Cambridge, Ontario \u2014 In recognition of 25 years of making cars in Canada, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) hosted a celebration at the new Waterloo Region Museum today that featured company executives, community leaders and provincial and federal officials. Special guests included Ontario Economic Development and Innovation Minister, Brad Duguid and Toyota Motor Corporation President, Akio Toyoda.<\/p>\n
In 1986, TMMC broke ground on its Cambridge plant site. Original projections were for the plant to employ 1,000 and build 50,000 vehicles per year on a single line in a plant totalling 1 million square feet. Since then, employment has grown to more than 6,500. Last year, TMMC built more than nine times original projections: more than 458,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota now operates three vehicle assembly plants in Canada, building the Toyota Corolla and Lexus RX350 in Cambridge and the RAV4 in Woodstock, Ontario. The total size of those three plants is now 4.8 million square feet<\/p>\n
Over the past 25 years, TMMC has invested $5.6 billion in its plant and facilities. Toyota Motor Corporation President, Akio Toyoda commented, \u201cTMMC has become one of Toyota\u2019s largest, most successful manufacturing operations in the world. It has done so by consistently exceeding expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ontario\u2019s Minister of Economic Development and Innovation, Brad Duguid, remarked, \u201cToyota is an essential part of Ontario\u2019s auto industry, and a big reason why the province continues to be the leading jurisdiction in North America for vehicle assembly. We look forward to continuing our productive partnership with the Toyota team and are delighted to offer our congratulations on this important milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n
TMMC Chairman, Ray Tanguay reflected on the growth. \u201cAlong with satisfying our customers, the most important contribution we can make is to provide secure employment for Canadian Team Members. For me, it\u2019s gratifying to watch people grow and thrive as TMMC Team Members.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year, TMMC earned its ninth J.D. Power and Associates Plant Quality Award for Initial Quality. Brian Krinock, who has been President of TMMC since 2010, commented \u201cOur Team Members have made some remarkable contributions and they deserve every accolade they\u2019ve earned. The growth that our Canadian operations have enjoyed is the direct result of their expanding capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the celebration, TMMC donated 10 RAV4 vehicles to local community groups. The ten groups were:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had the honour of watching Toyota grow in my community for more than 25 years. They\u2019ve been a remarkable partner and have made a tremendous contribution to the Region\u201d said Waterloo Regional Chair, Ken Seiling.<\/p>\n
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada currently manufactures the Toyota Corolla, Toyota Matrix, Toyota RAV4 and the Lexus RX 350 vehicles and has two plants in Cambridge, ON and one plant in Woodstock, ON. The company employs approximately 6,500 employees.<\/p>\n
For information about Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, visit\u00a0www.tmmc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n For more information about Toyota products, visit\u00a0www.toyota.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Greig Mordue<\/strong> TOYOTA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN CANADA Cambridge, Ontario \u2014 In recognition of 25 years of making cars in Canada, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) hosted a celebration…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions\/1642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmmc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Media Contacts:<\/h3>\n
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