INDUSTRY NEWS Toyota Investing $8.4 Million in Tennessee, Missouri Casting Plants
The investments in the Bodine Aluminum plants in Jackson, Tenn., and Troy, Mo., will go toward creat- ing capacity for transmission cast- ings. The parts will be supplied to Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, which currently makes the transmission for the Avalon (shown), among other models.
Toyota Motor Co. announced it will expand capacity at two of its U.S.- based metalcasting facili- ties as part of transmission capacity upgrades. Toyota said in a press
release the expansions, at its Bodine Aluminum plants in Jackson, Tenn., and Troy, Mo., will support the addi- tion of 6-speed automatic transmission capacity at its facility in Buffalo, W.V. Te two Bodine plants
are expected to cast transmission cases and housing parts for the products. Toyota said the expansion will increase the metalcasters’ capacity by more than 320,000 units annually, representing approximately 20 new jobs and an $8.4 million investment. Te Buffalo plant will receive $64
million and 40 new jobs. Start of production at all three facilities is projected by the end of 2012. Toyota Motor Manufacturing
West Virginia Inc. currently builds 6-speed transmissions for V6 engine models including the Avalon, Camry, Lexus RX350, Sienna and Venza. Te expansion will bring the divi- sion’s annual transmission capacity to nearly 400,000. Te expansion raises total employment to approximately 1,100 and total plant investment to $1.26 billion.
QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS Te following metalcasting organization has passed a recent
certification audit: J. Walter Miller, Lancaster, Pa. (ISO 9001:2008).
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