Toyota to Build Vehicle Plant in Mississippi, U.S.A.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 28, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that, as part of its continuing localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. efforts in North America, it has decided to build a new vehicle production plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi Blue Springs is a village in Union County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 144 at the 2000 census. Located near Tupelo in northeastern Mississippi, the village is the site of Toyota's eighth North American vehicle assembly plant, slated to produce the company's , U.S.A. The new plant will be Toyota's eighth vehicle production plant in North America and will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles, producing the Highlander SUV, starting in around 2010. Plans call for an investment of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars and creation of approximately 2,000 new jobs. This development is expected to bring Toyota's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. annual production capacity to 2.17 million vehicles, including the start of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and production of the Camry sedan at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (100,000 units annually) and expanded production capacity for the Tacoma pickup truck at Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) is an automobile manufacturing plant in Baja California, Mexico. The plant was established in 2002. TMMBC builds Tacoma pickup trucks and Tacoma truck beds. in Mexico (increase of 20,000 units), both in 2007, and the opening of the Woodstock plant of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Canada, Inc. for the RAV4 SUV in 2008 (150,000 units annually). TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center President Katsuaki Watanabe had this to say on the occasion of today's announcement: "Our decision to establish a new plant in the United States is based on our long-standing policy of producing vehicles where demand is. Our wish is that the new plant will develop strong ties to the local community and produce the highest-quality products with strong emphasis on the principles of 'customer first' and 'quality first'." Outline of new plant
Location Blue Springs, Union County,
Mississippi, U.S.A.
Product Highlander
Production capacity 150,000/year
Site Area Approximately 1,700 acres
(approx. 7 million square meters)
Investment Approx. 1.3 billion U.S. dollars
Start of production Around 2010
Number of employees Approx. 2,000
About Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 7203; NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TM), established in 1937, is one of the world's representative automobile manufacturers, producing vehicles in 26 countries and regions and marketing vehicles in more than 170 countries and regions. In fiscal 2006, Toyota provided nearly eight million vehicles on a consolidated basis to customers around the world under the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino brands. Toyota had more than 280,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2006. The company is headquartered in Aichi, Japan. For more information, please visit www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html. Source: Toyota Motor Corporation Contact: Toyota Motor Corporation Corporate Communications Department Public Affairs Division Tel: +81-3-3817-9150 URL: http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/ Copyright [c] 2007 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion