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KOKOMO-The Transmission Capital of the World
Kokomo Transmission Plant
2401 South Reed Road , Kokomo , Indiana , United States
Floor Space: 3.1 million square feet
Acreage: 110 acre site with casting plant
Products: Machining of engine block castings and transmission components (aluminum and steel); transmission assembly for the following:
62TE: FWD - Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Journey and Dodge Grand Caravan
40TE/41TE - 40TES/41TES: FWD - Dodge Journey
845RE: RWD - Jeep® Grand Cherokee, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Durango and Ram 1500
Employment: 3,402 (3,013 hourly; 389 salaried), operating on a 3-2-120 work pattern
Union Local: UAW Local 685 and 1302
Plant History: Transmission plant completed and production began in 1956. FCA US announced in May 2010 that it would invest $43 million to adapt the plant for production of the World Engine and improve processes for the 62TE transmission program. Then in June 2010, the Company announced that it would invest $300 million to produce a new, fuel-efficient eight-speed automatic transmission for future vehicles. An investment of an additional $85 million was announced in December 2010. In February 2013, the Company announced an investment of $212 million at the Kokomo Transmission, Kokomo Casting and Indiana Transmission I Plants for additional tooling and equipment to produce the eight- and nine-speed transmissions, which would add up to 400 new jobs. Production of the eight-speed transmission began in September 2012. FCA US confirmed in December 2014 that it will invest an additional $266 million to increase capacity of the fuel-efficient TorqueFlite eight-speed transmission.
Production of the 42RLE ended in early 2012.
Since 1974, KTP has built more than 67 million transmissions. The 17-million four-speed milestone was achieved over a 25-year period from 1988 to December 2013. The plant began building the six-speed in 2006 and reached the three million mark in April 2014. |
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