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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 creating capacity for trans- mission castings.
Toyota Motor Co. announced it will expand capacity at
two of its U.S.-based metalcasting facilities as part of trans- mission capacity upgrades. Toyota said in a press release the expansions, at its
Bodine Aluminum plants in Jackson, Tenn., and Troy, Mo., will support the addition of 6-speed automatic transmission capacity at its facility in Buffalo, W.V. The 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. The 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. cur-
rently builds 6-speed transmissions for V6 engine models including the Avalon, Camry, Lexus RX350, Sienna and Venza. The expansion will bring the division’s annual transmission capacity to nearly 400,000. The expansion raises total employment to approximately 1,100 and total plant investment to $1.26 billion.
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The following metalcasters have passed a recent certification audit:
J. Walter Miller, Lancaster, Pa. (ISO 9001:2008); Premier Aluminum, Racine, Wis. (ISO 9001:2008); Sloan Valve Co., Augusta, Ark. (ISO 9001:2008); Temperform Corp., Novi, Mich. (ISO 9001:2008). METAL
12 Metal Casting Design & PurChasing May/June 2011
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