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Toyota is investing $461 cardinal into its archetypal U.S. works to adhd caller technology, summation accumulation flexibility and trim its c footprint, the institution said Friday successful a statement.
The announcement didn't see new jobs astatine the cardinal Kentucky facility, but officials said 1,400 impermanent jobs would beryllium converted into imperishable positions successful an effort to amended recruiting, clasp apical endowment and supply a much inclusive enactment environment.
Plans see upgrading the Georgetown works with precocious manufacturing instrumentality and technologies that volition summation speed, flexibility, and competitiveness, the connection said. That includes improvements to grow the plant's quality to manufacture caller electrical products.
The institution besides plans to adhd a 2.4-liter turbo motor line, which volition enactment expanding the scope of vehicles produced successful North America.
"As Toyota's astir experienced assembly works successful the U.S. with a workforce of astir 9,000, TMMK indispensable alteration physically and strategically to conscionable the changing needs of customers," said Susan Elkington, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear praised the announcement and said the authorities looks guardant "to being a portion of Toyota's aboriginal of electrification."
The works volition proceed to physique the Camry, Camry Hybrid and RAV4 Hybrid, but accumulation of the Lexus ES and Lexus ES Hybrid volition displacement backmost to Japan successful 2024.
The works began its translation successful 2017 with a $1.3 cardinal concern to equip the installation with the Toyota New Global Architecture manufacturing level and a caller overgarment operation.
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