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Design & Engineering
AM General offers engineering services to take your vehicle from concept to prototype to production.
AM General has honed its product development skills through the design of the Humvee, General Motors’ HUMMER H1 and the MV-1. In our state-of-the-art Engineering and Technical Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, we have the expertise and facility to support our customers product development needs. These include the ability to support developmental builds including on-site parts fabrication and prototype assembly, testing, and validation.
AM General has honed its product development skills through the design of the Humvee, General Motors’ HUMMER H1 and the MV-1. In our state-of-the-art Engineering and Technical Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, we have the expertise and facility to support our customers product development needs. These include the ability to support developmental builds including on-site parts fabrication and prototype assembly, testing, and validation.
Services Include:
Vehicle design & CAD development
Vehicle system design optimization
Product development
Product validation
Upfit/conversion product design & validation
Warranty administration
Technical training & testing
Publications and manuals
Development
Aftermarket part design & validation
Production Launch
Whether it’s transitioning a vehicle like the Mercedes-Benz R-Class from its home assembly plant to an AM General facility or designing and building a new plant and equipment like the HUMMER H2, AM General has a proven success record in exceeding our customer expectations and timing.
AM General manufacturing and quality engineers are experienced in supporting product development programs starting from the design studio in clay to prototype builds then on to production. Our manufacturing expertise can bridge the knowledge gap during the production planning phase to ensure a successful product launch.
AM General manufacturing and quality engineers are experienced in supporting product development programs starting from the design studio in clay to prototype builds then on to production. Our manufacturing expertise can bridge the knowledge gap during the production planning phase to ensure a successful product launch.
Services Include:
Design for Manufacturing/Design for Assembly
Facilities Engineering
Project Planning
Tooling Design and Bid Pack Development
Tooling implementation management
Capital purchasing and budgeting
Standardized work
Process engineering
FMEA development
Quality standards development
PPAP
Problematic supplier support
Dimensional control engineering
Weld engineering
Quality certification and qualification
Contract Manufacturing
AM General has honed its contract assembly expertise through programs like the HUMMER H2, MV-1, Mercedes-Benz R-Class and Ford Transit Connect BEV.
Whether it’s the 675,000 sq. ft. assembly plant that AM General designed and built for the HUMMER H2 or the 17,000 sq. ft. SKD plant for the Ford Transit Connect BEV, AM General understands how to size a facility to meet our customers’ needs.
AM General has been assembling vehicles for over 100 years, as both an OEM with HUMMER and MV-1 and as a contractor with the Mercedes-Benz R-Class and the Ford/Azure Dynamics Transit Connect Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV). AM General’s assembly solutions are comprehensive and customizable.
Whether it’s the 675,000 sq. ft. assembly plant that AM General designed and built for the HUMMER H2 or the 17,000 sq. ft. SKD plant for the Ford Transit Connect BEV, AM General understands how to size a facility to meet our customers’ needs.
AM General has been assembling vehicles for over 100 years, as both an OEM with HUMMER and MV-1 and as a contractor with the Mercedes-Benz R-Class and the Ford/Azure Dynamics Transit Connect Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV). AM General’s assembly solutions are comprehensive and customizable.
Services Include:
Complete vehicle assembly
Semi Knock Down (SKD)
Conversion
Special edition and upfit service
Operations management
Human resource management
Localization / Technology Transfer
With over 30 years of experience in providing mobility solutions that allow customers to develop unique vehicles for their own market, AM General’s solutions build on the global trend of technical insertions and technology licensing being made available for localized production.
Leveraging our 100+ year heritage as a defense contractor to understand widely varying customer requirements, we have been able to develop manufacturing capabilities in our customer’s countries. In addition to assisting in the manufacturing set-up, we can also help our customers design and develop vehicles by providing our world-class manufacturing expertise. And to ensure extended fleet sustainment, we can provide logistics support for parts and service as well as training to support customers throughout the product lifecycle.
AM General’s experience in providing technical insertions for localized production spans decades. From MOWAG, to Otokar and ElVO, we’ve provided customers with the same capable chassis that powers the Humvee. With the expansion of our chassis portfolio, we can provide chassis systems higher in the vehicle weight spectrum, like our 15-series chassis that can go up to 22,500 lbs. in GVW for in-country vehicle development.
Leveraging our 100+ year heritage as a defense contractor to understand widely varying customer requirements, we have been able to develop manufacturing capabilities in our customer’s countries. In addition to assisting in the manufacturing set-up, we can also help our customers design and develop vehicles by providing our world-class manufacturing expertise. And to ensure extended fleet sustainment, we can provide logistics support for parts and service as well as training to support customers throughout the product lifecycle.
AM General’s experience in providing technical insertions for localized production spans decades. From MOWAG, to Otokar and ElVO, we’ve provided customers with the same capable chassis that powers the Humvee. With the expansion of our chassis portfolio, we can provide chassis systems higher in the vehicle weight spectrum, like our 15-series chassis that can go up to 22,500 lbs. in GVW for in-country vehicle development.
AM General’s localization efforts also expand industry within the United States. With extensive manufacturing and supply chain management experience, we can work with global customers to build and support vehicles in the US for global sale:
In partnership with Arquus, AM General will manufacture the 12-ton armored personnel carrier, Bastion
Working towards a strategic partnership with FCA, AM General has developed the Jeep Gladiator XMT concept truck
Partnership Case Studies
Public-Private Partnerships are an innovative way to implement recapitalization or remanufacturing activities in the U.S. with specialized partners.
These relationships can also include assisting countries in developing their own local facilities for the purpose of extending vehicle lifecycles or providing the knowledge and support needed to develop in-house capability to enhance and maintain fleets.
These relationships can also include assisting countries in developing their own local facilities for the purpose of extending vehicle lifecycles or providing the knowledge and support needed to develop in-house capability to enhance and maintain fleets.
Examples of Public-Private Partnerships include:
Teaming – AM General employs the use of a combination of depot and contractor facilities and personnel to produce or repair weapon systems, equipment and components. We can also provide partners access to previously unreachable international markets via scaled localization strategies.
Purchasing – AM General leverages existing supplier relationships to allow access and efficiencies via our established network.
Successful examples of our Public-Private Partnerships include:
AM General has partnered with the Red River Army Depot in the refurbishment and upgrade of HUMVEE models that will continue to be in the U.S. Military fleet for years to come.
In partnership with the National Guard Rock Island Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC), AM General produces the M997A3 Ambulance with the same rigorous quality standards at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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Platforms & Automotive Systems
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