Lansing Craft Centre

The Lansing Craft Centre was a specialized General Motors automobile assembly factory in Lansing Township, Michigan. The plant started production in 1987 and closed in 2006, though, it was originally built as a foundry in 1919. Upon its closure, it was 985,000 square feet in size, and employed 400 workers. [cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS03/511220329/1004/news03|work=Lansing State Journal|title=GM closures hit 1,600 in Lansing|author=Barbara Wieland|accessmonthday=August 3 |accessyear=2008]

It was the construction site for low-volume vehicles like the General Motors EV1, Buick Reatta, and Cadillac Eldorado. The Craft Centre also produced the convertible Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire. Its final product was the Chevrolet SSR. On November 21, 2005, General Motors announced that it would close the Lansing Craft Centre in mid-2006. The final SSR, a unique black-on-silver model, was built on March 17, 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060318/NEWS01/603180340/1001/NEWS|work=Lansing State Journal|title=Tearful workers say goodbye Last SSR rolls off Craft Centre line|author=Barbara Wieland|accessmonthday=March 20 |accessyear=2006] Many of the Craft Centre workers will be transferred to the new Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant.

Products:
* 1988–1991 Buick Reatta
* 1997–1999 General Motors EV1
* Cadillac Eldorado
* Chevrolet Cavalier convertible
* Pontiac Sunfire convertible
* 2003–2006 Chevrolet SSR

ee Also

* List of GM factories

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