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TOYOTA PLANT IN KENTUCKY
- Groundbreaking: May 1986
- Plant Site: 1,300 acres
- Investment: $5.4 billion
- Employment: About 6,600
- Annual Payroll: $441 million
- Annual Production Capacity: 500,000 vehicles
- Products: Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Venza, 4-cylinder and V6 engines
- Operations: Die Manufacturing, Stamping, Body Weld, Paint, Plastics, Assembly & Powertrain
TOYOTA PLANT IN WEST VIRGINIA
- Groundbreaking: September 1996
- Plant Site: 230 acres (Facility: 1.8 million square feet)
- Investment: $1.2 billion
- Employment: 1,050
- Annual Production Capacity: 1 million engines and transmissions
- Products: Four-cylinder & V6 engines and 6-speed transmissions
- Operations: Machining & Assembly
TOYOTA PLANT IN MISSISSIPPI
- Start of Production: Fall 2011
- Plant Site: 1,700 acres
- Employment: 2,000 projected
- Capacity: 150,000 annually
- Product: Toyota Corolla
- Operations: Vehicle production (stamping, body weld, paint and assembly)
KEY DATES
- Feb. 27, 2007: Original announcement. Toyota states it will build the Highlander SUV in Blue Springs, Mississippi; outside Tupelo.
- April 18, 2007: Groundbreaking
- July 10, 2008: Production adjustment. Toyota moves the Highlander SUV to its Indiana plant in Princeton. Toyota names TMMMS as new home of the Prius.
- Dec. 15, 2008: Plant construction put on hold indefinitely due to market conditions.
- June 17, 2010: TMMMS announces it will produce the Toyota Corolla in the Fall of 2011.
TOYOTA PLANT IN TEXAS
- Groundbreaking: 2003
- Plant: 2000 Acres (Facility: 2.2 million sq. ft.)
- Investment: $1.4 billion
- Employment: Over 2,800
- Annual Production Capacity: 200,000 units
- Products: Tundra and Tacoma pickup trucks
- Operations: Stamping, welding, painting, plastics and assembly
TOYOTA PLANT IN ALABAMA
- Groundbreaking: 2001
- Plant Site: 200 acres
- Plant Size: 780,000 square feet
- Investment: $637 million
- Employment: 1,000 (Projected by summer 2011)
- Annual Production Capacity: 577,000 (Projected by summer 2011)
- Products: V8 engines for Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia SUVs, V6 engines for Tundra and Tacoma pickup trucks
- Operations: Machining and engine assembly
TOYOTA PLANT IN INDIANA
- Groundbreaking: May 1996
- Plant site: 1,160 acres
- Investment: $3.7 billion (as of 2009)
- Employment: about 4,100
- Annual Payroll: $285 million (CY2009)
- Annual Production Capacity: 300,000 vehicles
- Products: Sequoia, Sienna, Highlander
- Operations: Stamping, body weld, paint, plastics and assembly