Oshawa Car Assembly

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2002 Chevrolet Impala, a product of Oshawa Car Assembly

Oshawa Car Assembly is a major car manufacturing facility in the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada building various automobiles for General Motors. The factory is one of the largest car plants in the world and has won a number of awards. The plant is part of the larger GM Autoplex, which includes Oshawa Truck Assembly. It is often referred to as Oshawa Assembly Plant #1 and #2. The Oshawa Plant will be converted to a state of the art Flexible Manufacturing facility in early 2008 for the production of the new Chevrolet Camaro, which will begin there in late 2008.

The facility has over 10 million square feet of factory floor. There are approximately 5,400 hourly-rated employees and 400 salaried employees. The hourly-rated workers are represented by the Canadian Autoworkers Union (CAW), Local 222.

The plant is currently managed by Dan Hermer; plant staff include Gerry Meek (assistant plant manager), Jeff Bantam (Body Plant Manager), Jeff Rose (Paint Plant Manager), Chris Brody (Trim Plant Manager) and Darcy Ste. Marie (Chassis Plant Manager). The contiguous Stamping Plant is managed by Don Naughton.

Harbour Consulting rated Oshawa #2 as the second most efficient auto plant in North America in 2006^[1] with Oshawa's #1 line ranked seventh.