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.

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 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 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.

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 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 ...

The NUMMI factory is helping both Toyota and GM, and they do not plan on ending the marriage in California, said GM spokesman Dave Barthmuss. “The plant is more than about building great cars ...

NUMMI used UAW workers to build products from GM and Toyota (TM) side by side. It was as if the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox and the Major League Baseball Players Association had all made ...

FREMONT — Ron Lopez will believe the NUMMI auto factory is closing only when the last Toyota rolls off the assembly line March 31, in what looms as a bitter spring for 4,700 workers at the plant.

NUMMI’s factory workers are paid about $27 to $28 an hour in wages. In contrast, Toyota’s other Northern American plants pay workers about $15 to $20 an hour.

NUMMI is already operating on a four-day schedule to put production in line with demand. But the picture would get worse, if sales of the Pontiac vibe drop with its demise now official.

"We're planning for the end of production," said Young, adding that Nummi is working with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and local officials to find a new use for the 211-acre site.