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- Reuters
Toyota mulls over $500 million investment into Texas plant, San Antonio Express-News reports
The Japanese automaker plans to construct a new building, add 411 jobs and potentially expand its existing plant in San Antonio, Texas that manufactures the Toyota Tundra pickup truck and Sequoia SUV, the report said. Toyota has invested $4.2 billion in the San Antonio plant since 2003 and employs more than 3,700 workers at the facility, which began production in 2006. The San Antonio expansion could encompass more than 500,000 square feet of new space, but the company's presentation to Bexar County did not specify what would be added at the plant, the report said.
- Reuters
Exclusive-Toyota repeatedly halted Mexico plant after suppliers hit by worker shortage, sources say
Toyota Motor was forced to repeatedly halt production at a Mexico plant in February and March after local labour shortages snarled output at suppliers, according to people with knowledge of the automaker's operations. The stoppages, details of which were corroborated by documents from Toyota and suppliers reviewed by Reuters, illustrate a potential choke point for the world's top automaker, which plans to produce 10 million vehicles this year. Toyota halted production for a total 19 days in February and March at its plant in Tijuana, Mexico, where it makes the Tacoma pick-up truck, according to two of the people.
- CNN Business
What’s at stake in the union election at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama
A high-stakes union election is underway at a Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the only plant for the luxury automaker in North America.
