Just found this article about New Process Gear in DeWitt, NY, on the east side of Syracuse. New Process Gear was closed by Magna in 2012. If it was the former assembly technicians at New Process Gear who built my transaxle, I thank them for 170K miles of reliable service:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/new_process_gear_closes_this_w.html

More about the history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Venture_Gear

Andy in The OC.

1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS (built 7/1995)

All those jobs being lost. Was it this company that build our stock transmissions? I didn't read through the history fully. And I was unclear on whether they built stock transmissions or if they did custom bits and parts as well.