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Formation
  
1938

Parent organization
  
General Motors

Staff
  
1735

Region served
  
Worldwide

Founded
  
1938

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Purpose
  
Production of engines for GM

Location
  
2995 River RoadBuffalo, New York

Tonawanda engine plant


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 m2) and sits upon 190 acres (77 ha).

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History

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The campus houses three different engine plants. Plant #1, located at 2995 River Road in Buffalo, was built in 1938; Plant #4, located at 2390 Kenmore Avenue, was built in 1941; and Plant #5, located at 240 Vulcan Road, was built in 2001.

Investments

  • 2010 $425 million for the next Generation Ecotec 2.0:/2.5L
  • 2010 $400 million for a new V8 small block engine

    • Products

  • Ecotec GenIII
  • 2.0L Turbo
  • 2.5L
  • Small-Block Engine Gen V
  • 4.3L
  • 5.3L
  • 6.2L
  • 6.2L LT1 & LT4

    • Total engines produced since 1938 – 70,967,249

    Product Applications

  • Ecotec GenIII
  • Buick: Regal
  • Cadillac: ATS and CTS
  • Chevrolet: Malibu, Impala, and Camaro
  • Opel: Insignia
  • Small Block GenV
  • Chevrolet: Silverado
  • GMC: Sierra
  • LT1 & LT4
  • Chevrolet: Corvette

    • Awards


  • Ward's Best Engines 2014 - 6.2L LT1 Small Block GenV
  • Ward's Best Engines 2013 - 2.0L Turbo Ecotec GenII
  • Ken-Ton Chamber of Commerce Green Globe Award for being a leader in Green Manufacturing, 2013
  • EPA ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry Recipient, 2010
  • Certificate of Appreciation from WNY Chapter 77 Vietnam Veteran’s of American Chapter

    • Employee information

  • Hourly: 1,498
  • Salary: 237
  • Union Local: UAW Local 774

    • Tonawanda Engine GM Lays Off Workers At Tonawanda Engine Plant In Wake Of Japan

    Tonawanda Engine See Inside the GM Tonawanda Engine Plant Where Corvette Engines are

    Tonawanda Engine See Inside the GM Tonawanda Engine Plant Where Corvette Engines are

    References

    Tonawanda Engine Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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