History

• 1906 – Founded as Jackson, Church & Wilcox Co.
• 1909 – the Jackson, Church and Wilcox business was purchased by Buick
• 1917 – the Saginaw Gear Plant separated from Buick and became the Jackson, Church and Wilcox Division, the first GM parts manufacturing division
• 1928 – Saginaw Steering Gear created as GM division
• 1999 – the steering operations becomes a major business division in the newly created Delphi Corporation
• 2009 – Delphi’s global steering operations are sold to GM and renamed Nexteer Automotive
• 2010 – GM sold Nexteer to China-based Pacific Century Motors

 

Technology Milestones

• 1906 – Manual Steering
• 1951 – Hydraulic Assisted Steering
• 1960s – Tilt-Wheel Steering Columns, Front-Wheel Drive Halfshafts, Energy-Absorbing Column
• 1970s – Air Bag Column, First Rack and Pinion Gear
• 1980s – Global Engineering
• 1995 – Speed Variable Assist, Electric Power Steering
• 1999 – Power Tilt Telescope Column, Quadrasteer
• 2004 – Active Energy-Absorbing Column, Tri-Glide Halfshaft Joint
• 2009 – Single Pinion Electric Power Steering
• 2010 – 12-Volt Full Size Truck Rack Electric Power Steering
• First to market with 12-Volt, high-volume EPS technology in the full-size pickup truck and SUV segment