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The Enterprise Foundry Company was incorporated in 1908. On 28 November 1940 the company name was changed to Enterprise Engine & Foundry Company to reflect the changed nature of the business. [1] The original foundry was established in 1886. [2] [3] The company continued to make large diesel engines into the late 1940s. [4]
Champion Motors assembled vehicles under license from GM beginning in 1968. Champion Motors was renamed Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd. (ASSB) in 1975. The last products still being built for GM were Bedford trucks. A joint venture of Toyota & UMW called Sejati Motor took over ASSB in 1982 which was then renamed UMW Toyota Motor in 1987.
October 31, 1925: ACF forms "American Car and Foundry Securities Corporation" (A wholly owned subsidiary holding company) for the purpose of acquiring Fageol Motors Company of Ohio and Hall-Scott Motor Car Company [4] Fageol Motors Company of California was included but was not approved by the shareholders. [7] 1926: ACF acquires J. G. Brill ...
Tonawanda Engine is a General Motors engine factory in Buffalo, New York.The plant consists of three facilities totaling 3.1 million square feet (290,000 m 2) and sits upon 190 acres (77 ha).
In 1912, Jesse Bodine founded the Bodine Pattern Company in St. Louis, Missouri.Bodine produced mold castings for various customers including automotive. When Toyota started to expand its manufacturing presence in North America in the late 1980s, they turned to Bodine to supply aluminum parts.
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations is an automobile engine foundry plant in Saginaw, Michigan. Opened under GM management in 1919, the factory produces engine blocks and cylinder heads for General Motors vehicles. The factory currently occupies 1.9 million square feet on 490 acres.
Sold by Ford as part of sale of Volvo Cars to Geely in 2010. Volvo bought back Pininfarina's shares in 2013 and closed the Uddevalla plant after C70 production ended later in 2013. Volvo Skövde Engine Plant: Skövde: Sweden: Sold Volvo Modular engine Volvo D5 engine PSA/Ford-based 2.0/2.2 diesel I4: Sold as part of sale of Volvo Cars to Geely 1
By 1919, Wilson Foundry & Machine Company, Detroit Weather Proof Body Company and Pontiac Drop Forge Company were some of the diverse property owners. [4] [5] General Motors ownership of the site began with its acquisition of Rapid Motor Vehicle Company and its plant at 25 Rapid Street in 1909. The Rapid Motor Vehicle facility became Plant 1.