News From TMMK

Here's where you can come to find out about the latest news and events at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) and other Toyota news in North America. Be sure to check back often, because something's always going on at Toyota.

The Latest From TMMK:

8/30/2010

Toyota's Kentucky Plant Revs Past Eight Million Engines

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) reached a significant milestone when its powertrain facility produced its eight-millionth engine on July 27, 2010.

8/23/2010

Wil James Comes Back Home to TMMK

The announcement of Wilbert W. (Wil) James as TMMK’s new president was not a surprise to people familiar with the Georgetown operations or the business community of Central Kentucky.

8/6/2010

Toyota Launches Tacoma Production in San Antonio

Production of the Tacoma pickup truck began last month but was marked today with a ceremony at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (TMMTX). The $100 million investment boosts total investment to $1.4 billion. Tacoma’s production move to TMMTX was announced a year ago and adds 1,000 jobs. Today, over 2,800 team members are employed at TMMTX and the plant is fully positioned to ramp up Toyota’s pickup truck production for the American market.

Earlier press releases from this year are here.

You can sign up for our RSS feed here.

For Further Information

View Biographies of TMMK Executives.

Information on Toyota vehicles and sales is available here. (This link will take you off the TMMK site.)

High-resolution images of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky are available for download.

Dr. Charles Haywood's study on TMMK's Economic Impact on Kentucky is available for download in a printable Adobe Acrobat® Format. (8.4MB File)

The Center for Automotive Research's single-manufacturer economic impact study, which describes the economic contribution of Toyota's total manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations in the United States overall and in fourteen individual states is available for download in a printable Adobe Acrobat® Format.

Read about all of the environmental activities at TMMK and Toyota's other North American manufacturing plants in the full report here. This year, for the first time, the full report will only be available electronically, further reducing Toyota’s environmental impact. (This link will take you off the TMMK site.)

Some of these files are in the Adobe Acrobat® File Format. Download the Acrobat Reader at no charge from www.adobe.com.

---

News Archives

Click on the links below to access press releases from previous years.

2010 Archive	2004 Archive
2009 Archive	2003 Archive
2008 Archive	2002 Archive
2007 Archive	2001 Archive
2006 Archive	2000 Archive
2005 Archive	1999 Archive