This article looks at the great new GM plant that was recently unveiled in Uzbekistan. The new plant will create many new jobs for Uzbekistan and is the first GM engine plant in Uzbekistan.
GM opened a new top of the line engine plant in Uzbekistan on the fifteenth of this month, only four hundred kilometers from the vehicle manufacturing facility in Asaka. This new plant is in partnership with General Motors’ local partner UzAvtosanoat and will be GM’s most significant powertrain investment in Central Asia.
The forty hectare facility, owned fifty two to forty eight percent by GM and UzAvtosanoat respectively, will be GM’s first engine plant in Uzbekistan and is set to produce more than two hundred twenty five thousand brand new fuel efficient Ecotec engines. The engines will be manufactured for GM’s smaller passenger cars and sold worldwide.
The plant will take advantage of GM’s established manufacturing processes and technology to make sure that the facility produces a low carbon footprint. This new facility represents a small handful of powertrain facilities located worldwide that are co-located with assembly and foundry facilities. The facility will also be the only manufacturing plant that can produce finished components of a machine like crankshafts, cylinder blocks and cylinder heads in Central Asia.
The inauguration of the new plant was held on the fifteenth and was attended by the GM International Operations Vice President of Manufacturing and Labor John Buttermore and Mike Arcamone the CEO and President of GM Korea. The inauguration was also attended by the Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister as wells as the Chairman of UzAvtosanoat, Ulugbek Rozukulov.
Buttermore had this to say about the opening of the new plant: “GM is committed to growing our manufacturing footprint throughout Central Asia. Through our strong partnership with the Uzbekistan government and UzAvtosanoat, this engine plant will enable us to deliver on our promise of providing a broader range of small, fuel-efficient engines to our customers around the world.
“Producing engines locally strengthens our commitment to the development of a strong local automotive industry, which can help guide the economic growth of the entire Central Asian region. It is also a sign of the emerging talent in the Uzbek industry and our faith in its capability.”
The new facility has been designed to use the latest computer technology to get the most precision possible in the manufacturing of the engines. This will guarantee the best quality engines are made. This technology will also allow the plant to easily change which engine parts are being produced at a given time as the markets and the demand for some products over others varies.
The new facility, which will create as many as twelve thousand jobs in Uzbekistan, has also been tailored to take advantage of many of the green opportunities available to enginemanufacturers today. The plant will use the most modern wastewater treatment technology available in Uzbekistan as well as reverse osmosis to ensure that water that leaves the plant will be completely clear of toxins.
The new plant will be the next in a group of several facilities in Asia which are producing the Ecotec engines. The engines require a cast-iron block and an aluminum head which will be manufactured at the new plant. The new facility is actually only the second joint investment between GM and partner UzAvtosanoat. The first venture the two companies undertook together was the establishment of the GM Uzbekistan in Asaka which opened in March 2008.
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