Where Today Meets Tomorrow, GM Technical Center - the Research Laboratories

Located at the north end of the central lake is the largest group of Technical Center buildings - the home of Research Laboratories.

Here in the main building are the basic science departments, where men who rank as authorities seek new fundamental information in the fields of physics and chemistry - new knowledge of the process of combustion; an insight of the mechanism of electroplating; a better understanding of the effect of crystalline structure on a material's properties.

In adjacent buildings Research engineers work to gain a better understanding of why metals seem to :grow tired" or fatigue; to learn more about the basic nature of friction; to test new engines and formulate theories to new designs. In one of the most elaborate experimental foundries in the world, Research metallurgists scientifically juggle alloys to produce new materials with better wear properties, greater high temperature strength and improved resistance to corrosion.