Mississippi Business Journal » Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Toyota opens plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/toyota-opens-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toyota-opens-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/toyota-opens-plant/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:24 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=50025 The Toyota facility in Blue Springs held a “line-off” ceremony Nov. 17 to celebrate what amounted to a delayed grand opening. It was a celebration nearly five years in the making. The star of the show was a black Corolla that was built on Oct. 24, when production started. It will reside in the lobby [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/toyota-opens-plant/feed/ 0 Start of Toyota production in Mississippi draws near http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/04/toyota-start-of-production-draws-near/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toyota-start-of-production-draws-near http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/04/toyota-start-of-production-draws-near/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:45:36 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=45662 By DENNIS SEID of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo BLUE SPRINGS — At the 2 million-square-foot Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi plant, the first Corollas have already been made. But they’re not for sale just yet. The test cars are works in progress, allowing team members — Toyota’s term for its employees — to put [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/04/toyota-start-of-production-draws-near/feed/ 2 Officials: As of right now, Blue Springs opening not affected by Japan disaster http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/18/officials-as-of-right-now-blue-springs-opening-not-affected-by-japan-disaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-as-of-right-now-blue-springs-opening-not-affected-by-japan-disaster http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/18/officials-as-of-right-now-blue-springs-opening-not-affected-by-japan-disaster/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:00:33 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=38499 One of the less urgent results of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11 was the announcement by Toyota, whose corporate headquarters is in Tokyo, that it would idle production at its facilities in that country. The initial decision came on March 14, roughly 72 hours after the 9.0 magnitude quake and the [...]

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