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Toyota : North American Production 2000
This year's total production was more than 1,103,000* vehicles. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) is home of the Toyota Camry, best selling car in America four years in a row. This year TMMK produced 495,582 vehicles - 251,767 Camry sedans, 120,252 Avalons, and 123,563 Sienna minivans - at its Georgetown, Ky. facility, which employs about 7,900 team members. The plant also machines and assembles four-cylinder and V-6 engines (269,042 and 210,598 respectively for 2000CY). Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. (TMMI), located in Princeton, Ind., celebrated the launch of Toyota's new full-size SUV, the Sequoia, this year. With this new vehicle, the plant produced 129,724 vehicles - 114,724 Tundras and 15,000 Sequoias- a dramatic increase over last year's 56,176 vehicles. Additionally, TMMI broke ground for an $800 million expansion making way for the production of the Sienna minivan in 2003. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. production remained steady with a total of 183,739 vehicles- 133,043 Corollas and 50,696 Camry Solaras. In April 2000, Toyota announced the $450 million expansion of its Cambridge, Ontario plant to build the Lexus RX 300, making it the first plant to produce a Lexus model outside of Japan. Rounding out Toyota's North American production milestone were vehicles produced at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors in Fremont, Calif. NUMMI, which employs approximately 5,000 team members, produced 294,093 Toyota vehicles, including 147,739 Corollas and 146,354 Tacoma trucks. NUMMI also manufactured 50,019 Chevrolet Prizms (not included in the 1,103,138 production figure for Toyota). In addition to automobile manufacturing in North America, Toyota has plants that make parts and components for Toyota vehicles. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. in Buffalo, W. Va., machines and assembles four-cylinder and V6 engines. This year, production at this facility grew significantly to 290,209 units - 192,069 four-cylinder and 98,140 V6 engines - up from 123,435 last year. Additionally, Bodine Aluminum, Inc., in Troy, Mo., casts aluminum parts such as cylinder heads, intake manifolds and engine blocks. TABC, Inc. in Long Beach, Calif., manufactures truck beds, catalytic converters, coated substrates and steering columns. Finally, Canadian Autoparts Toyota, Inc. in Delta, British Columbia produces aluminum wheels. Toyota employs more than 31,000 people in North America, including about 20,000 at its manufacturing operations in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, and Ontario and British Columbia in Canada. With the addition of the Indiana-built Sequoia this fall, Toyota produces eight vehicles in North America: Avalon, Camry, Camry Solara, Corolla, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma, and Tundra. The Lexus RX 300 will be added to the line-up in 2003. * Based on preliminary vehicle production totals as of December 23, 2000. Exact production numbers may vary by a few vehicles at each plant. (01/04/2001) Source : Toyota
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