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GM Toledo, North America’s most productive rear-wheel-drive transmission plant, employs more than 1,600 people. Founded in Toledo in 1916, Toledo Transmission employees produced truck transfer cases and transmissions for four- and six-wheel-drive military trucks throughout World War II. Today, housed in a state-of-the-art 750,000 square foot addition to the original building on Alexis Road, Toledo Transmission team members proudly manufacture and assemble GM’s fuel-efficient Hydra-matic 6L80 and 6L90 rear-wheel-drive transmissions. In June 2010, Toledo Transmission launched the highly acclaimed Global Front-Wheel-Drive 6-Speed 6T40. The RWD transmissions built in Toledo are shipped to GM’s assembly plants in Arlington, Texas; Bowling Green, KY; Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Flint, Mich.; Wentzville, Mo. and Oshawa, Ontario. Front-Wheel-Drive transmissions are shipped to Fairfax, Kan.; Lordstown, Ohio; Oshawa, Ontario and soon, Lake Orion, Mich. Powertrain Toledo was ranked No. 1 in the Harbour ReportTM nine of the last twelve years. GM Toledo’s “Joint Partnership Process” with Local 14 UAW works effectively for the benefit of our employees, customers and community.
Year Opened
General Motors began operations in Toledo, Ohio, in 1916; the Chevrolet Motor Division directed original operations. GM purchased the current property in 1956 and, after halting operations at the Central Avenue site, opened for business in 1957.
Investments
- May 2011; $204 million investment to build 8-speed transmissions
- May 2007; $332 million investment to build 6-speed front-wheel-drive transmissions
- February 2006; $540 million investment to build 6-speed rear-wheel-drive transmissions
