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The facility remained dormant until 1981, when General Motors moved to purchase the plant for $1 to build a new factory. [ 10 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The 362 acres (1.46 km 2 ) acquired also was home to a large Polish community that was part of an area that is sometimes referred to as Poletown .
March 12, 1909 Wisconsin Motor was incorporated by Charles H. John and Arthur F. Milbrath. By 1912 they employed about 300 people. 1937 Wisconsin Motor merged with Continental Motors Company but retained a separate identity. [1] 1940 V series V4 engines introduced; 1965 Ryan Aeronautical bought 50 per cent of Continental Motors Corporation [2]
Northway Motor Plant/General Motors Truck Co. Plant No. 7/Chevrolet Gear and Axle Div. Detroit, Michigan: United States: Northway engines, Axles, parts for past model Chevrolets: 1920: 1994: Located at 1806 Holbrook Ave. Northway Motor and Manufacturing Company was acquired by GM in 1909, becoming Northway Motor and Manufacturing Division.
Altoona (/ æ l ˈ t uː n ə / al-TOO-nə) [9] is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. [10] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
Before NUMMI, the site was the former Fremont Assembly that General Motors operated between 1962 and 1982. [1] [2] [3] Employees at the Fremont plant [4] were "considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States," according to a later recounting by a leader of the workers' own union, the United Auto Workers (UAW).
The Scout Motors plant could create some 4,000 full-time jobs in the county. Scout plans to break ground on the plant by the middle of this year. The company hopes to begin making the new vehicles ...
Standard Motor Products was listed as one of Crain's New York Business ' top 250 publicly held companies for 2012, [13] and as number 94 in the Forbes list of America's best small companies in 2013. That year the company's earnings were $969 million with 4% sales growth and 61% earnings per share growth. [ 14 ]
The Shyft Group, Inc., formerly known as Spartan Motors, is an American automobile design company that designs, engineers and manufactures specialty chassis, specialty vehicles, truck bodies and aftermarket parts for the recreational vehicle (RV), government services, and delivery and service markets.