Trenton Engine South plant: Pentastar V6 and Tiger Shark Four
In 2007, Chrysler announced a new 822,000-square-foot Trenton South engine plant, one of three built to make the new Pentastar V6. A duplicate facility in Saltillo, Mexico, was built afterwards, but reportedly has yet to come close to Trenton's productivity. The stated annual capacity of the combined plants is 440,000 engines per year.
A test batch of engines were made in February 2010 and sent to Roush Industries (which preps the Challenger drag cars) for extensive hot testing, to find any problems. Due partly to the Daimler method of development, which included endless meetings, protocol over reality, and overemphasis on position, the Pentastar V6 reportedly had some issues surface during development, but these were dealt with, and reports of quality have generally been favorable.
David Van Buren wrote:
Technologies built into the Trenton Engine South plant include flexible CNC-based machining, volume-bundled parts purchasing, volume-bundled capital investment, and standardized tooling.
Many parts are machined in nearby Toledo.
The all-new Trenton South Engine Plant was awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Green Building System certification for meeting the highest environmental standards. Trenton is one of only four auto manufacturing facilities to receive a LEED rating of any kind and the only engine manufacturing facility in the world to achieve the honor.
While LEED may sound like a needless expense, Chrysler has reduced energy costs by $1.25 million per year, cut CO2 emissions by 12,000 metric tons per year (or 1,000 homes worth) and saved 1.5 million gallons of water per year (or the equivalent of 68 average size swimming pools). As energy prices are expected to rise, these savings will continue to pay off.
David Van Buren continued:
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In 2007, Chrysler announced a new 822,000-square-foot Trenton South engine plant, one of three built to make the new Pentastar V6. A duplicate facility in Saltillo, Mexico, was built afterwards, but reportedly has yet to come close to Trenton's productivity. The stated annual capacity of the combined plants is 440,000 engines per year.
A test batch of engines were made in February 2010 and sent to Roush Industries (which preps the Challenger drag cars) for extensive hot testing, to find any problems. Due partly to the Daimler method of development, which included endless meetings, protocol over reality, and overemphasis on position, the Pentastar V6 reportedly had some issues surface during development, but these were dealt with, and reports of quality have generally been favorable.
David Van Buren wrote:
Technologies built into the Trenton Engine South plant include flexible CNC-based machining, volume-bundled parts purchasing, volume-bundled capital investment, and standardized tooling.
Many parts are machined in nearby Toledo.
The all-new Trenton South Engine Plant was awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Green Building System certification for meeting the highest environmental standards. Trenton is one of only four auto manufacturing facilities to receive a LEED rating of any kind and the only engine manufacturing facility in the world to achieve the honor.
While LEED may sound like a needless expense, Chrysler has reduced energy costs by $1.25 million per year, cut CO2 emissions by 12,000 metric tons per year (or 1,000 homes worth) and saved 1.5 million gallons of water per year (or the equivalent of 68 average size swimming pools). As energy prices are expected to rise, these savings will continue to pay off.
David Van Buren continued:
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