DMax Ltd.
TypeJoint venture
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1997 (1997)
Headquarters
Dayton, Ohio
,
United States
Area served
United States
ProductsDiesel engines
Owners
Websitedmaxengines.com

DMAX is an American manufacturer of diesel engines for trucks, based in Dayton, Ohio. DMAX, originally announced in 1997,[1] is a 60-40 joint venture[2] between and operated by General Motors and Isuzu. Diesel engine production started in July 2000.[3] The company's Duramax V8 engine has been extremely successful for GM, raising that company's diesel pickup market share to 30% in 2002, up from approximately 5% in 1999.[4]

The DMAX plant was built on a land grant site adjacent to a GM plant that made the 6.2/6.5 L Diesel V8. Production of that engine began in 1982.

The plant is planning to increase production from 580 engines a day, in 2017, to 700 engines a day.[5]

Engines

Other Duramax-branded engines

General Motors produced multiple diesel engines under the Duramax brand, but these were not built in Moraine. DMAX, Ltd. exclusively produces the Duramax V8.

Other GM Duramax-branded diesel engines
NameDisplacementConfigurationBased onProducedLocation
Circle L engine 1.7 LI4 Isuzu 4EE2 1999–2014?Isuzu Motors Polska
Duramax I4 engine 2.8 LI4 VM Motori A 428 2015–2022GM Rayong in Thailand
DMAX V6 engine 3.0 LV6 Isuzu 6DE1 2001–2010?Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

References

  1. ↑ History on DMax website
  2. ↑ "DMAX Marks 10-Year Manufacturing Milestone". GM. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Corporate History". www.Isuzu.co.jp. Isuzu Motors. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "GM-Isuzu Duramax Diesel Joint Venture At Risk? (22 Dec 2009)". Pickuptrucks.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Navera, Tristan (11 Apr 2017). "GM, Isuzu hit the gas on expansion of engine production at joint factory". The Dayton Business Journal. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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