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DMax Ltd.
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1997; 28 years ago
Headquarters	Dayton, Ohio, United States
Area served	United States
Products	Diesel engines
Owners	General Motors (60%); Isuzu (40%);
Website	dmaxengines.com

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DMAX is an American manufacturer of diesel engines for trucks, based in of 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

Circle L engine – 1.7 L I4 (produced at Isuzu Motors Polska)
DMAX V6 engine – 3.0 L V6 (Isuzu 6DE1) (produced in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan)
Duramax V8 engine – 6.6 L V8 (produced at DMAX)

References

^ History on DMax website
^ "DMAX Marks 10-Year Manufacturing Milestone". GM. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ "Corporate History". www.Isuzu.co.jp. Isuzu Motors. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ "GM-Isuzu Duramax Diesel Joint Venture At Risk? (22 Dec 2009)". Pickuptrucks.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ 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.

External links

Official website

[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. 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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