The plant was located at 1451 Lebanon School Road in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, across from United States Steel's Mon Valley Works.
[4] The closing came as a surprise to many workers, as GM had recently moved stamping tools from another plant in Lansing, Michigan for use at Pittsburgh Metal.
[citation needed] However, the plant would not close until 2008 while company executives and union officials tried to work together to formulate a plan to sell the factory to another owner that would keep operations consistent.
[5] A small contingency of workers remained until mid-January to assist with physically closing the facility.
[2] The year before, Motors Liquidation Company, set up a $773 million trust fund dedicated to hazardous waste cleanup at former GM facilities in 14 states.