The recently acquired 53 acres are located adjacent to the DMAX plant, according to Rod Stephan, economic development specialist for Brookville.
Terms of the sale have not yet been recorded or released publicly, Stephan said. Prior to the purchase, the city of Brookville completed a rezoning of the parcel for industrial use.
“The city of Brookville has not received any plans for use of the 53.567-acre property, but we are pleased that General Motors has made another investment in land within the city,” Stephan said.
The Brookville DMAX plant was designed to operate concurrently with the original DMAX plant in Moraine, sending the established plant machined engine components. Previous reports estimated that the Brookville DMAX plant would start with about 100 employees.
From the larger Moraine plant, finished diesel engines go to a GM plant in Flint, Mich., where the engines are built into the new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD (heavy duty) trucks.
Since 1998, DMAX has been a 60-40 joint venture of GM and Isuzu, with GM being the majority owner. The Moraine plant has built more than 2 million engines since 1999.
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