Mississippi Business Journal » Whit Hughes http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 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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