BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC

for starters fastest factory start-up in automotive history—a record 23 months from site groundbreaking to first car produced ﾠ bmw's first full manufacturing facility outside germany and first us production facility ﾠ first automobile manufacturing plant in the united states to use water-based (instead of high solvent) paints ﾠ catalyst for the first 100% digitally developed vehicle manufactured by bmw—x5 sports activity vehicle ﾠ engineered world’s first “green" automotive paint shop to be powered by recycled landfill methane gas ﾠ named a ‘2006 top plant’ by plant engineering magazine ﾠ 80% of cars produced are customized for individual customers ﾠ selected manufacturing stats plant of the 4 million square feet that encompass the production facility’s campus, 2.5 million square feet are located under one roof. opened for production july 11, 1994 first vehicle produced white 318i, september 8, 1994 average daily output 500 vehicles total production since 1994 1,420,