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General Motors Lansing Delta Township Plant

The GM Lansing Delta Township facility, sometimes abbreviated LDT, is located in Lansing, Michigan, United States. It currently assembles the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, and GMC Acadia Limited. The plant also houses the Lansing Regional Stamping plant.

Having opened in 2006, LDT is GM’s newest plant in North America that blends the best practices and newest technology into one facility. LDT is certified as a Gold Certified Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

Lansing Delta Township Assembly Overview

  • Year opened: 2006
  • Facility size: 3.6 million square feet (including stamping facility)
  • Location:
    8175 Millett Highway
    Lansing, Michigan, 48921
    United States
  • Facilities:
  • Employee information:
    • Hourly: 2,670
    • Salaried: 267
    • Total: 2,937 – three-shift operation
  • Union local: UAW Local 602

Lansing Regional Stamping Overview

  • Year opened: 2004
  • Facility size: 3.6 million square feet (including Lansing Delta Township assembly)
  • Location:
    8175 Millett Highway
    Lansing, Michigan, 48921
    United States
  • Employee information:
    • Hourly: 189
    • Salaried: 18
    • Total: 207
  • Union local: UAW Local 652

Products

Currently, Lansing Delta Township assembles the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, and GMC Acadia Limited full-size crossover utility vehicles (CUVs) on GM’s Lambda platform.

Upon being opened, the plant assembled crossovers based on GM’s Lambda platform, including the:

  • Saturn Outlook (Lambda)
  • GMC Acadia (Lambda)
  • Buick Enclave (Lambda)

Production of the Lambda-based Chevrolet Traverse was moved to the plant in 2010 from Spring Hill in Tennessee, USA. In 2016, production of the GMC Acadia was moved to the Spring Hill plant as the vehicle shifted segments from full-size crossover to midsize crossover.

General Motors Lansing Delta Township Plant 2 millionth vehicle - Buick Enclave 01

This Buick Enclave was the 2-millionth vehicle produced at the Lansing Delta Township plant

2016 Chevrolet Traverse LTZ exterior 003

The 2016 Chevrolet Traverse is produced at the Lansing Delta Township plant

2014 GMC Acadia 01

First-generation GMC Acadia is produced at LDT

Investments

  • $520 million investment for tooling and equipment for future new vehicle programs
  • $63 million investment in plant expansion
  • $37 million investment in plant tooling and equipment
  • $1.5 billion investment ($1 billion plant & equipment + $500 million product)

Milestones, Accomplishments & Awards

  • Celebrated building 2 million vehicles
  • Energy Star Certified
  • J.D. Power Best in Segment Award (Buick Enclave)
  • Wildlife Habitat Signature Plant Award
  • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Clean Corporate Citizen since 2003
  • Neighborhood Environmental Partners Program (NEP) Gold Award
  • First-ever LEED-Gold Certified Automobile Manufacturing Facility. LEED certification is the industry’s well-respected recognition of superior energy and environmental design and construction. Over the first 10 years of operations, LDT is expected to save more than 40 million gallons of water and 30 million kwh of electricity.

State Economic Impact

  • State Wages: $5,016,686,082.71
  • Income Tax: $202,769,725.11

News

Follow this link for GM Lansing Delta Township plant news coverage.

Pictures

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