General Motors

Lansing, Michigan, USA

HOERBIGER Liftgate Actuator for General Motors

[ Published in HOERBIGER@MOTION 02/2010 ]

In the General Motors Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan, USA, the CTS models from Cadillac are assembled. The CTS Sport Wagon is equipped with a hydraulic power liftgate actuator from HOERBIGER. The power liftgate actuator is also used in other General Motors models – the Cadillac SRX built in Mexico, for example. The customers value the remote-controlled system especially during loading and unloading.

It takes several hours for a CTS Sport Wagon to roll off the line. It takes the assembly operators 16 minutes to install the liftgate actuator supplied by HOERBIGER Automotive Comfort Systems Inc. in Auburn, Alabama, and associated hydraulic pump in a vehicle–not a lot of time as compared to many other installed systems. Every move requires great care and the quality of the components must be right in order to meet the strict time specifications. In the General Motors Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan, USA, every minute counts.