Sony Technology Center--Pittsburgh (former)

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1001 Technology Drive
Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666
(724) 696-7500

This plant was previously a car factory of Volkswagen of America (VWoA) and called the Westmoreland Assembly Plant, from 1978 to 1988. Westmoreland, as VWoA called the facility, manufactured the Volkswagen Rabbit, Rabbit truck, Golf, and Jetta. With the downturn of VWoA's sales in the USA and a host of labor problems, the plant was closed on July 14, 1988 and VWoA sold the plant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

It remained dormant until 1990, when Sony announced it would begin manufacturing televisions at the site. The facility employed more than 3,000 people in the late 1990s, however that number dwindled to just 250 in 2007. On December 9, 2008, the Governor of Pennsylvania announced that Sony planned to close the facility. As of 2010, the 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) plant remains idle, the largest block of commercial space available in Western Pennsylvania.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Westmoreland_Assembly
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Coordinates:   40°11'9"N   79°34'38"W

Comments

  • That plant was going to be built for the Chrysler Corp., later went to Volkswagen, went to Sony in 1990, and now shuttered
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