Customer:
General Motors, LLC

Location:
Fairfax, Kansas

Project:
Complete Paint Shop

Gallagher-Kaiser (GK) was awarded the contract for a new paint shop facility at the GM Fairfax Assembly Plant. The new paint shop makes the Fairfax Assembly Plant one of the most technologically advanced of all GM’s plants around the globe. It will lower the plant’s energy use by as much as 50 percent and reduce its waste stream. The all-new paint shop features substantial technological upgrades including:

Project Highlights: 

• 1,435,761 hours worked 
• 0 lost time incidents 
• 975,000 total SQ FT
• Launched August 2015

20 Percent Smaller Footprint

• Up to 50 percent less energy per vehicle and reduced volatile organic compound emissions

Hyper Throw E-COAT

• Which places more coating in cavities and recesses for optimal corrosion protection

GM Patented Radiant Tube Ovens

• Designed to use 20 percent less natural gas and 40 percent less electricity

Thin Film Technology

• Reducing water use and maintenance and eliminating hazardous chemicals from the waste stream