San Luis Potosí Assembly is aGeneral Motors assembly plant located inSan Luis Potosí,Mexico — 400 km northwest of Mexico City. The facility was dedicated on July 30, 2008,[1][2] with a June 2009 construction completion.[3]PresidentVicente Fox, other dignitaries, and local executives from General Motors attended the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2006.[3]
Built on a 850-acre (3.4 km2) site, the plant recycles 90% of the water it uses. The plant cost $650 million (US), employs up to 1800 and has an annual capacity of 160,000 cars[4] is a part of a "quiet"[4] trend of US companies moving production facilities to Mexico with little publicity. Other examples include theDodge Journey now manufactured at the newly renovatedToluca Car Assembly, where Chrysler invested $1 billion.[4]Nissan manufactures itsVersa in a Mexican plant — after a $1.3 million investment from the automaker and its suppliers.[4]Volkswagen produces Jettas for the global market at its plant inPuebla, and will start production of the Jetta station wagon.[4]
The GM factory will be augmented by a new fastener production facility calledParque Industrial Millennium, a 3,400 square metres (37,000 sq ft) building, whereEJOT of Bad Berleburg, Germany andATF Inc. of Lincolnwood, IL, will manufacture engineered fasteners and cold-headed products.[5]
San Luis Potosí Assembly currently manufacturers theChevrolet Equinox andGMC Terraincrossover vehicles.
The plant previously manufacturedrebadged variants of theDaewoo Kalos for the North American market. These included theChevrolet Aveo andPontiac G3/Wave for the United States and Canada, and theSuzuki Swift+ for Canada. The plant also manufactured Aveos marketed in Mexico and South America.[2][3][6]
The plant also previously manufactured theChevrolet Trax and theChevrolet Onix subcompact car.
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