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Toyota expands center at Michigan location
The company plans to hire 100 more people despite its own sales slump, with possible expansion in the future. // Cherry Hill Courier Post 10/10/2008 01:32. $187 million York Township site expands Toyota's engineering, safety testing capability YORK TOWNSHIP, Mich., Oct. 9 YORK TOWNSHIP , Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Toyota Technical Center (TTC) celebrated the grand opening of its new engineering and safety testing facilities here today with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Congressman John Dingell , as well as several hundred government officials, community leaders, suppliers and Toyota (NYSE: TM) team members. TTC, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), already has a site in Ann Arbor . With the expansion in York Township , TTC is adding 400 new jobs and will boost its employment to 1,100 by 2010. "Toyota's investment of $187 million to advance research and... // Earthtimes 11/10/2008 03:20 Toyota opens technical center: $187-million York Twp. site seen as ... Trading Markets
Oct 10, 2008 (Detroit Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information
Services via COMTEX) -- TM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Toyota held a grand opening celebration Thursday for its new
$187-million technical center in York Township that was hailed as a
major economic development project for the state by Gov. Jennifer
Granholm as Toyota and the automotive industry struggle through the
most difficult conditions since at least the early 1990s. Toyota's 700-acre technical center, at the northwest corner of U.S.-23 and Willis Road in York Township south of Ann Arbor, expands the company's vehicle engineering and development capability, represents additional opportunities for local suppliers and secures hundreds of high-wage jobs for the state. "It is this celebration of investment... // Trading Markets 11/10/2008 01:00 Toyota Opens New Tech Center Campus in Michigan Ward's Auto
11/10/2008 00:13 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan Chicago Tribune
10/10/2008 22:22 Toyota sets up a new technical center in Michigan The Money Times
The center, set up for designing and engineering vehicles for North America, is located about 700 acres south of Ann Arbor and stretches over a 5,30,000-square-foot area of land. This huge complex, built on the site of a former state mental hospital also has a safety testing center for crash tests. The auto industry of Michigan state has suffered a lot in the recent past. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC who had been the prime companies for employment in the Southeast region lost billions of dollars and shed thousands of their workers. Toyota posted a 32% drop in U.S. sales in September as monthly sales ndustrywie fell below 1 million for the first time in 15... // The Money Times 10/10/2008 21:00 Toyota testing centre creates 400 jobs London Free Press
YORK TOWNSHIP, MICH. -- Toyota Motor Corp. formally opened a new
engineering and safety testing facility near Ann Arbor yesterday,
bringing 400 badly needed jobs to an area hard-hit by auto industry
layoffs. About 300 workers have been moving into the buildings for the past couple of months, and the Japanese automaker expects to add another 100 jobs by 2010, with the potential for hundreds more in the future. The new US$187-million, 530,000-square-foot complex supplements Toyota's existing technical centre near Ann Arbor, about 50 kilometres west of Detroit. The company... // London Free Press 10/10/2008 20:34 Toyota Opens Second Facility In Michigan PR-CANADA.net
$187 million York Township site expands Toyota’s engineering,
safety testing capability York Township, MI - Toyota Technical Center (TTC) celebrated the grand opening of its new engineering and safety testing facilities here today with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Congressman John Dingell, as well as several hundred government officials, community leaders, suppliers and Toyota team members. TTC, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering s investment of $187 million to advance research and development demonstrates our commitment to the North American automotive industry" said Shigeki Terashi, TTC president. "TTC has been conducting R our... // PR-CANADA.net 10/10/2008 19:01 Toyota dedicates new tech complex Lansing State Journal
Granholm has said the state will see a net tax gain of $60 million
over the next two decades from the center, which she called an
example of Michigan's future economy. "Our reputation as the automotive capital of the world brought Toyota here, and we will continue to attract R&D and advanced manufacturing jobs because of our global leadership in automotive research and development," she said in a statement. // Lansing State Journal 10/10/2008 18:36 Toyota opens technical center Detroit Free Press
10/10/2008 18:05 Toyota opens tech center addition Crain's Detroit Business
Toyota Motor Corp. today officially opened its 530,000-square-foot expansion to the
Toyota Technical Center south of Ann Arbor in York Township. Construction began in January 2007 on the $187 million complex, expanding the center where employees engineer everything except powertrains for each new Toyota U.S. vehicle. The expansion includes a four-story engineering building, Toyota’s first North American crash-test center and a research institute focusing on energy, the environment, safety and mobility. “The importance of Toyota’s presence here is a very important piece of our strategy in the state to diversify our economy and to really take advantage of our natural strengths,” Gov. Jennifer Granholm said at the tech center opening. The center will create 400 jobs by 2010 in... // Crain's Detroit Business 10/10/2008 16:44 R&D center boosts Toyota in Michigan DetNews.com
Toyota Motor Corp. officially opened its new
research-and-development center south of Saline on Thursday,
marking a significant expansion of its engineering and design
operations in the United States. The engineering and safety testing complex is an expansion of the existing Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor. Yasuhiko Ichihashi, one of Toyota's senior managing directors and the former head of that facility, said it will become "one of Toyota's key global R&D operations." It has to be. Japan's population is aging, and it has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. According to the CIA, Japan's population is decreasing by more than a tenth of a percent annually. That means Toyota and other Japanese carmakers will have to tap other nation's engineering talent. "In order to... // DetNews.com 10/10/2008 13:18 Toyota Opens New Engineering, Safety Center WWJ
Toyota Technical Center celebrated the grand opening of its new
engineering and safety testing facilities in Ann Arbor Thursday
with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and United States Congressman
John Dingell, as well as several hundred government officials,
community leaders, suppliers and Toyota team members. TTC, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering s investment of $187 million to advance research and development demonstrates our commitment to the North American automotive industry,” said Shigeki Terashi, TTC president. “TTC has been conducting R Added Granholm:... // WWJ 10/10/2008 12:21 Toyota opens second engineering facility in Michigan CanadianDriver
York Township, Michigan - Toyota has celebrated the grand opening
of its second engineering and safety testing facility,
Toyota Technical Center (TTC) in York Township,
Michigan. TTC, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering
and Manufacturing North America, already has a site in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. With the expansion, TTC is adding 400 new jobs and will boost its employment to 1,100 workers by 2010. “Toyota’s investment of $187... // CanadianDriver 10/10/2008 12:13 Toyota expands tech center near Ann Arbor WZZM
Toyota held a grand opening celebration today for its new
$187-million technical center in York Township that was attended by
more than 700. The project was hailed as a major economic development project for the state by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, even as Toyota and the automotive industry faces the most difficult conditions since at least the early 1990s. "It is this celebration of investment and jobs in Michigan that we are here to raise a glass to," Granholm said this morning. "These are tough times in the industry, but we also know that the vehicle as a product and its evolution is all going to happen right here in Michigan." Toyota's 700-acre technical center is at the northwest corner of U.S.-23 and Willis Road in York Township. The building, which houses about 500 employees, is... // WZZM 10/10/2008 11:34 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan, 3rd Ld-Writethru ITworld.com
10/10/2008 10:25 Toyota expands tech center near Ann Arbor Trading Markets
Oct 09, 2008 (Detroit Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information
Services via COMTEX) -- TM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Toyota held a grand opening celebration today for its new
$187-million technical center in York Township that was attended by
more than 700. The project was hailed as a major economic development project for the state by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, even as Toyota and the automotive industry faces the most difficult conditions since at least the early 1990s. "It is this celebration of investment and jobs in Michigan that we are here to raise a glass to," Granholm said this morning. "These are tough times in the industry, but we also know that the vehicle as a product and its evolution is all going to happen right here in Michigan." Toyota's 700-acre technical... // Trading Markets 10/10/2008 10:19 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan BusinessWeek
Across the street from Terry Fisher's BP gas station just off U.S.
23 sits what may be the only good news in the domestic auto
industry these days. It's an expansion of Toyota Motor Corp.'s new North American technical center, a $187 million, 530,000-square-foot complex that sits on 700 acres south of Ann Arbor. While the Detroit Three, who long have dominated employment in Southeast Michigan, are losing billions of dollars and shedding workers by the thousands, Toyota on Thursday dedicated the new complex, complete with 300 jobs, many of them highly paid engineers. The company plans to hire 100 more people despite its own sales slump, with possible expansion in the future. The complex, on the site of a former state mental hospital, will design and engineer vehicles for North... // BusinessWeek 10/10/2008 09:16 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan Forbes
10/10/2008 06:27 Toyota Opens New Tech Center Campus in Michigan Ward's Auto
10/10/2008 05:32 Toyota expands tech center near Ann Arbor Detroit Free Press
10/10/2008 05:21 Toyota opens tech center addition Crain's Detroit Business
Toyota Motor Corp. today officially opened its 530,000-square-foot expansion to the
Toyota Technical Center south of Ann Arbor. Construction began in January 2007 on the $187 million complex, expanding the center where employees engineer everything except powertrains for each new Toyota U.S. vehicle. The expansion includes a four-story engineering building, Toyota’s first North American crash-test center and a research institute focusing on energy, the environment, safety and mobility. The center will create 400 jobs by 2010... // Crain's Detroit Business 10/10/2008 03:36 • Toyota celebrates its grand opening in York Township MLive.com
Additional reporting by Tom Krisher | The Associated Press The new $187 million Toyota Technical Center in York Township celebrated its grand opening this morning. Gov. Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, and several high-ranking Toyota officials were on hand to cut the ribbon inside the building where Toyota will crash test vehicles. The grand opening celebration included a Toyota-engineered robot playing a trumpet and a performance by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the Saline High School Orchestra. The 530,000-square-foot Toyota facility is split up into two buildings on 700 acres: The crash test/safety facility, and the larger engineering design building, where most of the employees will work. In August, Toyota moved about 600 workers from its Ann Arbor... // MLive.com 10/10/2008 03:07 Toyota opens Michigan tech center Daily Breeze
YORK TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Toyota Motor Corp. formally opened a new
engineering and safety testing facility near Ann Arbor on Thursday,
bringing 400 badly needed jobs to an area hard-hit by auto industry
layoffs. About 300 workers have been moving into the buildings for the past couple of months, and the Japanese automaker expects to add another 100 jobs by 2010, with the potential for hundreds more in the future. The new $187 million, 530,000-square-foot complex supplements Toyota's existing technical center near Ann Arbor, about 30 miles west of Detroit. The company now employs about 1,000 workers at both complexes. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the expansion is an important piece of the state's plan to... // Daily Breeze 10/10/2008 03:01 Toyota tech center officially opens DetNews.com
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the tech center expansion was
"a very important piece of our strategy to diversify Michigan,"
which has lost more than 315,000 manufacturing positions since
mid-2000. More than 300 jobs at the facility have been brought to
the state and hundreds more promised. Toyota has been doing research in Southeast Michigan for more than 30 years. "We are proud of what you do," U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, said... // DetNews.com 10/10/2008 02:59 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan, 2nd Ld-Writethru ITworld.com
10/10/2008 02:56 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan Forbes
About 300 workers have been moving into the buildings for the past
couple of months, and the Japanese automaker expects to add another
100 jobs by 2010, with the potential for hundreds more in the
future. The new $187 million, 530,000-square-foot complex supplements Toyota's existing technical center near Ann Arbor, about 30 miles west of Detroit. The company now employs about 1,000 workers at both complexes. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the expansion is an important piece of the state's plan to diversify its economy, which has added high-tech jobs after losing more than 315,000 manufacturing positions since mid-2000. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC have long dominated employment in Southeast Michigan and are losing billions of dollars and shedding... // Forbes 10/10/2008 02:56 • Toyota celebrates its grand opening in York Township MLive.com
10/10/2008 02:33 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan Forbes
About 300 workers have been moving into the buildings for the past
couple of months, and the Japanese automaker expects to add another
100 jobs by 2010, with the potential for hundreds more in the
future. The new $187 million, 530,000-square-foot complex supplements Toyota's existing technical center near Ann Arbor, about 30 miles west of Detroit. The company now employs about 1,000 workers at both complexes. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the expansion is an important piece of the state's plan to diversify its economy, which has added high-tech jobs after losing more than 315,000 manufacturing positions since mid-2000. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC have long dominated employment in Southeast Michigan and are losing billions of dollars and shedding... // Forbes 10/10/2008 02:00 Toyota dedicates new tech center in Michigan International Herald Tribune
YORK TOWNSHIP, Michigan : Toyota Motor Corp. formally opened a new engineering and safety
testing facility near Ann Arbor on Thursday, bringing 400 badly
needed jobs to an area hard-hit by U.S. auto industry layoffs. About 300 workers have been moving into the buildings for the past couple of months, and the Japanese automaker expects to add another 100 jobs by 2010, with the potential for hundreds more in the future. The new $187 million, 530,000-square-foot (49,238 sq. meter) complex supplements Toyota's existing technical center near Ann Arbor, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Detroit. The company now employs about 1,000 workers at both complexes. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the expansion is an important piece of the state's plan to diversify its economy, which... // International Herald Tribune 10/10/2008 01:58 Toyota Opens Second Facility in Michigan CNNMoney.com
YORK TOWNSHIP, Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Toyota
Technical Center (TTC) celebrated the grand opening of its new
engineering and safety testing facilities here today with Michigan
Governor Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Congressman John Dingell, as
well as several hundred government officials, community leaders,
suppliers and Toyota (NYSE: TM) team members. TTC, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering s investment of $187 million to advance research and development demonstrates our commitment to the North American automotive industry," said Shigeki Terashi, TTC president. "TTC has been conducting R&D activity in Michigan for over 30 years and recognizes Southeast Michigan as the center for automotive R&D in North America." "Continued commitment and investments by Toyota are... // CNNMoney.com |
