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CAMI Automotive Inc.
300 Ingersoll St.
Ingersoll, Ontario N5C 4A6, Canada
Tel. 519-4856400
Fax 519-4253100

Type: Joint Venture
On the web: http://www.cami.ca
 Employees: 2,600

CAMI Automotive is building sport utilities in the Great White North. CAMI's 50/50 joint venture between Suzuki Motor and General Motors of Canada morphed into a 100% holding by GM Canada in late 2009. CAMI Automotive specializes in building entry-level vehicles, and recently launched the all-new Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. Past models include the Chevrolet Tracker, the Suzuki Vitara, the Suzuki Swift, the Suzuki Sidekick, and the Chevrolet (Geo) Metro. Through its manufacturing facility in Ingersoll, Ontario, CAMI Automotive operates four production departments: stamping, welding, paint, and assembly.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $2,556.2M

Officers:
VP Finance: Auto Manufacturing

Competitors:
Chrysler Canada
Ford Motor Co. of Canada
Toyota

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CAMI Automotive
Founded 1986 (1986)
Headquarters Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
43°1′0.79″N -80°53′15.18″E / 43.0168861°N 79.11245°W / 43.0168861; -79.11245
Number of locations Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Industry Automotive industry
Products crossover utility vehicles
Services Automotive manufacturing
Owner(s) General Motors of Canada
Website cami.ca

CAMI Automotive, originally known as Canadian Automotive Manufacturing Inc.[1], is an independently incorporated joint venture of automobile manufacturing in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and formed the third step of GM's three-pronged initiative of the mid-1980s to capture and practice the Japanese mystique of automotive management. The other two are NUMMI in California with Toyota and Saturn Corporation, the latter a wholly-owned alternative to apply its learnings into practice.

CAMI is completely owned by General Motors of Canada. Prior to December 2009, ownership of CAMI was split 49-51% between Suzuki and General Motors of Canada Ltd., the former of which withdrew from the venture after poor sales of its CAMI-manufactured models[2]. The plant currently produces vehicles based on GM's Theta platform for crossover SUVs.

CAMI Automotive currently employs 2,772 employees. There are 570 acres (2.3 km2) of property as well as 1.7 million sq.ft. of floor space. CAMI uses the CAMI Production System (CPS), a set of operating philosophies that guide team members in manufacturing vehicles. The basis of the system is working in teams performing standardized work.

In the 2005 Harbour Report, CAMI was ranked No. 3 in truck assembly in the Small SUV category of the 45 auto assembly plants in North America.

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Current Products

CAMI currently manufactures the Chevrolet Equinox and the GMC Terrain crossover utility vehicles for General Motors.

Current generation Chevrolet Equinox
Current generation GMC Terrain

Historical timeline

  • 1986 - CAMI Automotive established
  • 1989 - Production of J1 (Suzuki Sidekick and Geo Tracker) and M2 (Geo Metro) begins.
  • 1993 - Total CAMI production reaches 500,000.
  • 1994 - Production of M3 (Geo Metro and Pontiac Firefly) begins.
  • 1996 - Total CAMI production reaches 1 million vehicles.
  • 1998 - Production of J2 (Suzuki Vitara and Geo Tracker begins and CAMI receives ISO 9002 registration for its Quality Management System.
  • 2000 - CAMI receives ISO 14001 registration for its Environmental Management System.
  • 2003 - Total CAMI production reaches 1.5 million vehicles.
  • 2004 - Production of Chevrolet Equinox begins.
  • 2005 - Production of Pontiac Torrent begins.
  • 2006 - Production of Suzuki XL7 begins.
  • 2009 - Production of Suzuki XL7 put on indefinite hold.
  • 2009 - Production of GMC Terrain begins.
  • 2009 - Suzuki withdraws from venture; gives General Motors full control.
Second generation Suzuki XL7 (2006-2009)


References

  1. ^ http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/auto-auto.nsf/eng/am01757.html
  2. ^ http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/04122009/2/biz-finance-suzuki-withdraw-automaking-joint-venture-general-motors-canada.html

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