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BILL MAY GM Spring Hill Manufacturing

GM SPRING HILL MANUFACTURING 1,800+ employees 5 business units Stamping Paint/Polymers Vehicle Interior Systems Powertrain Assembly 6.9 million sq. ft. 2,100 acres

2011 ECONOMIC IMPACT Payroll

$104 million

Payroll Taxes $19 million

Property Taxes $1.7 million

RECENT INVESTMENTS ANNOUNCED

INVESTMENTS OF

$759 MILLION SINCE SEPT. 17, 2010

CREATED OR RETAINED

2,427 JOBS

6

Trim

VEHICLE INTERIOR SYSTEMS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Fascia Paint

Main Paint

Elpo / Phosphate

ASRS

Body Shop

Spring Hill Regional Stamping

Fascia Injection Molding

Interiors Injection Molding

and Sub-assembly

Chassis

Final

Engine Dress

L850 Engine

External Customers

Spring Hill Complex – Operations Detail

Door Subassembly

External Customers

Facilitie

s

Security

Medical

External Customers

External Customers

External Customers

Chassis LGE

Engine

STAMPING

Current operations 5 Transfer presses 2 Blanker presses

Ship parts to 6 plants

STAMPING CUSTOMERS

COMPONENTS Ship 35 molded commodities

to LDT daily for the Chevrolet Traverse Current Operation VIS: 15 injection molding machines

Polymers: 24 injection molding machines

9 assembly machines

Fascia paint line

VIS – INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PARTS

POLYMERS – EXTERIOR PARTS

COMPONENTS CUSTOMER

CURRENT-GENERATION ECOTEC ENGINE 4 products produced:

cylinder block, cylinder head, crankshaft, camshaft >200 machines and part

handling devices March 23, 2012 produced 3

millionth engine

2.0L Turbo

2.4L Direct Injection

CURRENT-GENERATION ECOTEC PRODUCTS

ECOTEC 2.0 LITRE TURBO 2012 Ward’s 10 Best

Engine Winner “With 270 hp and 295 lb.-ft.

(400 Nm) of torque, this mighty mill is the most power-dense engine ever certified by the Society of Automotive Engineers.”

CURRENT-GENERATION ECOTEC CUSTOMERS

http://www.thetycho.com/2-0-for-china-spec-cadillac-sls/�

ALL-NEW ECOTEC ENGINE BENEFITS Improved fuel efficiency Reduced noise and vibration Improved packaging (i.e.

shorter length) New engine architecture to

accommodate new vehicle architectures (i.e. front exhaust in transverse applications, etc.)

ALL-NEW ECOTEC CUSTOMERS

SPRING HILL ASSEMBLY ¶ Announced Nov. 21, 2011

¶ $61 million investment/685 jobs

¶ First Product = Chevrolet Equinox

¶ Not “traditional” assembly plant

¶ Production based on customer demand or manufacturing need

¶ Second investment of $183 million for future midsize vehicle with 1,196 jobs. Timing not announced.

Questions?

Don Stoegbauer, Director – Paint & Plastics Canton, MS Plant

U.S. Manufacturing

Smyrna, TN

U.S. MANUFACTURING

Decherd, TN

Canton, MS

Smyrna Vehicles

U.S. MANUFACTURING

Altima

Maxima

LEAF

Rogue

Infiniti JX

Pathfinder

Smyrna

U.S. MANUFACTURING

•Battery Plant – 200,000 Annual Production

•LEAF Production for U.S. Market

•New State-of-the-Art Paint Plant

•Third Production Shift

•Approx. 2,000 New Employees

U.S. MANUFACTURING

Decherd •Machining and Assembly of 4,6,and 8 Cylinder Engines

•Crank Shaft Forging

•Engine Block Casting

•Electric Motor Production for Nissan LEAF

•Nissan Daimler Alliance to Produce 4 Cylinder Engines for Mercedes Benz and Infiniti – New Facility Under Construction

U.S. MANUFACTURING

Canton Vehicles

Altima

Titan

Armada

NV Passenger & Cargo

Xterra

Sentra

Frontier

OUR FUTURE

Six year mid-term global business plan

51 all-new Nissan and Infiniti models globally & 90 new innovative advance technologies

Altima Sentra Pathfinder Infiniti JX

Zero-emissions leadership

Enhancing quality

Cost leadership

Key Contributions

Easy fill tire alert Safety Shield Technologies Zero-gravity seats

• BRAND POWER

• SALES POWER

• 8% GLOBAL MARKET SHARE

• 8% OPERATING PROFIT

Nissan LEAF

Canton

U.S. MANUFACTURING

•Maximum Flexibility and Efficiency – Combination of 8 Cars, Trucks and vans

•Body-on-Frame Center of Excellence for U.S. Market: Trucks SUVs Commercial Vehicles

•Second production shift for Truck Systems

•Approx. 1,400 New Employees

OUR MISSION

Our continuing mission…

To be the most trusted, growing car company in the Americas

Innovation that excites. Innovation for all.

Das Auto – The Story Of The All New Passat

Frank Fischer CEO & Chairman, Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations, LLC Chattanooga, October 2012

2 Chattanooga Operations, LLC Status: 9. Oktober 2012

Das Auto.


Chattanooga and the mach18 Strategy

Achieve 800,000 VW car sales by 2018

1 2 3 4 5

Brand strategy

Product Strategy

Local Production

Dealer Network

VWGoA Organization

Position the brand Volkswagen as an innovative volume manufacturer

Offer competitive product range with high quality

Manufacture US specified products locally

Increase efficiency of dealer network

Establish efficient and competitive organization

• Time zones • Snowfall • Tornados

• Whole of USA: 398 locations

• High level filter: 10 states

• Bidder's conference

• Workforce • Logistics • Quality of Life • …

Site Selection


Ground preparations

Timeline Plant Chattanooga

2008 2009 2010 2011

First foundation 2/3/09

Start installations 11/2/09

Wall raising 5/14/09

VFF*

0-S*

* VFF: Pre-series vehicle acceptance PVS: Production series test 0-S: Pre-series SOP: Start of Production

Construction of buildings

Installations

Full system trial

2012

PVS*

SOP* Ramp up

AGCC

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Calendar Week

Plan Actual


The 4 Pillars of the Project

Product Plant Parts People

Chattanooga Operations

Processes and Systems


Product

Prototype Build

Pilot Hall

Quality Confirmation Drive


Motortrend Car Of The Year 2012

November 2011

Cars.com Best of 2012

February 2012

Insurance Institute

For Highway Safety Top Safety Pick 2011

September 2011

mama The Family Vehicle

Of The Year 2012

January 2012

Kelley Blue Book Best Family Car Of 2012 & Best Sedan Under $25,000

February and March 2012

CAR and DRIVER Winner Of Hot Six

Comparison

March 2012

The All New Passat

JD Power APEAL Study Number 1 in Midsize Car Segment

August 2012

http://mamaonline.org/


Plant of Short Distances & “The Spine”

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Assembly

Paint

Fini

sh

Body Shop

CP8

CP5a CP7

CP5 300 ft

900 ft


Technical Center

Supplier Park

Chattanooga Site September 2011

Paint Shop

Assembly Body Shop

Academy

Spine


New Standard Plant – LEAN and LEED

LEAN:

Body Shop: Framer

Paint Shop: Process 2010, dry paint separation

Assembly: H-Layout, signal call, takt line

Conveyor technic: Decoupling

Logistics: Forklift-free plant

LEED: building isolation

Rainwater usage

Recycling concept

Solar park

New standard layout for VW


Involved Parties

Close collaboration with all involved parties to manage status of supplier parts

Supplier Readiness

Tracking of main activities in overall roadmap “parts”

Tracking of supplier visits with standardized templates

Logistics

Purchasing Tooling

R&D Quality Assurance


Supplier Integration Days and Supplier Forums

* BF: Purchasing Release LF: Launch Release VFF: Pre-series vehicle acceptance

BF* LF* VFF* PVS** 0S** SOP**

SID1 SID2 SID3 SID4 SID5

CP5 CP7 CEO review ** PVS: Production series test

0S: Pre-series SOP: Start of production

SID6 SF1 SF2

SID: Supplier Integration Day SF: Supplier Forum


Supplier Park Volkswagen Chattanooga


Integrated Development Program Builds Competence

Common Core

Production System

Profi Room

On-The-Job Training

Qualification

Competence

Fundamental Skills

Time

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Our culture

….for our customers

Think Blue. Team Spirit

http://mamaonline.org/


Thank you!

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