Once again, Buick will be the key to success for Oshawa’s auto industry. Things have a way of coming full circle, don’t they?
Oshawa today
In 2009, GM’s Oshawa assembly plant produced 215,676 vehicles.
Upgrades have recently been made to the complex, including retooling for flexible production ($740 million), which will allow quicker, more cost-effective transitions between models and assembly lines. The Camaro is the first car to benefit from the upgraded manufacturing process.
In late 2005, GM inaugurated a new paint shop using waterborne paint technologies, which reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions by 50 percent.
Facts and figures
There are some pretty interesting facts and figures to report about the Oshawa assembly plant.
Oshawa today
In 2009, GM’s Oshawa assembly plant produced 215,676 vehicles.
Upgrades have recently been made to the complex, including retooling for flexible production ($740 million), which will allow quicker, more cost-effective transitions between models and assembly lines. The Camaro is the first car to benefit from the upgraded manufacturing process.
In late 2005, GM inaugurated a new paint shop using waterborne paint technologies, which reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions by 50 percent.
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| Outside of the assembly plant, hundreds of Camaros are waiting to be shipped to Chevrolet dealers all around the world. The plant can produce up to 440-450 units a day. (Photo: Luc Gagné/Auto123.com) |
Facts and figures
There are some pretty interesting facts and figures to report about the Oshawa assembly plant.
- 1: Camaro rolling off the assembly line every minute or so;
- 440 to 450: Camaros produced on a daily basis;
- 24: Hours required to build a Camaro from the ground up;
- 2,000+: Hours required to weld the three main chassis components of the Camaro (engine bay, floor and rear section);
- 6: Minutes required to weld the various parts that make up the main chassis;
- 734: Robots in the body shop;
- 375: Parts being welded together in the body shop;
- 4,778: Weld points required by the 375 parts being welded together in the body shop;
- 840: Parts being assembled at the trim department;
- 3,000: Feet of conveyors at the trim department;
- 3,125: Employees working at the Oshawa assembly plant;
- 7: Giant stamping presses at the stamping plant;
- 25,000: Parts that can be stamped during a full work shift;
- 9.07: Million square feet of assembly areas (including the stamping plant).
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