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General Motors of Canada Limited
 PROFILE
General Motors of Canada is that country's #1 assembler of cars, trucks, engines, and components. However, the company exports the bulk of its vehicles to the US. GM of Canada produces such models as the Chevrolet Lumina and Monte Carlo, Buick Century, and Pontiac Firebird. It also makes diesel locomotives and light armored vehicles. The company began in 1908 as a partnership between the family-owned McLaughlin Carriage Company and Buick Motor Company; GM (formed in 1908) bought McLaughlin in 1918 and made it the center of its Canadian operations. GM of Canada operates factories in Ontario and Quebec. Its president, Maureen Kempston Darkes, is the first woman to head a major Canadian auto manufacturing operation.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1997 Sales (mil.): 23,502.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 18.0%
Employees: 29,000
Revenue per employee: $810,424.14

 KEY PEOPLE
• V. Maureen Kempston Darkes
    CEO
• Delle J. Zurschmiede
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1908 Colonel Sam Dr.
Oshawa Ontario L1H 8P7, Canada
Phone: 1-905-644-5000
Fax: 1-905-644-4762
Online: Web Site

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