Flint, Michigan Auto Industry
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Flint, Michigan
is a city which has previously relied on its automotive industry
.
plants in Genesee County
have endured complicated renamings, management shifts, closures, and spinoffs.
Hamilton Ave. Oldest buildings opened 1904.
This was by far the largest GM complex in the world. Buick
originally opened in Flint on W. Kearsley St.; this plant closed soon after the Hamilton site opened.
In 1983, Buick announced plans for Buick City
, inspired by Toyota's "Toyota City" plant, which would combine Buick's assembly and Fisher #1's bodybuilding operations. Production of rear-wheel drive cars at Buick's Hamilton Ave. plant ceased. After extensive gutting, installation of robot
s and other new tooling, and the construction of a new body shop and just-in-time delivery docks, Buick City began building front-wheel drive
vehicles in 1985.
Buick Motor Division became merely a marketing and public relations entity in 1984, when the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group (BOC) was created and took over engineering and assembly control from Buick, Oldsmobile
, Cadillac
, and the GM Assembly Div. (dissolved in 1984).
GM created the Flint Automotive Div. to manage BOC's activities in Genesee County, which included the former Buick factories and engineering. BOC dissolved in 1992 and eventually its functions were transferred to the Cadillac/Luxury Car Division (not to be confused with the Cadillac Motor Car Division, the traditional Cadillac operation).
Buick City closed in June 1999. It and some other former Buick buildings not technically part of Buick City were demolished from 2001 to 2003. Buick Motor Div. administration moved to Detroit in 1998. The 1960s former Buick World HQ building, after briefly housing EDS workers until 2003, was demolished in 2006.
Adjacent former Buick transmission, transmission parts, engine assembly, and engine parts plants (GM Powertrain
Flint North
) all closed by December 2010.
s, air, oil, & fuel filters, instrument clusters, many other parts. Opened ca. mid-1920s in former Dort (automobile)
. plant.
The Dort Hwy. plant became known as Flint East
when AC took over the old Chevy Mfg. operations on Chevrolet Ave. in 1987. In 1988, AC Spark Plug merged with GM's Rochester Products Div. and was renamed AC Rochester. World HQ remained in Flint, soon moving to the Great Lakes Technology Center (see Fisher Body #1). In the late '80s, parts of Flint East
were turned over to GM's Delco Electronics
. In 1994, AC Rochester merged with Delco Remy and became the short-lived AC Delco Systems.
1995 saw the creation of Delphi Automotive Systems
, which took over Flint East. In 1999 GM spun off Delphi. Spark plug production ended at Flint East in early 2006. Under an agreement reached by Delphi, General Motors, and the UAW in June 2007, Flint East and two other plants would remain open, but operated by GM or a third party designated by GM. Hourly employment at the plant at that time had diminished to approximately 1,100 people.
Recently, a new GM Service Parts Operations packaging/processing center has opened in the easternmost plant in the complex, on Davison Rd. in Burton.
Comprising the Motor Div. (engine assembly and engine parts plants) and the Pressed Metal Div. (parts plants). Includes the pre-World War II Chevrolet Assembly (Plant 2) and Fisher Body
#2 plants. (renamed Chevy Plant 2A).
In 1984, due to smaller sales of four-cylinder
engines, the Chevrolet Flint Motor Plant (Plant 4) closed—after millions of dollars in improvements circa 1980. Also in this year, the newly created Chevrolet
-Pontiac
-Canada Group briefly took over Chevrolet Mfg. from Chevrolet Motor Div., but soon the newly formed Fisher Guide Div. acquired the complex. In about 1987, "Chevy in the Hole" was taken over by AC Spark Plug and became AC Spark Plug Flint West. In 1988, it became AC Rochester Flint West, and in 1994, AC Delco Systems Flint West. In early 1995, it was renamed Delphi Flint West.
Also circa 1995, "Chevy in the Hole" began to slowly disappear. Among the first plants to go were the truck garage, Plant 5 (former engine parts), and administration building. This process continued until 2004, when Plant 4 (which had reopened some years after it initially closed in 1984) shut down and was demolished. Plant 4's last products were generators and fuel filters.
The only remaining buildings are Building 35 and Plant 38. 35 (originally housing new car delivery, later heat treat) was donated to Kettering University
(originally General Motors Institute) in 1996. After addition of another floor and a completely new facade, it now houses its Mechanical Engineering
and Chemistry Center. Building 35 built the first Corvette prototype, circa 1953. Plant 38, the Die and Engineering Center, opened in 1967, is still operated by GM and known as Flint Tool and Die, with a small sign proclaiming the name on Stevenson St. According to GM’s website, at Flint Tool & Die there are 228 hourly and 25 salaried workers at present.
Car and truck assembly.
In 1970, Chevrolet Assembly converted to truck-only production. GM created the Truck & Bus Group in 1981. GM Assembly Div. then transferred the Chevrolet Flint Assembly plant to Truck & Bus. The Truck & Bus Group was later renamed North American Truck Platforms, and then the GM Truck Group.
Now simply called Flint Assembly, it remains an important operation for GM. It builds Chevrolet Kodiak
and GMC TopKick commercial trucks, along with Chevrolet Silverado
and GMC Sierra full-size pickup
trucks. In Dec. 2004 GM announced it would invest $150 million for retooling at this plant. After a high of at least 8,000 workers at Fisher 2 / Chevrolet Assembly, 1,862 hourly and 185 salaried work there today. Events at this plant in the late 1970's are featured in the 1991 book "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line" by Ben Hamper.
Operated by the Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group from 1984 to 1992 and eventually by the Metal Fabricating Div., this plant is now known as the GM Flint Metal Center. GM has spent over $60 million upgrading this plant in recent years. Two thousand hourly and 180 salaried workers are there today.
This closed circa 1999 and was soon demolished. Immediately south of it, GM built the $500 million Flint Engine South
(now referred to as Flint Engine Operations) to build the Atlas
L6
Engine plant that opened in 2000. A $300 million addition, recently opened, builds the High Feature
V6 engine
engines.
This merged with other car divisions' parts operations in 1969 and renamed the GM Parts Division (later Warehousing & Distribution). In the late 1990s, GM's worldwide parts purchasing and distribution office headquarters moved from here to a new building in Grand Blanc Twp. Known presently as Service Parts Operations-Flint, the Swartz Creek facility remains open, with large amounts of vacant office space. Currently, 595 hourly and 70 salaried workers are employed at SPO Flint.
Recently, a new processing/packaging center has opened on Davison Rd. in Burton, in a former AC Spark Plug (later Delphi) plant.
Buick bodies and pressed metal parts. GM bought this plant from Durant Motors
no later than 1935. It had opened in early 1920s as Durant Motors HQ, producing the "Flint" car.
In 1984, Fisher #1 became BOC Flint Body Assembly. After Buick ceased building rear wheel drive cars and Buick City got underway, BOC Flint Body Assembly got a reprieve by building bodies that were trucked to GM assembly operations in Pontiac, Michigan
. The plant closed in Dec. 1987. Most of it was demolished in 1988, except for a few parts that were gutted and transformed into the Great Lakes Technology Center. The original administration building remains intact. GM initially had substantial office and engineering operations at GLTC, including AC Rochester World HQ, but eventually transferred those staffs elsewhere.
Under the same roof as the Chevrolet Assembly plant. It made Chevrolet bodies. It was dissolved in 1970.
Pressed metal parts. Opened 1942; originally built tanks for World War II
, and is still sometimes called the 'Tank Plant'.
Transferred to BOC in 1984 and later to the newly formed Cadillac/Luxury Car Div. (not to be confused with the Cadillac Motor Car Div.). Most recently operated by the Metal Fabricating Div., this plant has recently all but eliminated its metal stamping operations, and now serves as a corporation-wide weld tooling center. According to GM’s website, 411 hourly and 29 salaried workers are at Grand Blanc today.
Body hardware. Ca. 1953; intended to build aircraft engines for Buick (Korean War
) but never did.
In 1969, Ternstedt Div. merged into Fisher Body Div. (its original parent). Fisher Body Div. dissolved in 1984. Its Coldwater Rd. plant was turned over to the newly formed Fisher Guide Div. Fisher Guide became Inland Fisher Guide Div. in 1989. The Coldwater Rd. plant got yet another renaming in 1995 when the newly formed Delphi Automotive Systems took over. Finally, in 1996 Delphi sold the Coldwater Rd. factory to a company called Peregrine, which briefly attempted to make the plant profitable before closing it, circa 1998. It was soon demolished.
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
is a city which has previously relied on its automotive industry
Automotive industry
The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles, and is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue....
.
Overview
In the past several decades, General MotorsGeneral Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
plants in Genesee County
Genesee County, Michigan
-Interstates:* I-69* I-75* I-475-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-13* M-15* M-21* M-54* M-57-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 436,141 people, 169,825 households, and 115,990 families residing in the county. The population density was 682 people per square mile . There were 183,630...
have endured complicated renamings, management shifts, closures, and spinoffs.
Division HQ and Assembly, Engine, Parts Plants/Buick City/Powertrain Flint North
This was by far the largest GM complex in the world. Buick
Buick
Buick is a premium brand of General Motors . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel, with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make...
originally opened in Flint on W. Kearsley St.; this plant closed soon after the Hamilton site opened.
In 1983, Buick announced plans for Buick City
Buick City
Buick City was a massive automobile manufacturing complex in the northwest of Flint, Michigan. Elements of the 235 acre complex dated from 1904, but it became known as Buick City in 1985. The Buick Site is still producing components for GM facilities and outside buyers. Operations ceased on the...
, inspired by Toyota's "Toyota City" plant, which would combine Buick's assembly and Fisher #1's bodybuilding operations. Production of rear-wheel drive cars at Buick's Hamilton Ave. plant ceased. After extensive gutting, installation of robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
s and other new tooling, and the construction of a new body shop and just-in-time delivery docks, Buick City began building front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive is a form of engine/transmission layout used in motor vehicles, where the engine drives the front wheels only. Most modern front-wheel drive vehicles feature a transverse engine, rather than the conventional longitudinal engine arrangement generally found in rear-wheel drive and...
vehicles in 1985.
Buick Motor Division became merely a marketing and public relations entity in 1984, when the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group (BOC) was created and took over engineering and assembly control from Buick, Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory...
, Cadillac
Cadillac
Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...
, and the GM Assembly Div. (dissolved in 1984).
GM created the Flint Automotive Div. to manage BOC's activities in Genesee County, which included the former Buick factories and engineering. BOC dissolved in 1992 and eventually its functions were transferred to the Cadillac/Luxury Car Division (not to be confused with the Cadillac Motor Car Division, the traditional Cadillac operation).
Buick City closed in June 1999. It and some other former Buick buildings not technically part of Buick City were demolished from 2001 to 2003. Buick Motor Div. administration moved to Detroit in 1998. The 1960s former Buick World HQ building, after briefly housing EDS workers until 2003, was demolished in 2006.
Adjacent former Buick transmission, transmission parts, engine assembly, and engine parts plants (GM Powertrain
GM Powertrain
GM Powertrain Engineering Center Torino is a powertrain engineering center founded in 2005.The engineering center is headquartered in Turin, Italy, and is a subsidiary of General Motors....
Flint North
Flint North
GM Powertrain Flint North is a General Motors automobile engine and components plant located at the Stewart Avenue exit of I-475 in Flint, Michigan . The plant consists of several factories that combine to make the Flint North Powertrain plant. The plant was opened in 1905 as part of the Buick...
) all closed by December 2010.
Industrial Ave. Plant.
Built no later than 1912 it replaced the original 1908 operation inside a Buick building. It closed around 1976, and was demolished within a couple of years.Dort Hwy. Plant and division HQ/Delphi Flint East
Spark plugSpark plug
A spark plug is an electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines and ignites compressed fuels such as aerosol, gasoline, ethanol, and liquefied petroleum gas by means of an electric spark.Spark plugs have an insulated central electrode which is connected by...
s, air, oil, & fuel filters, instrument clusters, many other parts. Opened ca. mid-1920s in former Dort (automobile)
Dort (automobile)
The Dort was an automobile built by the Dort Motor Car Company of Flint, Michigan from 1915 - 1924. Dort used Lycoming built engines to power their vehicles....
. plant.
The Dort Hwy. plant became known as Flint East
Flint East
Flint East is an automobile component production complex owned by Delphi Corporation in Flint, Michigan. The complex, parts of which are about 100 years old, is located on Dort Highway, stretching along Robert T. Longway Boulevard past Center Road...
when AC took over the old Chevy Mfg. operations on Chevrolet Ave. in 1987. In 1988, AC Spark Plug merged with GM's Rochester Products Div. and was renamed AC Rochester. World HQ remained in Flint, soon moving to the Great Lakes Technology Center (see Fisher Body #1). In the late '80s, parts of Flint East
Flint East
Flint East is an automobile component production complex owned by Delphi Corporation in Flint, Michigan. The complex, parts of which are about 100 years old, is located on Dort Highway, stretching along Robert T. Longway Boulevard past Center Road...
were turned over to GM's Delco Electronics
Delco Electronics
Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors based in Kokomo, Indiana.The name Delco came from the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co., founded in Dayton, Ohio by Charles Kettering and Edward A...
. In 1994, AC Rochester merged with Delco Remy and became the short-lived AC Delco Systems.
1995 saw the creation of Delphi Automotive Systems
Delphi (auto parts)
Delphi Automotive PLC is an automotive parts company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA. Delphi is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers and has approximately 146,600 employees ....
, which took over Flint East. In 1999 GM spun off Delphi. Spark plug production ended at Flint East in early 2006. Under an agreement reached by Delphi, General Motors, and the UAW in June 2007, Flint East and two other plants would remain open, but operated by GM or a third party designated by GM. Hourly employment at the plant at that time had diminished to approximately 1,100 people.
Recently, a new GM Service Parts Operations packaging/processing center has opened in the easternmost plant in the complex, on Davison Rd. in Burton.
Flint Manufacturing Div./Delphi Flint West/Flint Tool & Die
Chevrolet Ave. Ca. 1913.Comprising the Motor Div. (engine assembly and engine parts plants) and the Pressed Metal Div. (parts plants). Includes the pre-World War II Chevrolet Assembly (Plant 2) and Fisher Body
Fisher Body
Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan; it is now an operating division of General Motors Company...
#2 plants. (renamed Chevy Plant 2A).
In 1984, due to smaller sales of four-cylinder
Internal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...
engines, the Chevrolet Flint Motor Plant (Plant 4) closed—after millions of dollars in improvements circa 1980. Also in this year, the newly created Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
-Pontiac
Pontiac
Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...
-Canada Group briefly took over Chevrolet Mfg. from Chevrolet Motor Div., but soon the newly formed Fisher Guide Div. acquired the complex. In about 1987, "Chevy in the Hole" was taken over by AC Spark Plug and became AC Spark Plug Flint West. In 1988, it became AC Rochester Flint West, and in 1994, AC Delco Systems Flint West. In early 1995, it was renamed Delphi Flint West.
Also circa 1995, "Chevy in the Hole" began to slowly disappear. Among the first plants to go were the truck garage, Plant 5 (former engine parts), and administration building. This process continued until 2004, when Plant 4 (which had reopened some years after it initially closed in 1984) shut down and was demolished. Plant 4's last products were generators and fuel filters.
The only remaining buildings are Building 35 and Plant 38. 35 (originally housing new car delivery, later heat treat) was donated to Kettering University
Kettering University
Kettering University is a university in Flint, Michigan, offering degrees in engineering, math, science, and business. The campus is located along the Flint River on property that used to be the main manufacturing location for General Motors...
(originally General Motors Institute) in 1996. After addition of another floor and a completely new facade, it now houses its Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
and Chemistry Center. Building 35 built the first Corvette prototype, circa 1953. Plant 38, the Die and Engineering Center, opened in 1967, is still operated by GM and known as Flint Tool and Die, with a small sign proclaiming the name on Stevenson St. According to GM’s website, at Flint Tool & Die there are 228 hourly and 25 salaried workers at present.
Flint Assembly Division/Flint Truck Assembly
Van Slyke Rd. 1947.Car and truck assembly.
In 1970, Chevrolet Assembly converted to truck-only production. GM created the Truck & Bus Group in 1981. GM Assembly Div. then transferred the Chevrolet Flint Assembly plant to Truck & Bus. The Truck & Bus Group was later renamed North American Truck Platforms, and then the GM Truck Group.
Now simply called Flint Assembly, it remains an important operation for GM. It builds Chevrolet Kodiak
Chevrolet Kodiak
Beginning with the 2003 model year, US-market models moved to a new platform with a more spacious cab based on the GM full-size vans. The 4500 and 5500 trucks had the option for Four-wheel drive. These trucks featured solid front axles, on both 4x2 and 4x4, instead of independent front suspension...
and GMC TopKick commercial trucks, along with Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado
The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.-History:...
and GMC Sierra full-size pickup
Pickup truck
A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area .-Definition:...
trucks. In Dec. 2004 GM announced it would invest $150 million for retooling at this plant. After a high of at least 8,000 workers at Fisher 2 / Chevrolet Assembly, 1,862 hourly and 185 salaried work there today. Events at this plant in the late 1970's are featured in the 1991 book "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line" by Ben Hamper.
Flint Frame & Stamping Plant/Flint Metal Center
Bristol Rd. Opened 1954.Operated by the Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group from 1984 to 1992 and eventually by the Metal Fabricating Div., this plant is now known as the GM Flint Metal Center. GM has spent over $60 million upgrading this plant in recent years. Two thousand hourly and 180 salaried workers are there today.
Flint V8 Engine Plant/Flint Engine South
Van Slyke Rd. Ca. 1953.This closed circa 1999 and was soon demolished. Immediately south of it, GM built the $500 million Flint Engine South
Flint Engine South
Flint Engine South is a General Motors automobile engine factory in Flint, Michigan. The 68 000 m² plant opened in 2000 and is named to complement the Flint North engine plant...
(now referred to as Flint Engine Operations) to build the Atlas
GM Atlas engine
Atlas is a name for a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors. The series debuted in 2002 with the Oldsmobile Bravada, and is also used in the Chevrolet TrailBlazer and Colorado and their GMC twins, the Envoy and Canyon...
L6
Straight-6
The straight-six engine or inline-six engine is a six-cylinder internal combustion engine with all six cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase...
Engine plant that opened in 2000. A $300 million addition, recently opened, builds the High Feature
GM High Feature engine
The 3600 LY7 are members of General Motors' new High Feature engine family of modern DOHC V6s. This new family of engines was introduced in 2004 with the Cadillac CTS. Holden sells the HFV6 under the name Alloytec. The High Feature moniker on the Holden produced engine is reserved for the twin...
V6 engine
V6 engine
A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each other, with all six pistons driving a common crankshaft...
engines.
National Parts Distribution/Service Parts Operations
Bristol Rd., Swartz Creek. 1957.This merged with other car divisions' parts operations in 1969 and renamed the GM Parts Division (later Warehousing & Distribution). In the late 1990s, GM's worldwide parts purchasing and distribution office headquarters moved from here to a new building in Grand Blanc Twp. Known presently as Service Parts Operations-Flint, the Swartz Creek facility remains open, with large amounts of vacant office space. Currently, 595 hourly and 70 salaried workers are employed at SPO Flint.
Recently, a new processing/packaging center has opened on Davison Rd. in Burton, in a former AC Spark Plug (later Delphi) plant.
Flint Plant #1
S. Saginaw St.Buick bodies and pressed metal parts. GM bought this plant from Durant Motors
Durant Motors
Durant Motors Inc. was established in 1921 by former General Motors CEO William "Billy" Durant following his termination by the GM board of directors and the New York bankers that financed GM.-Corporate relationships:...
no later than 1935. It had opened in early 1920s as Durant Motors HQ, producing the "Flint" car.
In 1984, Fisher #1 became BOC Flint Body Assembly. After Buick ceased building rear wheel drive cars and Buick City got underway, BOC Flint Body Assembly got a reprieve by building bodies that were trucked to GM assembly operations in Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...
. The plant closed in Dec. 1987. Most of it was demolished in 1988, except for a few parts that were gutted and transformed into the Great Lakes Technology Center. The original administration building remains intact. GM initially had substantial office and engineering operations at GLTC, including AC Rochester World HQ, but eventually transferred those staffs elsewhere.
Flint Plant #2
Van Slyke Rd. 1947.Under the same roof as the Chevrolet Assembly plant. It made Chevrolet bodies. It was dissolved in 1970.
Grand Blanc Plant/Grand Blanc Weld Tool Center
S. Saginaw St.Pressed metal parts. Opened 1942; originally built tanks for World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, and is still sometimes called the 'Tank Plant'.
Transferred to BOC in 1984 and later to the newly formed Cadillac/Luxury Car Div. (not to be confused with the Cadillac Motor Car Div.). Most recently operated by the Metal Fabricating Div., this plant has recently all but eliminated its metal stamping operations, and now serves as a corporation-wide weld tooling center. According to GM’s website, 411 hourly and 29 salaried workers are at Grand Blanc today.
Coldwater Rd. Plant
Genesee Twp.Body hardware. Ca. 1953; intended to build aircraft engines for Buick (Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
) but never did.
In 1969, Ternstedt Div. merged into Fisher Body Div. (its original parent). Fisher Body Div. dissolved in 1984. Its Coldwater Rd. plant was turned over to the newly formed Fisher Guide Div. Fisher Guide became Inland Fisher Guide Div. in 1989. The Coldwater Rd. plant got yet another renaming in 1995 when the newly formed Delphi Automotive Systems took over. Finally, in 1996 Delphi sold the Coldwater Rd. factory to a company called Peregrine, which briefly attempted to make the plant profitable before closing it, circa 1998. It was soon demolished.
GM operations in Genesee County as of December 2010
- Flint Assembly
- Flint Engine Operations
- Flint Metal Center
- Flint East plants and adjacent Service Parts Operations processing center, Burton
- Flint Tool & Die
- Grand Blanc Weld Tool Center
- Service Parts Operations warehouse & processing center, Swartz Creek
- Service Parts Operations World HQ offices, Grand Blanc Twp.