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Facility Details

Toledo Transmission Operations was founded in Toledo in 1916.  Plant employees produced truck transfer cases and transmissions for four- and six-wheel-drive military trucks throughout World War II.  Today, team members proudly manufacture and assemble GM’s six-speed, eight-speed and ten-speed rear-wheel-drive and nine-speed front-wheel-drive transmissions that are used in a variety of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles.  Historically, the plant has a long-standing reputation of quality, productivity and performance.  Hourly employees are represented by UAW Local 14.

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

GM has invested more than $1 billion in the plant since 2011.

Investments include:

• $204 million (2011) – 8-speed transmission program
• $83 million (2011) – 6-speed transmission enhancement
• $55.7 million (2013) – increased capacity and tooling for all-new 8-speed and existing 6-speed transmission programs
• $30.6 million (2013) – increased 6-speed capacity and tooling
• $667.6 million (2016) – 9-speed and 10-speed transmission programs
• $39 million (2020) – upgrade and enhance the production of 8-speed rear-wheel-drive transmission
• $75 million (2021) – increased capacity of full-size truck 10-speed transmission

Products & Production

Toledo Transmission Operations provides transmissions to 10 GM facilities within North America (US and Canada).

• RWD 6-speed – Full-size trucks, G Van
• RWD 8-speed – Camaro, full-size trucks, mid-size trucks
• RWD 10-speed – Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD
• FWD 9-speed – Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave

Awards

• 2012:  Silver level award for encouraging environmental excellence from the Ohio EPA
• 2013:  Energy Star Challenge for Industry award from the EPA
• 2014:  
  • MVP2 Award (Most Valuable Pollution Prevention) from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
  • Built-In Quality Level IV Award (GM Internal)
• 2015:  
  • Gold Level Award for Encouraging Environmental Excellence from the Ohio EPA
  • Wildlife at Work Gold Level Certification from the Wildlife Habitat Council
• 2016:  
  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification (since 2000)
  • Energy Star Challenge for Industry Achiever Award from the U.S. EPA
• 2017:  Gold Level Award for Encouraging Environmental Excellence from the Ohio EPA
• 2018:  Platinum Level for Encouraging Environmental Excellence by the Ohio EPA 
• 2020:
  
  • Global Manufacturing Safety Award (GM Internal)
  • Special recognition for COVID-19 protocols implementation

GM State Economic Impact

• 2020 State Wages: $170,139,828.94 
• 2020 Total Tax Withheld: $34,039,610.35 

*Wages include hourly and salaried combined
*Total tax withheld does not include EE, SS or MED