DMAX, Ltd. has announced plans to invest $60 million in its Ohio diesel engine plant to make design changes to meet emission requirements. The investment will retain about 500 jobs at the General Motors-Izuzu joint venture.
GM said the investment will help them make changes to the diesel engine in order for it to meet more stringent Environmental Protetction Agency standards.
“Today’s announcement demonstrates GM’s commitment to continuously invest in technologies that reduce the impact of our vehicles on the environment, while maintaining performance attributes required by customers in the areas of towing and hauling loads,” said GM North America Manufacturing Manager Christine Sitek.
The DMAX plant in Ohio is home to the Duramax 6.6 liter Turbo Diesel engine used in the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra Heavy Duty trucks and the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans.
“The Duramax diesel’s performance is renowned in the industry, and these updates to improve our emissions will make it that much better,” DMAX president and chief operating officer Maho Mitsuya said in a statement.
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I would expect the investment will also provide for the addition of the new smaller engines for the Half ton.
The bad part is this investment in making them cleaner will not make them any cheaper. The government will see to that.
$60M is not nearly enough for a new engine.
They’re not using that money to develop an all new engine.
Love GM but hate that they make these engines at Dmax and ship them else where. Could have retooled the old SUV plant down the street an trucked the engines less than a mile down the street to use are great workers in the greater dayton area to build are great product.Love ya never buy any other brand but that sucks GM.
No the money will not fund a new engine but it will help the present and odds are help provide new systems and technology for new smaller engines and even plant space.
The new plant is much more better suited vs. on old plant as it is much more efficient in size and cost. The old plant was an old Delco plant to begin with and was not intended for production lines and was converted years ago when they needed to add production in a short time.
Some of these older plants just have to go as they are just in need of repair or just the cost to heat them for 5 years would pay for most of a new more efficient building. Todays buildings are much leaners smaller and efficient.