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Early Years
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| August 27, 1946 | GM announced a new foundry would be built in Defiance, Ohio. |
| November 1, 1946 | Central Foundry was organized as a Division of General Motors. |
| September 1947 | Ground was broken for the construction of the new Defiance Plant. |
| August 23, 1948 |
Iron was first poured
into diesel block molds. At 294,000 square feet, the original
plant included line numbers 1, 2 and 3 and had four 84 inch
cupolas.
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| December 6, 1948 | UAW CIO was voted to represent the Defiance employees of General Motors. |
| March 4, 1949 |
Check for $505.38 was
received from an area farmer for Central Foundry Division's
share of crops raised in 1948. Farming was the only profitable
operation the first year.
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| August 15, 1949 |
With the addition of
second shift, employment reached 900 people. Three customers
were Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Diesel.
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| October 5, 1953 | A new cafeteria was completed and opened. |
| December 31,1953 | Men's, women's and supervisor's locker rooms were completed. |
| February 21, 1955 | Line number 4 mold conveyor was installed and put into operation. |
| April 2, 1955 |
F. James McDonald,
who became president of GM, started as plant manager.
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| July 8, 1955 | Line number 5 mold conveyor was installed and put into operation. |
| October 23, 1958 | Pouring conveyor for shell mold was installed and put into operation. |
| August 27, 1958 | Malleable iron was first poured. |
| November 22, 1958 | Robert G. Guilliam graduated as the first apprentice electrician. |
| 1958-1964 |
34,000 tons of
aluminum blocks and heads were poured for the 215 V-8 aluminum
engine used by Oldsmobile, Buick and Pontiac.
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| 1959-1967 | 422,00 tons of malleable iron were produced. |
| June 1966 | Iron was first poured in Defiance Plant 2 West. |
| June 1971 |
Defiance Plant 2 East
was completed with the largest flaskless molding facility in the
foundry industry.
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