Lansing Delta Township Assembly

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Lansing Delta Township Assembly
Lansing Delta Township Assembly
Operated2006–present
Location Lansing, Michigan
Coordinates 42°41′29″N84°40′44″W / 42.6913°N 84.6789°W / 42.6913; -84.6789
Industry Automotive
Products SUVs
Employees2,978 (2022) [1]
Area320 acres (1.3 km2)
Volume3,600,000 sq ft (330,000 m2) [1]
Address8175 Millett Hwy
Owner(s) General Motors
Website gm.com/lansing-delta

Lansing Delta Township Assembly (LDT) is a General Motors automobile assembly factory in Delta Township, Michigan, on land that is shared by the township and the nearby city of Lansing. It manufactures GM's full-size crossover SUVs.

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Completed in 2006, the factory measures 3,400,000 square feet (320,000 m2) in size, and employed 3,634 hourly workers and 262 salaried workers as of 2010. [2] The adjacent Lansing Regional Stamping employed 243 hourly workers, and 17 salary workers for a total of 4,156 workers in the factory complex. [2] Its workers are represented by UAW 602 and 652, respectively, and assumed operations of the former Lansing Metal Center and the Lansing Craft Centre when they closed.

"Green" factory

Lansing Delta Township Assembly is a LEED gold-certified automobile plant. [3]

Environmental features of the factory include:

The factory grounds also contain a 75-acre (30 ha) wildlife area managed by the factory's Wildlife Habitat Team, who also hosts wildlife educational events for local community groups and schools.

Vehicles produced

Current

As of September 2022: [1]

Past

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lansing Delta on GM.com
  2. 1 2 General Motors Media, website accessed 22 October 2010
  3. GM Opens First-Ever LEED-Gold Certified Automobile Manufacturing Facility Archived 2006-09-05 at the Wayback Machine , GM Press Release – August 3, 2006, accessed July 15, 2007

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