DENNIS SEID: Toyota has reasons for building elsewhere
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that if Toyota goes ahead with plans to build the Corolla sedan at a new factory in Mexico instead of the U.S., it could be hit with a “big border tax”...
View ArticleDENNIS SEID: What we knew and when we knew it
Looking back at the decade since Toyota announced it was building a plant in Blue Springs, I’m still a bit surprised by the credit my newspaper was given for “keeping the news secret” until the day of...
View ArticleToyota plans $10M visitor and training center in Mississippi
Toyota Motor Co. says it will build a $10 million center for visitors and interactive training at its northeast Mississippi assembly plant. The Japanese automaker’s announcement came Thursday as it...
View ArticleMississippi seen as contender for Toyota-Mazda plant
By JACK WEATHERLY The same day that workers at the Nissan North America plant in Canton voted strongly against unionizing, another Japanese automaker with Mississippi ties, Toyota, announced it would...
View ArticleToyota Mississippi production unaffected by Toyota-Mazda venture
By DENNIS SEID / Daily Journal BLUE SPRINGS – Toyota Mississippi officials said production of the Corolla at the Blue Springs plant won’t be affected by Friday’s announcement that Toyota will be...
View ArticleDENNIS SEID: Toyota-Mazda partnership would benefit state, region
Toyota’s announcement Aug. 4 that it had signed a joint venture agreement with Mazda to build Corollas and other vehicles sent state and local leaders through a range of emotions – surprise, concern...
View ArticleOn the short list: 11 states vying for Toyota-Mazda plant
By DENNIS SEID / Daily Journal Whether Mississippi is the leading contender for an automotive assembly plant jointly operated by Toyota and Mazda is the $1.6 billion question. The two Japanese...
View ArticleToyota to celebrate 10 Years in Mississippi
Toyota’s facility in Blue Springs will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a ‘Back Porch Blues’ concert on Nov. 4. “The progress our team members have made over the past 10 years has been amazing,”...
View ArticleToyota says Mississippi plant makes millionth Corolla sedan
BLUE SPRINGS — Toyota Motor Corp. says its Mississippi plant has assembled its millionth Corolla sedan. The company made the announcement Tuesday, a little more than six years after it started...
View ArticleToyota taps Suggs as next president for Blue Springs plant.
Sean Suggs was recently new president at Toyota’s Blue Springs facility. Suggs, who has been vice president of manufacturing, will be dual capped as president and vice president of administration at...
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