembly Plant
Baltimore, Maryland (2005) GMC Safari, Chevrolet Astro 1935 2005 ? Under demolition; being redeveloped as an industrial park
General Motors
Lansing Car Assembly
Lansing, Michigan Pontiac Grand Am, Chevrolet Malibu, Oldsmobile Alero 1902/1920 2005 Harbour Consulting rated it as the sixth most efficient auto plant in North America in 2006, after its closure (see article) Demolished 2007
General Motors
Oklahoma City Assembly
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2006) GM X-Platform, GMT360 Platform 1979 2006 ? Purchased by the voters of Oklahoma County for lease to Tinker Air Force Base
Frigidaire Plant; General Motors Moraine Assembly Plant Moraine, Ohio Chevrolet S-10, GMC S-15, GMT360 Platform SUVs 1951 2008 Workers represented by IUE-CWA, not the United Auto Workers ?
General Motors
Doraville Assembly Plant
Doraville, Georgia Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (1988-1995), Chevrolet Venture (1997-2005), Pontiac Trans Sport / Pontiac Trans Sport (1997-2005), Oldsmobile Silhouette (1997-2004), Buick Terraza (2005-2007), Saturn Relay (2005-2007), Chevrolet Uplander (2005-2009), Pontiac Montana SV6 (2005-2009), Buick GL8 1947[28] 2008-09-25[29] Undergoing redevelopment
General Motors
Linden Assembly
Linden, New Jersey Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, Buicks Chevrolet Blazer, GMC Jimmy, GMC Truck and Bus Division 1937 2005 Site under redevelopment
General Motors Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Division[30]
Van Nuys Assembly Plant
Van Nuys, California Chevrolet Corvair, Chevrolet Nova, Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird. ? 1992[31] Redeveloped as The Plant shopping center. GM maintains a test track adjacent to the shopping center.[32]
General Motors
Sainte-Thérèse Assembly
Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chevrolet Vega, Pontiac Trans Am, Pontiac Bonneville, Pontiac LeMans 1966 2002 Demolished
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Oshawa Truck Assembly
Oshawa, Ontario Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Chevrolet C/K pickup trucks 1876 by McLaughlin Carriage Co.; 1918 by GM. 2009-05-14 Site involved in carriage production since 1876 (sic), making it one of the oldest automotive manufacturing facilities to close.[33] ?
MG Rover Group
Longbridge plant
Longbridge, Birmingham, UK Austin, Rover, Morris, MG, Mini, Triumph, Nash/Rambler Metropolitan 1904 2005 Featured in the music video of The Chemical Brothers song, Believe Large amounts demolished, small scale production has restarted with the MG brand.
Packard Plant, Detroit East Grand Boulevard and Concord Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
Packard 1907 [1] 1956 [2] ? (From 1960) Subdivided as industrial park
(Present day) Urban ruins
Volkswagen of America
Westmoreland Assembly
New Stanton, Pennsylvania Rabbit/Golf, Caddy, Jetta 1978[34] 1988[35] The facility was originally built by Chrysler in the 1960s, but was not completed until VW began operations. Sony took over the site in 1990 and began production of televisions.[36]
AB Volvo
Volvo Halifax Assembly Plant
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Volvo PV544,120, 240, 740, 760, 940, S70 and V70 1963[37] 1998-12-18[38][39] Volvo's only car assembly plant in North America. ?
Volvo North America Corporation
Chesapeake Plant
Volvo Parkway & Greenbriar Parkway,
Chesapeake, Virginia
Volvo B10M and other transit buses (Plant originally planned for cars)[40] Ground broken 1974-07-02[41] 1986-10 One of the first foreign-owned automotive manufacturing plants in the U.S., soon followed by Volkswagen and others.[41] Volvo Penta Marine retains facilities in the area. Redeveloped as "Crossways Commerce Center" shopping center.
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