A NUMMI plant worker guides a wheel into position to be automatically attached to a Toyota Corolla as it passes by on the assembly line on March 4, 2010, in Fremont, CA.

Nummi flourished for years, earning many quality awards and suffering only one two-hour work stoppage in 1994. Employment hit 5,739 in 2002, and production peaked in 2006, when the Fremont factory ...

NUMMI began production in December 1984 and made both GM and Toyota vehicles. Toyota also introduced the concepts of a factory with teams and a large operation with a family atmosphere.

David Botelli, of Manteca, who joined NUMMI when it opened in 1984, said in a statement, "I worked for NUMMI for 25 years, but I was offered the same severance as a person who had worked one year.

NUMMI’s vehicles are not among those Toyota has recalled this year. When GM and Toyota struck a deal in 1983 to cobble together the oddest of industry couples, each had plenty on the line.

The GM and Toyota joint-venture plant, NUMMI, shut down on April 1, leaving behind a rich but muddy history. Here's how this auto plant changed the face of General Motors and planted its name in ...

NUMMI kept in business around 3,600 North American suppliers, who had to supply parts for the 250,000 cars and 170,000 trucks which exited the factory gates every year.

But over time, NUMMI in reality became a Toyota plant. As the state task force pointed out, GM accounted for less than 15 percent of the plant’s production over the past decade.

NUMMI Workers to Get $250M from ToyotaAs the projected closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) on March 31 draws ever closer, all those involved are getting ready for what is ...

NUMMI began production in December 1984 and made both GM and Toyota vehicles. Toyota also introduced the concepts of a factory with teams and a large operation with a family atmosphere.

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When rival automakers Toyota and GM decided in the early 1980s to build cars together at the Northern California NUMMI auto plant, many questioned whether the unusual arrangement would work out ...