NUMMI
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Auto headlines...a factory owned and operated jointly with the former General Motors Corp., by early next year. GM abandoned the plant, also known as NUMMI, in June as part of a bankruptcy reorganization. "Toyota will work cooperatively with the plant and... In this article: Toyota, GM, Nummi, European Union, Volvo, Opel, and Geely |
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Kentucky.com | 6 days ago
Remember the Edsel? It was made in Kentucky
...all the way from the fifth floor," security guard Devin Horton told the Kernel. As the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant, known as NUMMI, nears the end of its existence, employees are holding out hope for survival. The Contra Costa...
In this article: Edsel Ford, Kentucky Kernel, Milwaukee Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, University of Kentucky, Henry Ford, Toyota Motors, and General Motors
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San Francisco Chronicle | 6 days ago
No good news for Nummi
It would be nice to report that the president and chief operating officer of Toyota USA Inc. holds out some hope for Fremont's doomed New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. and its 4,700 employees. But no. "We're ordering product up until...
In this article: 3Com Corp., Alfred Peet, Toyota, GM, Playboy, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., Golden Gate Capital, and Silicon Valley
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San Jose Mercury News | November 15, 2009
NUMMI auto factory closing: End of the line
...Inc. auto plant in Fremont, where they met, FREMONT - This has been a year of blows to the thousands of workers at the giant NUMMI auto factory - and there's more to come. Compounding the news earlier this year that the plant will...
In this article: General Motors, Toyota, Joint venture, and United Auto Workers
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A huddle to help Nummi workers find new jobs
Article:A huddle to help Nummi workers find new jobs:/c/a/2009/11/13/BUP11AK7KA.DTL A huddle to help Nummi workers find new jobs More than two dozen federal, state and local officials met in Newark on Friday to discuss how to retrain...
In this article: Toyota, Barack Obama, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., California, and United Auto Workers
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Fox News | November 13, 2009
White House Sends Official To Help Thousands Of Former Nummi Workers
...a difficult time." Speaking to reporters at Ohlone College's Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, where he met with NUMMI workers, local elected officials and community leaders, Montgomery said, "The president recognizes that...
In this article: Toyota, General Motors, Ohlone College, White House, and Joint venture
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The Japan Times: All Stories | November 12, 2009
Toyota gets stuck with NUMMI closure costs
...50 percent stake doesn't plan to help out, including with worker severance pay. "Motors Liquidation is not contributing at all to NUMMI's closure costs," said Tim Yost, a spokesman for Motors Liquidation Corp., the Detroit-based entity...
In this article: Toyota, GM, California, Joint venture, Bankruptcy, and MLC
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Detroit News | November 11, 2009
Toyota may pay for joint closing
...to abandon the plant. Neither GM nor Motors Liquidation have contributed any funds toward NUMMI's end-of-production costs, said Lance Tomasu, a NUMMI venture spokesman. "We do not know what the overall cost will be." Toyota took a 10...
In this article: Toyota, GM, Detroit, California, Tokyo, Joint venture, and Bankruptcy
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Toyota saddled with GM venture plant shutdown costs
In this article: Toyota, General Motors, Joint venture, Tokyo, Bankruptcy, and MLC
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NUMMI timeline
...Fremont plant. Ford closes Milpitas plant. 1984: Federal Trade Commission approves Toyota-GM joint-venture. First Chevrolet Nova built at NUMMI in December. 1985: Nova goes on sale in June. UAW Local 2244 approves first contract. 1988:...
In this article: Chevrolet Nova, Toyota, General Motors, Joint venture, Toyota Corolla, Eiji Toyoda, Roger Smith, Federal Trade Commission, and Honda
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Electric-car maker Fisker to announce factory site; NUMMI plant 'too big'
...company considered several existing factories. He appeared to rule out the Fremont-based New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., or NUMMI, where Toyota plans to halt production in March 2010. NUMMI "is obviously way too big for us when...
In this article: Toyota, U.S., EnerDel, Prius, Fisker Karma, Mercedes-Benz, TRW Automotive Holdings, and Visteon
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New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. is an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California. The factory was an old 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.
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.
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 the entire trucks, 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.
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