Baltimore Transmission | |
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Built | 2000 |
Operated | 2000–2019 |
Location | White Marsh, Maryland, U.S. |
Industry | Automotive |
Products |
Transmissions
Electric motors |
Employees | 300 (2018) |
Volume | 471,000 sq ft (43,800 m2) |
Address | 10301 Philadelphia Road, White Marsh, MD 21162, U.S. |
Owner(s) | General Motors |
Defunct | 2019 |
Baltimore Transmission, also known as Baltimore Operations, was a General Motors transmission factory in White Marsh, Maryland, United States. It is located at 10301 Philadelphia Road and operated from December 2000 to May 2019, producing transmissions used in full-size pickup trucks as well as electric motors. The property has been purchased for office and industrial redevelopment.
In May 1999, the plant was announced to be located on a former sand and gravel quarry, operated from the 1930s to the 1990s, near the White Marsh Mall. [1] GM's Allison Transmission division received millions of dollars in economic incentives from the state of Maryland and Baltimore County as part of luring the facility to White Marsh. [2] The first phase of the plant, a $202 million investment, opened in December 2000 and was officially dedicated on March 30, 2001; however, GM stalled on plans it had initially made to double the facility's size soon after opening. [3]
In 2007, after a $118 million upgrade, Baltimore Transmission began to produce two-mode hybrid transmissions for 2008 model year Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon hybrids using the first transmission of this type developed in the United States. [4] By 2009, the plant had 200 hourly and 40 salaried employees. [5] In 2013, a new section of the facility began to produce electric motors for the Chevrolet Spark, after a $121 million investment by GM matched by $105 million from the United States Department of Energy. [6]
GM announced in October 2019 that it would permanently close the factory, producing transmissions for full-size pickups, [7] as part of an agreement with the United Auto Workers to end a strike by the union. It had already idled the facility, laying off nearly 300 employees, and four others under plans announced the previous year. [8] It was GM's last plant in Maryland, after Baltimore Assembly on Broening Highway closed in 2005. [9] Half of the workers transferred to GM plants in other parts of the United States; the other half either retired or quit. [9]
In 2021, the plant site was purchased by Merritt Properties for redevelopment as nine new one-story buildings containing about 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of office and warehouse space, [10] replacing the existing 471,000-square-foot (43,800 m2) transmission factory. [11]
Baltimore Transmission | |
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| |
Built | 2000 |
Operated | 2000–2019 |
Location | White Marsh, Maryland, U.S. |
Industry | Automotive |
Products |
Transmissions
Electric motors |
Employees | 300 (2018) |
Volume | 471,000 sq ft (43,800 m2) |
Address | 10301 Philadelphia Road, White Marsh, MD 21162, U.S. |
Owner(s) | General Motors |
Defunct | 2019 |
Baltimore Transmission, also known as Baltimore Operations, was a General Motors transmission factory in White Marsh, Maryland, United States. It is located at 10301 Philadelphia Road and operated from December 2000 to May 2019, producing transmissions used in full-size pickup trucks as well as electric motors. The property has been purchased for office and industrial redevelopment.
In May 1999, the plant was announced to be located on a former sand and gravel quarry, operated from the 1930s to the 1990s, near the White Marsh Mall. [1] GM's Allison Transmission division received millions of dollars in economic incentives from the state of Maryland and Baltimore County as part of luring the facility to White Marsh. [2] The first phase of the plant, a $202 million investment, opened in December 2000 and was officially dedicated on March 30, 2001; however, GM stalled on plans it had initially made to double the facility's size soon after opening. [3]
In 2007, after a $118 million upgrade, Baltimore Transmission began to produce two-mode hybrid transmissions for 2008 model year Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon hybrids using the first transmission of this type developed in the United States. [4] By 2009, the plant had 200 hourly and 40 salaried employees. [5] In 2013, a new section of the facility began to produce electric motors for the Chevrolet Spark, after a $121 million investment by GM matched by $105 million from the United States Department of Energy. [6]
GM announced in October 2019 that it would permanently close the factory, producing transmissions for full-size pickups, [7] as part of an agreement with the United Auto Workers to end a strike by the union. It had already idled the facility, laying off nearly 300 employees, and four others under plans announced the previous year. [8] It was GM's last plant in Maryland, after Baltimore Assembly on Broening Highway closed in 2005. [9] Half of the workers transferred to GM plants in other parts of the United States; the other half either retired or quit. [9]
In 2021, the plant site was purchased by Merritt Properties for redevelopment as nine new one-story buildings containing about 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of office and warehouse space, [10] replacing the existing 471,000-square-foot (43,800 m2) transmission factory. [11]