Lordstown Assembly

For the current plant on this site, see Lordstown Motors.

Lordstown Assembly
Entrance to Lordstown Assembly from Ohio State Route 45
Map
Built1964–1966 (1964–1966)
LocationLordstown, Ohio
IndustryAutomotive industry
Owner(s)

The Lordstown Complex is a factory building and automotive manufacturing plant in Lordstown, Ohio, U.S. Lordstown is an industrial suburb of Youngstown, Ohio.

It was a General Motors automobile factory from 1966 to 2019, comprising three facilities: Vehicle Assembly, Metal Center, and Paint Shop. Lordstown was opened to build compact cars for Chevrolet, the Vega/Monza, Cavalier, Cobalt, Cruze, and their rebadged variants, mostly for Pontiac. The plant also built the Chevrolet van and its GMC variant (Handi-Bus/Handi-Van, Rally Van and Vandura) until 1995.[1]

In November 2019, the plant was sold to Lordstown Motors[2] which produced to manufacture the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup truck there from 2022 to 2023.[3]

In 2022, Foxconn purchased the plant. It plans to manufacture the Fisker Pear there.[4]

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  4. ^ Jonathan Lopez (May 16, 2022). "Foxconn Completes Acquisition Of Former GM Lordstown Plant". GM Authority .com.