Warren Transmission

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| name = Warren Transmission

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| coordinates = {{Coord|42|28|00|N|83|02|30|W|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

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| operated = 1941–2019

| location = Warren, Michigan

| industry = Automotive

| products = Transmissions

| employees = 1,200 (2006)

| area = {{convert|117|acre|km2}}

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| address = 23500 Mound Road

| owner = {{ubl|

| Hudson Motor Car (1941–1954)

| General Motors (1954–2019)

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Warren Transmission was a General Motors automotive factory in Warren, Michigan, that manufactured propulsion transmissions. It was located at 23500 Mound Road and opened in 1941 as a Navy ordnance plant, built and operated by the Hudson Motor Car Company, predecessor of American Motors Corporation.{{cite web |url= https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/05/01/this-day-in-history-nash-kelvinator-and-hudson-merge/ |title=This Day in History: Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson merge |date=1 May 2013 |first=Kate |last=Sullivan |work=Hemmings News |access-date=15 April 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819151443/https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/05/01/this-day-in-history-nash-kelvinator-and-hudson-merge/ |url-status=live}} The plant was located north of Warren Stamping Plant and Warren Truck Assembly.

As of 2006, the factory employed 1,200 people. The company announced on June 1, 2006, that it would spend $332 million to expand production at Warren. On April 5, 2010, GM announced it was adding 100 jobs to the Warren Transmission plant.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-add-100-jobs-at-michigan-transmission-plant.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407085051/http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-add-100-jobs-at-michigan-transmission-plant.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2010 |title=GM to add 100 jobs at Michigan transmission plant}}

On May 31, 2017, Warren Transmission announced that the second shift would be eliminated starting June 26, 2017. On November 26, 2018, GM announced that the plant would be closed in 2019.{{cite press release |author= |title=General Motors Accelerates Transformation |date= 26 Nov 2018 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/general-motors-accelerates-transformation-300755112.html |access-date=26 Nov 2018}}

On March 20, 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, GM announced that it would repurpose the former Warren Transmission factory for the production of face masks in order to help protect workers in essential services across the United States. On March 27, 2020, GM began production with first deliveries on April 8, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/mar/0331-coronavirus-update-7-masks.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409224727/https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/mar/0331-coronavirus-update-7-masks.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2020|title=GM to Make Face Masks for Frontline Workers|date=31 March 2020}}

In December 2021, GM would sell the {{Convert|117|acre|m2|adj=on}} property to Northpoint Development for an undisclosed price.{{Cite web|last=Reindl|first=J. C.|title=Old GM Warren Transmission plant sold, to be demolished|url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2022/01/21/gm-warren-transmission-sold-demolish/6613641001/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}} In January 2022, it was announced that the plant would be demolished and redeveloped.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-25|title=Old GM Warren Transmission Plant Set To Be Demolished|url=https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/01/old-gm-warren-transmission-plant-set-to-be-demolished/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=GM Authority|first=Sam|last=McEachern}}