Next Stop, Tupelo

[Mr.Krinkle]

Toyota to build a new plant in Mississippi

Japanese automaker needs capacity to keep up with high demand

Toyota to build 8th US factory by 2010

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will build a $1.3 billion assembly plant in northeast Mississippi to manufacture its Highlander sport utility vehicle.

Production is set to begin by 2010 and employment is projected at 2,000. The company said it expects to build 150,000 vehicles a year.

“Toyota is the world’s premiere auto manufacturer and our state will be the best partner the company has,” Gov. Haley Barbour said in prepared remarks.

Jim Press of ToyotaNA

Edited February 27, 2007 by Mr.Krinkle

[Intrepidation]

Even the rednecks are being swoon by Toyota.

[Mr.Krinkle]

didnt see this here but if you really want to feel your skin crawl watch the interview with Jim Press.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&a...351989/&fg=

Instead of "invading" from the coasts they planted in the middle and are spreading outward. Diabolical.

Imagine the kids growing up in Mississippi knowing the two factories building cars in their hometown used to be foreign.

That is a reality check.

nice map from toyota.com. They claim 14 plants but everywhere else its reported as seven

with this new one making it 8.

http://www.toyota.com/about/operations/manufacturing/

Edited February 27, 2007 by Mr.Krinkle

[Robert Hall]

See this thread for more on Miss plant:

http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...showtopic=15753

[Robert Hall]

That 14 includes engine plants, etc... i.e. plants where they don't do final assembly.

Overview of Toyota's North American Engineering and Manufacturing

In April 2006, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc., and Toyota Technical Center consolidated to form Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA). TEMA is responsible for Toyota’s North American engineering design and development, R&D and growing manufacturing activities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Toyota currently operates 14 manufacturing plants in North America and will open Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada's second plant in Woodstock, Ontario in 2008. Additionally, Toyota will soon begin producing the Camry at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA) in Lafayette.

In 2006, Toyota produced more than 1.55 million vehicles and more than 1.4 million engines at its North American manufacturing facilities. By 2008, Toyota will have the annual capacity to build nearly two million cars and trucks in North America.

Annual purchasing of parts, materials, goods and services from North American suppliers total more than $28 billion.

North American Manufacturing Facilities:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)

Erlanger, KY

Supports Toyota's North American engineering design and development, R&D and growing manufacturing activities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico

Bodine Aluminum, Inc. (Bodine)

St. Louis, MO; Troy, MO and Jackson, TN

Produces aluminum cylinder heads, cylinder blocks and other castings

Canadian Autoparts Toyota, Inc. (CAPTIN)

Delta, British Columbia

Produces 22 aluminum wheel models for Toyota's vehicles globally

New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI)

Fremont, CA

50-50 joint venture with General Motors

Produces the Toyota Tacoma, Corolla and Pontiac Vibe

TABC, Inc. (TABC)

Long Beach, CA

Produces steering columns, stamped parts, catalytic converters, coated substrates and after-market truck bed components

Produces stamped parts for Toyota Corolla, Matrix, and Pontiac Vibe

Assembly of medium-size commercial panel trucks for Hino Motors

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. (TMMAL)

Huntsville, AL

Produces V6 and V8 engines for Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, NUMMI, Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. (TMMC)

Cambridge & Woodstock, Ontario

Cambridge: Produces the Toyota Corolla, Matrix and the Lexus RX350 - the first and only Lexus vehicle produced outside of Japan; four cylinder engine assembly.

Woodstock: Start of production: 2008, to produce the RAV4

Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC)

Tijuana, BC

Produces the Toyota Tacoma and Tacoma truck beds for NUMMI

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. (TMMI)

Princeton, IN

Produces the Toyota Tundra, Sequoia and Sienna

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK)

Georgetown, KY

Toyota's first wholly-owned manufacturing plant in North America

Produces the Toyota Camry, Solara and Avalon; Four cylinder and V6 engines

Camry hybrid production begins in late 2006

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (TMMTX)

San Antonio, TX

Start of production in late 2006

To produce the Toyota Tundra

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. (TMMWV)

Buffalo, WV

Machines and assembles four cylinder and V6 engines for TMMC and TMMI;

Produces automatic transmissions for TMMK, TMMC and TMMI

Subaru Indiana Automotive, Inc (SIA)

Lafayette, IN

Start of Toyota production in Spring 2007

To produce the Toyota Camry

Edited February 27, 2007 by moltar