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'''Windsor Transmission''' is a [[General Motors of Canada]] parts plant in [[Windsor, Ontario]] and one of several facilities in southern [[Ontario]] and [[Canada]]. It is only plant located in southwestern [[Ontario]] and located closer to GM headquarters in [[Detroit]] than GM Canada headquarters in [[Oshawa]].


'''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.
It makes front-wheel-drive, automatic transmissions and transmission components used by other GM facilities.<ref>[http://www.gm.ca/inm/gmcanada/english/about/Overview/operations_windsor.htm Our Company - GM Today<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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.   
Built in 1963, the facility is scheduled to close in 2010 and will not be re-tooled. <ref>[http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/05/12/5541906-cp.html General Motors axes 1,400 Windsor jobs]</ref> This will result in layoff of 1400 workers at the plant. <ref>[http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/12/gm-announces-plan-to-close-windsor-transmission-plant/ GM announces plan to close Windsor transmission plant]</ref> The products from this plant will likely be shifted to the [[United States]] or [[Mexico]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
 
==Overview==
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.
 
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==
==Products==
* [[Pontiac Vibe]]
* [[Toyota Corolla]]
* [[Toyota Tacoma]]
== Past products ==
*[[Toyota Corolla Sprinter]]
*[[Geo Prizm]]
*[[Toyota Pickup]]
*[[Chevrolet Nova]]
*[[Chevrolet Prizm]]


==See also==
* 4 types of speed gearboxes for Chevrolet Malibu and Cobalt, Pontiac G5 and G6, and Saturn Vue and Aura
* [[United Australian Automobile Industries]] (UAAI) &mdash; A similar joint venture in [[Australia]] between Toyota and [[Holden|GM-Holden]] from 1989 to 1996.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nummi.com/ Official NUMMI site]
*[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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Revision as of 00:55, 3 February 2009

Windsor Transmission is a General Motors of Canada parts plant in Windsor, Ontario and one of several facilities in southern Ontario and Canada. It is only plant located in southwestern Ontario and located closer to GM headquarters in Detroit than GM Canada headquarters in Oshawa.

It makes front-wheel-drive, automatic transmissions and transmission components used by other GM facilities.[1]

Built in 1963, the facility is scheduled to close in 2010 and will not be re-tooled. [2] This will result in layoff of 1400 workers at the plant. [3] The products from this plant will likely be shifted to the United States or Mexico.[citation needed]

Products

  • 4 types of speed gearboxes for Chevrolet Malibu and Cobalt, Pontiac G5 and G6, and Saturn Vue and Aura

References

  1. ↑ Our Company - GM Today
  2. ↑ General Motors axes 1,400 Windsor jobs
  3. ↑ GM announces plan to close Windsor transmission plant

Coordinates: 42°18′29.11″N -83°0′3.72″E / 42.3080861°N 82.9989667°W / 42.3080861; -82.9989667

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