San Luis Potosí Assembly
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San Luis Potosí Assembly is a General Motors
assembly plant located in San Luis Potosí
, Mexico
— 400 km northwest of Mexico City. The facility was dedicated on July 30, 2008, with a June 2009 construction completion.
President Vicente Fox
, other dignitaries, and local executives from General Motors attended the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2006.
The plant, to cost $650 million (US) with employment up to 1800 and an annual capacity of 160,000 cars
is a part of a "quiet" trend of US companies moving production facilities to Mexico with little publicity. Other examples include the Dodge Journey
now manufactured at the newly renovated Toluca Car Assembly
, where Chrysler invested $1 billion. Nissan manufactures its Versa in a Mexican plant — after a $1.3 million investment from the automaker and its suppliers. Volkswagen
produces Jettas for the global market at its plant in Puebla
, and will start production of the Jetta station wagon.
The GM factory will be augmented by the a new fastener production facility called Parque Industrial Millennium, a 3400 m2 (~37,000 sq ft) building, where EJOT
of Bad Berleburg, Germany and ATF Inc. of Lincolnwood, IL, will manufacture engineered fasteners and cold-headed products.
variants of the Daewoo Kalos
for the North American market. These include the Chevrolet Aveo
for the United States and Canada, and the Suzuki Swift+ for Canada. The plant also manufactures Aveos marketed in Mexico and South America.
The plant manufactured the (now discontinued) Pontiac G3 for the United States and the Pontiac Wave for Canada.
General 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...
assembly plant located in San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
— 400 km northwest of Mexico City. The facility was dedicated on July 30, 2008, with a June 2009 construction completion.
President Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
, other dignitaries, and local executives from General Motors attended the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2006.
Plant overview
site- Built at a cost of 1.3 Billion US
- 2,500 employees, suppliers employ 17,500
- Recycles 90% of the water it uses
The plant, to cost $650 million (US) with employment up to 1800 and an annual capacity of 160,000 cars
is a part of a "quiet" trend of US companies moving production facilities to Mexico with little publicity. Other examples include the Dodge Journey
Dodge Journey
The Dodge Journey is a mid-size crossover SUV built by the Dodge division of Chrysler.-First generation :Unveiled first at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, and later appearing at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Journey identified internally as the JC49, has an almost identical wheelbase as the...
now manufactured at the newly renovated Toluca Car Assembly
Toluca Car Assembly
Toluca Car Assembly is a Chrysler automobile factory in Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico. It opened in 1968. Toluca Stamping is located nearby....
, where Chrysler invested $1 billion. Nissan manufactures its Versa in a Mexican plant — after a $1.3 million investment from the automaker and its suppliers. Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
produces Jettas for the global market at its plant in Puebla
Puebla, Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
, and will start production of the Jetta station wagon.
The GM factory will be augmented by the a new fastener production facility called Parque Industrial Millennium, a 3400 m2 (~37,000 sq ft) building, where EJOT
EJOT
EJOT is a medium sized Group of companies with application markets including the Construction, Automotive and Consumer Electronics industries. The group headquarters are in Bad Berleburg in the Siegen-Wittgenstein region in Germany.- History :...
of Bad Berleburg, Germany and ATF Inc. of Lincolnwood, IL, will manufacture engineered fasteners and cold-headed products.
Production
San Luis Potosí Assembly manufactures rebadgedBadge engineering
Badge engineering is an ironic term that describes the rebadging of one product as another...
variants of the Daewoo Kalos
Daewoo Kalos
The Chevrolet Aveo is the first generation of the Chevrolet Aveo, a subcompact automobile manufactured since 2002 by GM Daewoo, the South Korean subsidiary of General Motors — originally marketed as the Daewoo Kalos and prominently marketed as the Aveo...
for the North American market. These include the Chevrolet Aveo
Chevrolet Aveo
The Chevrolet Aveo is a subcompact automobile manufactured since 2002, originally by the South Korean General Motors subsidiary, GM Daewoo—and later by other GM-affiliated entities...
for the United States and Canada, and the Suzuki Swift+ for Canada. The plant also manufactures Aveos marketed in Mexico and South America.
The plant manufactured the (now discontinued) Pontiac G3 for the United States and the Pontiac Wave for Canada.