Flint North
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GM Powertrain Flint North (GMPT 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 4000000 square feet (371,612.2 m²) plant was opened in 1905 as part of the Buick
Motor Company and is the last part of Buick City
still standing. The engine plant (Factory 36) portion of Powertrain Flint North closed in 2008. It is famous for building the GM 3800 engine, one of the longest-produced automobile engines in history. The remaining factories (05, 9, 10, 14, 25, 29, 75 and 81) which compose the maintenance, sanitation and components producing buildings of the plant, is scheduled to close permanently on November 2010. The employees of Powertrain Flint North are represented by UAW Local 599 and its President, Bill Jordan and Chairman Terry Everman.
Automobile
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engine and components plant located at the Stewart Avenue exit of I-475 in Flint, Michigan
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...
. The plant consists of several factories that combine to make the Flint North Powertrain plant. The 4000000 square feet (371,612.2 m²) plant was opened in 1905 as part of the 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...
Motor Company and is the last part of 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...
still standing. The engine plant (Factory 36) portion of Powertrain Flint North closed in 2008. It is famous for building the GM 3800 engine, one of the longest-produced automobile engines in history. The remaining factories (05, 9, 10, 14, 25, 29, 75 and 81) which compose the maintenance, sanitation and components producing buildings of the plant, is scheduled to close permanently on November 2010. The employees of Powertrain Flint North are represented by UAW Local 599 and its President, Bill Jordan and Chairman Terry Everman.