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Production cranks up at Toyota Boshoku

by MBJ Staff Published: November 22,2011

Tags: automobiles, Automotive, automotive suppliers, Cars, manufacturing, suppliers

MANTACHIE — Toyota Boshoku Mississippi, LLC (TBMS) has started producing the seat frames and door trim for the Toyota Corolla, which is being produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi Inc. in Blue Springs. TBMS is a subsidiary of Toyota Boshoku America, Inc. (Headquarter: Erlanger, Kentucky) The completed seat for the Corolla will be produced at [...] [...]

Toyota supplier celebrates start of production

by Associated Press Published: November 21,2011

Tags: automobile industry, automobiles, Automotive, automotive supplier, manufacturing, plant, production, startup, supplier

BALDWYN — Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi (APMM) celebrated the start of production of the company’s new facility in the Harry A. Martin North Lee Industrial Complex in Baldwyn last Friday. APMM, the North American subsidiary of Toyota Auto Body, is a tier-one supplier for the Toyota plant in Blue Springs. APMM, which currently employs 340 [...] [...]

Toyota plant in Blue Springs finally making Corollas after starts, stops and changes

BLUE SPRINGS — A year ago, Tereda Hairston was a third grade reading teacher in Starkville. Today, the 32-year-old is a quality check specialist at the Toyota plant in Blue Springs, having started there in July. “I absolutely love it,” Hairston said. “I applied here because I knew what Toyota was about. It’s stable. It’s [...] [...]

Canton plant to produce new Nissan commercial vehicles

by MBJ Staff Published: November 9,2011

Tags: automakers, automobile industry, automobiles, Automotive, manufacturing, product roll-out, production

CANTON — Just one year after its entry into the commercial vehicle business in North America with the segment-changing Nissan NV commercial van series, Nissan is expanding the lineup with the debut in spring 2012 of a new NV3500 HD Passenger Van. The 2012 Nissan NV3500 HD Passenger Van will be offered in a choice [...] [...]

Job applications for Toyota plant surpass 40,000

by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2011

Tags: automobiles, Automotive, Cars, employment, job applcations, jobs, manufacturing, state government, work, workers

BLUE SPRINGS — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security has collected more than 41,000 applications for Toyota’s plant at Blue Springs. Toyota attracted applications from all 82 Mississippi counties, 44 other states and Puerto Rico. The plant is expected to employ about 2,000. Working through the MDES website, Toyota continues accepting applications for maintenance jobs [...] [...]

First Corolla to roll off Toyota line this month

by Associated Press Published: November 1,2011

Tags: automobiles, Cars, manufacturing, vehicles

BLUE SPRINGS — The first Corolla will roll off the assembly line during a ceremony this month at Toyota’s northeast Mississippi plant at Blue Springs, a company spokeswoman said today. Toyota spokeswoman Barbara McDaniel says the event will begin at 11 a.m. Nov. 17. It is invitation only. She says invitations were mailed out this [...] [...]

Oakes buys All-Star Motors, to continue as GM dealer

by MBJ Staff Published: October 27,2011

Tags: auto sales, automobile dealerships, automobiles, Cars, mergers and acquisitions, retail, SUVs, trucks, vans, vehiles

GREENVILLE — Oakes Auto Group is purchasing All Star Motors of Greenville and will continue as a General Motors dealership there. The current All-Star Motors site is located on both sides of U.S. 82 and the east side of Mississippi 1, with approximately 30 employees. “We will renovate or rebuild to make the (General Motors) [...] [...]

Report: Number of deer-vehicle collisions drops

by MBJ Staff Published: October 11,2011

Tags: auto insurance, automobile accidents, automobiles, body shops, Cars, deer, insurance, trucks, vans, vehicles, wildlife

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — For the third consecutive year, the number of deer-vehicle collisions in the U.S. has dropped, and the State of Mississippi is part of the trend, according to insurer State Farm. The likelihood of a deer-vehicle collision in the state is down 8 percent over the past year. Approximately one in 143 drivers [...] [...]

Coast businessman sentenced for embezzling from customers

OCEAN SPRINGS — A Coast businessman has been sentenced for embezzlement and must pay full restitution to his victims, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Rusty Lee Keenum, 37, of Ocean Springs, appeared before Judge John C. Gargiulo and pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement. The judge sentenced Keenum to six years in the [...] [...]

Chain manufacturer to occupy ex-Yorozu plant

by Associated Press Published: October 3,2011

Tags: automobiles, Automotive, automotive supplier, chains, industrial, manufacturing, mergers and acquisitions, plant

VICKSBURG — A Missouri-based company says it plans to open a manufacturing plant in Vicksburg later this year and to begin full production of heavy-duty chains within a year. Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company, LLC of St. Louis bought a former automotive parts plant in August. Yorozu Automotive Mississippi had shut down in 2008. Laclede CEO [...] [...]

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