General Motors Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Plant

The General Motors Gravataí facility, officially known as Complexo Industrial Automotivo de Gravataí (CIAG, for short, or Automotive Industrial Complex of Gravatai, in English) is located in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It currently produces various Chevrolet vehicles for South American markets, including Brazil.

• Year opened: July 20^th, 2000
• Operations: vehicle assembly
• Facility size: TBD
• Address:
  Av. Gen. Motors
  2000 – Passo da Caveira
  Gravataí – RS
  94198-900
  Brazil
• Telefone: +55 51 3181-0332
• Employee information: at least 1,450
• Annual production capacity:
  • 129,00 vehicles in 2000, 380,000 vehicles currently

Products

The GM Gravataí factory produces the following vehicles for the Brazilian and South American markets:

• Current:
  • Chevrolet Onix
• Past:
  • Chevrolet Prisma (Onix Sedan variant, discontinued)
  • Chevrolet Celta (discontinued)

Investments

• Late 1990s: GM begins to plan Gravataí plant as part of a $3.6 billion project, with the plant designed to introduce a new range of small cars built with new production methods.
• 2009: GM announces $3 billion investment in Brazil. The plan was revised in 2012 to develop and launch new Chevrolet products as well as update and add capacity to its plants. As part of the plan, GM invested $1 billion in the Chevrolet Onix project to develop the new small car family and to expand capacity from 230,000 to 380,000 vehicles per year at the Gravataí plant.
• August 2018: GM announces a R$ 1.4 billion ($437 million USD) investment to expand the production volume of Gravataí to produce a new model, representing the third expansion of the complex.

Milestones, Accomplishments & Awards

• March 17, 1997: municipality of Gravataí announced as future site of GM manufacturing facility
• July 20, 2000: official inauguration of the Gravataí Automotive Industrial Complex
• September 2, 2000: Gravataí commences production of Chevrolet Celta
• May 20, 2005: 500,000th Chevrolet Celta produced at Gravataí
• October 1, 2006: Gravataí commences production of Chevrolet Prisma
• May 20, 2008: 1,000,000th car produced at Gravataí
• June 9, 2010: Gravataí commences tooling for Chevrolet Onix
• August 27, 2010: 1,500,000th car produced at Gravataí
• October 30, 2010: Gravataí commences production of Chevrolet Onix
• December 13, 2012: 2,000,000th car produced at Gravataí
• February 26, 2013: Gravataí commences production of new Chevrolet Prisma
• July 16, 2013: Gravataí commences production of Onix and Prisma with automatic transmissions
• July 25, 2014: 2,500,000th car produced at Gravataí
• July 20, 2015: Gravataí celebrates 15-year anniversary
• July 27, 2016: Gravataí commences production of Onix Activ
• August 5, 2016: Gravataí commences production of Onix Joy
• August 24, 2016: 3,000,000th car produced at Gravataí
• March 14, 2017: Gravataí-produced Chevrolet Onix becomes best-selling car of Latin America in 2016
• May 5, 2017: Gravataí commences production of Onix Effect
• July 20, 2017: Gravataí celebrates 17-year anniversary
• August 3, 2017: GM announces R$1.4 billion investment for Gravataí
• December 11, 2017: Gravataí resumes third production shift, adding 700 direct workers and 800 indirect workers
• July 18, 2018: 3,500,000th car produced at Gravataí
• October 4, 2018: 1,000,000th Chevrolet Onix produced at Gravataí
• September 13, 2019: All-new Chevrolet Onix Plus sedan launches
• November 26, 2019: Second-generation Chevrolet Onix hatchback launches
• February 28, 2020: 4,000,000th car produced at Gravataí
• July 20, 2020: Gravataí celebrates 20-year anniversary

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