Wednesday, March 4, 2020

General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant

Location:

920 Townsend Street
Lansing, MI. 48921 United States

Year Opened:

LGR 2001/LGS 2016

Facility Size:

3.4 million sq. ft. on 111 acres

Employee Information
Approx. Hourly:

Assembly – 1,235 / Stamping – 159

Approx. Salaried:

Assembly – 202 / Stamping – 15

Approx. Total:

Assembly 1,437 / Stamping – 174

Revised:2020-02-28
https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/company_info/facilities/assembly/lgr.html



Cadillac’s parent company, General Motors, has just announced that it will add a second shift at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in order to support the launch of the two new Cadillac sedans – the CT4 and CT5. The addition of a second shift at the facility will result in the plant adding 400 new employees. The new shift will be operational in the second quarter of 2020.
https://cadillacsociety.com/2020/02/28/lansing-grand-river-plant-to-add-second-shift-for-cadillac-ct4-ct5-production/



Lansing Grand River Plant Tools Up for 2016 Camaro
$175 million investment enables production of lighter, more powerful model
2015-05-28
 The investment also includes installation of two robotic framers, which allow better dimensional control to provide a more precise drive experience.


Flexible Factory  of GM
The new Lansing Grand River plant with  state-of-the-art technology. 
April 1, 2002

The body shop uses  338 programmable welding robots that apply 2,163 welds per vehicle. It is the first GM facility to use the company’s programmable adaptable assembly system (PAAS) in full production. The time-saving system is programmed to adjust to different body styles, such as cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs), from job to job on the same line.

More than 50 small PAAS robots—each approximately the size of a basketball—serve as locating devices to position tools and clamp parts in exactly the right place for different-sized bodies. They replace the earlier system, that used tooling stations that could index back and forth for different models. 

To ensure dimensional integrity, every body-in-white is measured at more than 100 points by laser, ultrasound and machine vision.

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