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The Brampton Assembly Plant is a former automobile manufacturing facility owned and operated by American Motors Corporation (AMC) in Brampton, Ontario. It was built at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road for American Motors Canada, Inc., who relocated operations from their Danforth assembly plant to Peel-Elder's Peel Village neighbourhood. The facility opened on January 26, 1961, composed of an assembly plant, parts warehouse and engine plant, and with an annual capacity of over 50,000 vehicles and employment of 1,100 hourly and 500 salaried workers. The Rambler Classic was built on a line speed of 32 cars per shift. The facility was soon producing 33,000 cars annually in Canada. This assembly plant produced Rambler Americans, AMC Rebels, and later, Hornets, Concords, Gremlins, Spirits, and Eagles. A long rail spur was built south from CN's busy Halton Sub mainline to service the plant, and new automobiles were loaded with ramps onto autoracks for rail shipment at the plant. American Motors was in the best position of the U.S. automakers to take advantage of the Canada–United States Automotive Products Agreement.〔(Anastakis, p. 128. )〕 This plant also allowed AMC to export cars within Commonwealth countries at a favorable tariff rate, making AMC the number one US nameplate in markets such as Trinidad and Jamaica in the 1960s. The assembly of Ambassador models was moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin while production of Ramblers and Rebels increased. By 1969, the output of AMC's Brampton operation was destined to the eastern half of the continent while Kenosha supplied the western regions.〔Anastakis, pp. 128-129.〕 In 1977, AMC hired the first female assembly worker and Cecilia Palmer became Canadian Auto Workers Local 1285's first sister.〔 In 1987, with the Chrysler buyout, the AMC division and its plants (Brampton and Bramalea) were absorbed into Chrysler, becoming part of Chrysler Canada Limited. This meant overcapacity for Chrysler, and AMC's old Kenosha and Toledo factories were at the top of Chrysler's closure list. The workers in Toledo agreed to concessions to keep the factory open, but by 1990, they were pitted against Brampton Assembly and additional concessions by the Toledo employees were crucial to Chrysler's decision to close Brampton.〔 The AMC plant was closed on April 4, 1992〔 and sold to Wal-Mart for use as their Canadian warehouse. The remains of the plant's west buildings were torn down in 2005, and the land was redeveloped for commercial/retail use. Among the buildings on the site is a Lowe's home improvement store that opened on December 10, 2007, as one of the first three to be established by the retail chain in Canada. The old factory's east building lasted until it was demolished in 2007, and a Walmart Supercentre now occupies the site along with a warehouse. Rambler Drive, a street to the west of the plant leading into the Peel Village neighbourhood off Kennedy, serves as a reminder of AMC's former presence in the area. == Annual production == American Motors' original Brampton production and products from 1961 to 1992: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brampton Assembly (AMC)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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