This article is about the current automotive plant on a former airfield. For the history of the airfield, the adjacent WWII federal land, and the post-war Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac plant, see Fairfax Field. For the history of the former airport, see Fairfax Airport.
Fairfax Assembly & Stamping is a General Motorsautomobile factory at 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, Kansas City, Kansas in the United States. As of 2022[update], the 4,900,000 sq ft (460,000 m2) plant employs over 2,100 hourly and salaried employees. Employees are represented by United Auto Workers Local 31.
Fairfax Assembly & Stamping
The south side of the plant is surrounded by the old airport runway.
The original Fairfax assembly plant was located next to Fairfax Airport which was the former location of the North American Bomber Production Plant where the B-25 Mitchell was manufactured during World War II. After the war, GM purchased the building and converted it to an automobile assembly plant, and was under the management of GM's newly created Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division created in 1945. In 1952, alongside car production, the plant produced F-84F jet-powered fighters.
Fairfax IIedit
President George W. Bush shook hands with Fairfax assembly line workers on March 20, 2007.
The original Fairfax plant ceased production in May 1987, and production was moved to Fairfax II. Fairfax II was developed on the former Fairfax airport in a $1 billion project. The new plant began production with the 1988 model Pontiac Grand Prix. In 2003, production of the Chevrolet Malibu was added. On August 23, 2005, the Fairfax facility built its 10 millionth car.
Production of the second generation Buick LaCrosse began at the plant in 2009 and continued through 2016. In January 2013, GM announced $600 million in upgrades to the plant including a new 450,000-square-foot (42,000 m2) paint shop and a new stamping press. The renovations were aimed at reducing water consumption and chemical waste, and were not expected to interfere with production.[2] In 2019, the all-new Cadillac XT4 was added.[1]
^ abcde"Fairfax Assembly & Stamping". General Motors. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
^. Associated Press. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31 – via Kansas City Star.
External linksedit
Official website
February 11, 2024
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