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General Motors St. Catharines Plant

The GM St. Catharines facility, otherwise known as St. Catharines Propulsion, St. Catharines Powertrain, or St. Catharines engine plant, is located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It produces engines and transmissions for use in various vehicles that are shipped to 10 different GM assembly plants across North America.

  • Year opened: 1954
  • Location:
    570 Glendale Avenue
    St. Catharines, ON
    L2R 7B3
    Canada
  • Plant hotline: 1-877-868-3895

Products

St. Catharines Powertrain currently produces the following engines and transmissions:

Gen V Small Block V-8 Engines & Components

  • Manufacturing of aluminum cylinder blocks, aluminum heads, crankshafts for:
  • Customers:
  • End vehicle use:
    • Full-size pickup trucks: Chevrolet Silverado/Cheyenne, GMC Sierra
    • Full-size SUVs: Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade
    • Chevrolet Camaro

3.6L High-Feature V-6 Engine & Components

  • Manufacturing of aluminum cylinder blocks, aluminum heads, crankshafts for:
  • Customers:
  • End vehicle use:
    • Chevrolet Impala
    • Chevrolet Equinox
    • GMC Terrain
    • Chevrolet Traverse (first-generation)
    • GMC Acadia (first generation)
    • Buick Enclave (first generation)
    • Cadillac XTS

GF6 Transmission

  • Manufacturing of prismatics and gears as well as assembly of GF6 transmissions, particularly the:
    • 6T45 transmission for FWD and AWD applications
  • Customers:
    • GM Oshawa plant (Consolidated line)
    • GM CAMI plant
  • End vehicle use:
    • Chevrolet Equinox
    • GMC Terrain

News

Follow this link for GM St. Catharines plant news coverage.

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