Toyota will build Highlander in Miss. plant -- and maybe more

Toyota will build Highlander in Miss. plant -- and maybe more

Lindsay Chappell | Automotive News / February 27, 2007 - 1:00 am /
UPDATED: 2/27/2007 1:20 P.M.

Toyota Motor Corp. will build a $1.3 billion SUV plant near Tupelo,
Miss., about 100 miles southeast of Memphis, the automaker said today.

But evidence suggests the company is already planning to expand the
plant.

At a Tupelo press conference this morning, Toyota officials said they
plan to hire about 2,000 workers to produce 150,000 Highlanders a year
by 2010.

A source with the project said Toyota is planning a second phase that
would yield a crossover that does not now exist in Toyota's product
lineup.

Toyota officials declined to discuss longer-term plans for the
project. But at the press conference this morning, Mississippi Gov.
Haley Barbour let it slip that the plant's employment will grow to
4,000.

The 1,700-acre site is in a small community named Blue Springs.

Toyota has been taking public heat in the United States as its sales
of imported vehicles rise. Imported vehicles account for about 46
percent of Toyota's U.S. sales, despite a long-standing goal of
building two-thirds of its sales volume in local factories.

Toyota's U.S. sales rose more than 12 percent last year, even as Ford
Motor Co., General Motors and the Chrysler group struggled with
financial setbacks and plant layoffs.

Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America Inc., said the new
Mississippi plant is not designed to defuse the criticism.

"We're not doing this as a reaction to anything," Press said. "Our
commitment is to continue to build cars where we sell them."

Toyota also is preparing to open a RAV4 factory in Woodstock, Ontario,
and to start a new assembly line inside Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Inc. in Lafayette, Ind., that will boost U.S. Camry production this
year.

Toyota will not build engines at the Mississippi plant. The site is
near Highway 72, which runs through northern Mississippi into northern
Alabama to link the future plant to Toyota's expanding engine factory
in Huntsville, Ala.

Blue Springs is an unusual site for a Toyota factory. Other North
American plants have been built a short drive from mid-sized cities,
such as Lexington, Ky., and Evansville, Ind.

Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
Chattanooga, Tenn.

But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
unemployed.

Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
workers to staff the new plant.

On 27 Feb 2007 12:29:37 -0800, "Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Toyota will build Highlander in Miss. plant -- and maybe more
>
>Lindsay Chappell | Automotive News / February 27, 2007 - 1:00 am /
>UPDATED: 2/27/2007 1:20 P.M.
>
>Toyota Motor Corp. will build a $1.3 billion SUV plant near Tupelo,
>Miss., about 100 miles southeast of Memphis, the automaker said today.
>
>But evidence suggests the company is already planning to expand the
>plant.
>[/color]

As an aside.

Mississippi is run by a Republican....

[url]http://www.governorbarbour.com/[/url]

--


Scott in Florida

In article <1172608177.536124.243730@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Toyota will build Highlander in Miss. plant -- and maybe more
>
> Lindsay Chappell | Automotive News / February 27, 2007 - 1:00 am /
> UPDATED: 2/27/2007 1:20 P.M.
>
> Toyota Motor Corp. will build a $1.3 billion SUV plant near Tupelo,
> Miss., about 100 miles southeast of Memphis, the automaker said today.
>
> But evidence suggests the company is already planning to expand the
> plant.
>
> At a Tupelo press conference this morning, Toyota officials said they
> plan to hire about 2,000 workers to produce 150,000 Highlanders a year
> by 2010.
>
> A source with the project said Toyota is planning a second phase that
> would yield a crossover that does not now exist in Toyota's product
> lineup.
>
> Toyota officials declined to discuss longer-term plans for the
> project. But at the press conference this morning, Mississippi Gov.
> Haley Barbour let it slip that the plant's employment will grow to
> 4,000.
>
> The 1,700-acre site is in a small community named Blue Springs.
>
> Toyota has been taking public heat in the United States as its sales
> of imported vehicles rise. Imported vehicles account for about 46
> percent of Toyota's U.S. sales, despite a long-standing goal of
> building two-thirds of its sales volume in local factories.
>
> Toyota's U.S. sales rose more than 12 percent last year, even as Ford
> Motor Co., General Motors and the Chrysler group struggled with
> financial setbacks and plant layoffs.
>
> Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America Inc., said the new
> Mississippi plant is not designed to defuse the criticism.
>
> "We're not doing this as a reaction to anything," Press said. "Our
> commitment is to continue to build cars where we sell them."
>
> Toyota also is preparing to open a RAV4 factory in Woodstock, Ontario,
> and to start a new assembly line inside Subaru of Indiana Automotive
> Inc. in Lafayette, Ind., that will boost U.S. Camry production this
> year.
>
> Toyota will not build engines at the Mississippi plant. The site is
> near Highway 72, which runs through northern Mississippi into northern
> Alabama to link the future plant to Toyota's expanding engine factory
> in Huntsville, Ala.
>
> Blue Springs is an unusual site for a Toyota factory. Other North
> American plants have been built a short drive from mid-sized cities,
> such as Lexington, Ky., and Evansville, Ind.
>
> Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
> work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
> Chattanooga, Tenn.
>
> But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
> manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
> furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
> unemployed.
>
> Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
> workers to staff the new plant.[/color]

I wonder why GM and Ford never built plants in Mississippi.
--

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:41:28 -0600, "dbu," <questionmark@pine.com>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>In article <1172608177.536124.243730@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
> "Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Toyota will build Highlander in Miss. plant -- and maybe more
>>
>> Lindsay Chappell | Automotive News / February 27, 2007 - 1:00 am /
>> UPDATED: 2/27/2007 1:20 P.M.
>>
>> Toyota Motor Corp. will build a $1.3 billion SUV plant near Tupelo,
>> Miss., about 100 miles southeast of Memphis, the automaker said today.
>>
>> But evidence suggests the company is already planning to expand the
>> plant.
>>
>> At a Tupelo press conference this morning, Toyota officials said they
>> plan to hire about 2,000 workers to produce 150,000 Highlanders a year
>> by 2010.
>>
>> A source with the project said Toyota is planning a second phase that
>> would yield a crossover that does not now exist in Toyota's product
>> lineup.
>>
>> Toyota officials declined to discuss longer-term plans for the
>> project. But at the press conference this morning, Mississippi Gov.
>> Haley Barbour let it slip that the plant's employment will grow to
>> 4,000.
>>
>> The 1,700-acre site is in a small community named Blue Springs.
>>
>> Toyota has been taking public heat in the United States as its sales
>> of imported vehicles rise. Imported vehicles account for about 46
>> percent of Toyota's U.S. sales, despite a long-standing goal of
>> building two-thirds of its sales volume in local factories.
>>
>> Toyota's U.S. sales rose more than 12 percent last year, even as Ford
>> Motor Co., General Motors and the Chrysler group struggled with
>> financial setbacks and plant layoffs.
>>
>> Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America Inc., said the new
>> Mississippi plant is not designed to defuse the criticism.
>>
>> "We're not doing this as a reaction to anything," Press said. "Our
>> commitment is to continue to build cars where we sell them."
>>
>> Toyota also is preparing to open a RAV4 factory in Woodstock, Ontario,
>> and to start a new assembly line inside Subaru of Indiana Automotive
>> Inc. in Lafayette, Ind., that will boost U.S. Camry production this
>> year.
>>
>> Toyota will not build engines at the Mississippi plant. The site is
>> near Highway 72, which runs through northern Mississippi into northern
>> Alabama to link the future plant to Toyota's expanding engine factory
>> in Huntsville, Ala.
>>
>> Blue Springs is an unusual site for a Toyota factory. Other North
>> American plants have been built a short drive from mid-sized cities,
>> such as Lexington, Ky., and Evansville, Ind.
>>
>> Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
>> work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
>> Chattanooga, Tenn.
>>
>> But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
>> manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
>> furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
>> unemployed.
>>
>> Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
>> workers to staff the new plant.[/color]
>
>I wonder why GM and Ford never built plants in Mississippi.[/color]

The unions that ruined them....would not allow it....

--


Scott in Florida

In article <rtc9u2tqsee9spttck73c9honil5bbum2e@4ax.com>,
Scott in Florida <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:41:28 -0600, "dbu," <questionmark@pine.com>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >In article <1172608177.536124.243730@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Toyota will build Highlander in Miss. plant -- and maybe more
> >>
> >> Lindsay Chappell | Automotive News / February 27, 2007 - 1:00 am /
> >> UPDATED: 2/27/2007 1:20 P.M.
> >>
> >> Toyota Motor Corp. will build a $1.3 billion SUV plant near Tupelo,
> >> Miss., about 100 miles southeast of Memphis, the automaker said today.
> >>
> >> But evidence suggests the company is already planning to expand the
> >> plant.
> >>
> >> At a Tupelo press conference this morning, Toyota officials said they
> >> plan to hire about 2,000 workers to produce 150,000 Highlanders a year
> >> by 2010.
> >>
> >> A source with the project said Toyota is planning a second phase that
> >> would yield a crossover that does not now exist in Toyota's product
> >> lineup.
> >>
> >> Toyota officials declined to discuss longer-term plans for the
> >> project. But at the press conference this morning, Mississippi Gov.
> >> Haley Barbour let it slip that the plant's employment will grow to
> >> 4,000.
> >>
> >> The 1,700-acre site is in a small community named Blue Springs.
> >>
> >> Toyota has been taking public heat in the United States as its sales
> >> of imported vehicles rise. Imported vehicles account for about 46
> >> percent of Toyota's U.S. sales, despite a long-standing goal of
> >> building two-thirds of its sales volume in local factories.
> >>
> >> Toyota's U.S. sales rose more than 12 percent last year, even as Ford
> >> Motor Co., General Motors and the Chrysler group struggled with
> >> financial setbacks and plant layoffs.
> >>
> >> Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America Inc., said the new
> >> Mississippi plant is not designed to defuse the criticism.
> >>
> >> "We're not doing this as a reaction to anything," Press said. "Our
> >> commitment is to continue to build cars where we sell them."
> >>
> >> Toyota also is preparing to open a RAV4 factory in Woodstock, Ontario,
> >> and to start a new assembly line inside Subaru of Indiana Automotive
> >> Inc. in Lafayette, Ind., that will boost U.S. Camry production this
> >> year.
> >>
> >> Toyota will not build engines at the Mississippi plant. The site is
> >> near Highway 72, which runs through northern Mississippi into northern
> >> Alabama to link the future plant to Toyota's expanding engine factory
> >> in Huntsville, Ala.
> >>
> >> Blue Springs is an unusual site for a Toyota factory. Other North
> >> American plants have been built a short drive from mid-sized cities,
> >> such as Lexington, Ky., and Evansville, Ind.
> >>
> >> Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
> >> work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
> >> Chattanooga, Tenn.
> >>
> >> But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
> >> manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
> >> furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
> >> unemployed.
> >>
> >> Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
> >> workers to staff the new plant.[/color]
> >
> >I wonder why GM and Ford never built plants in Mississippi.[/color]
>
> The unions that ruined them....would not allow it....[/color]

That's my thought also. Too bad for GM and Ford. Lots of good people
in Mississippi.
--

"dbu," <questionmark@pine.com> wrote in message
news:questionmark-6AFC88.16412827022007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
[color=blue]
> I wonder why GM and Ford never built plants in Mississippi.[/color]

Actually GM has a facility in Mississippi. In fact GM has facilities in 32
states. Before they spun off the Delphi parts making operations, they had
even more plants in more states. Ford has pretty much concentrated their
manufacturing facilities in the upper mid-west (and Canada), with some
facilities in Mexico. Visteon (the parts division spun off from Ford) has
many southern locations, including two in Mississippi.

So both Ford and GM built plants in Mississippi. Of course their plants were
unionized and the workers had great pay and benefits. After Ford and GM were
squeezed by low cost foreign producers they did their best to get rid of
parts plants that had high labor costs, thus we ended up with Visteon and
Delphi. Toyota pays substantially less that Ford and GM did at their plants.
Their supplier pay even less. Isn't it wonderful watching high paying jobs
being replaced by lower paying jobs with fewer benefits? We should all
thank Toyota for helping to wreck the US economy. Oh What a Feeling! Moving
Forward. This Changes Everything. Isn't Toyotathon over yet?

Ed

"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
news:k7f9u25qa8k7amqlvtvfa8c7hoh5crqcjn@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:18:30 GMT, "C. E. White"
> <cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Isn't it wonderful watching high paying jobs
>>being replaced by lower paying jobs with fewer benefits?[/color]
>
> Yes it is.....
>
> Those 'high paying' jobs were NOT skilled jobs.
>
> The unions forced GM and Ford to pay high wages for LOW skilled jobs.[/color]

So what is better for America, low skilled workers getting decent pay in
Mississippi and spending it in Mississippi, or Toyota taking their profits
back to Japan? If Toyota was using their lower labor costs to sell their
cars for less, then maybe I would buy your arguement. However, Toyota
actually charges more for less. So where is the money going?

I have no idea what you do, but I have watched as industry after industry
moves off shore. The way things are going, the only jobs left will be low
skilled LOW WAGE jobs. Then who will buy the Toyotas?

Ed

In article <a%2Fh.6638$_73.2518@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"C. E. White" <cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> "dbu," <questionmark@pine.com> wrote in message
> news:questionmark-6AFC88.16412827022007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>[color=green]
> > I wonder why GM and Ford never built plants in Mississippi.[/color]
>
> Actually GM has a facility in Mississippi. In fact GM has facilities in 32
> states. Before they spun off the Delphi parts making operations, they had
> even more plants in more states. Ford has pretty much concentrated their
> manufacturing facilities in the upper mid-west (and Canada), with some
> facilities in Mexico. Visteon (the parts division spun off from Ford) has
> many southern locations, including two in Mississippi.
>
> So both Ford and GM built plants in Mississippi. Of course their plants were
> unionized and the workers had great pay and benefits. After Ford and GM were
> squeezed by low cost foreign producers they did their best to get rid of
> parts plants that had high labor costs, thus we ended up with Visteon and
> Delphi. Toyota pays substantially less that Ford and GM did at their plants.
> Their supplier pay even less. Isn't it wonderful watching high paying jobs
> being replaced by lower paying jobs with fewer benefits? We should all
> thank Toyota for helping to wreck the US economy. Oh What a Feeling! Moving
> Forward. This Changes Everything. Isn't Toyotathon over yet?
>
> Ed[/color]

Ok, I didn't know about the GM plant in Ms.

Toyota is doing really well and providing jobs, benefits also? GM and
Ford on the other hand are in trouble. Just curious, how much does a
union line worker make per hour?
--

In article <ob3Fh.6641$_73.5016@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"C. E. White" <cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> "Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
> news:k7f9u25qa8k7amqlvtvfa8c7hoh5crqcjn@4ax.com...[color=green]
> > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:18:30 GMT, "C. E. White"
> > <cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Isn't it wonderful watching high paying jobs
> >>being replaced by lower paying jobs with fewer benefits?[/color]
> >
> > Yes it is.....
> >
> > Those 'high paying' jobs were NOT skilled jobs.
> >
> > The unions forced GM and Ford to pay high wages for LOW skilled jobs.[/color]
>
> So what is better for America, low skilled workers getting decent pay in
> Mississippi and spending it in Mississippi, or Toyota taking their profits
> back to Japan? If Toyota was using their lower labor costs to sell their
> cars for less, then maybe I would buy your arguement. However, Toyota
> actually charges more for less. So where is the money going?
>
> I have no idea what you do, but I have watched as industry after industry
> moves off shore. The way things are going, the only jobs left will be low
> skilled LOW WAGE jobs. Then who will buy the Toyotas?
>
> Ed[/color]

I don't like our jobs moving off shore either, but Toyota is building
plants on US soil, that costs money and provides jobs not only in the
plants but for the construction of the plants and taxes Toyota pays.

Anybody know what a GM/Ford union line worker makes? I don't know but
would like to know.

Anybody know what a Toyota line worker makes per hour?
--

I still remember ole Ross Perot when talking about the Giant Sucking Sound
of all the jobs leaving.
Course he was talking about NAFTA then.
Hourly wage/benefit/time per vehicle comparison would be interesting to me
too.
Ron in CA


"dbu," <questionmark@pine.com> wrote in message
news:questionmark-A2DADF.17313527022007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...[color=blue]
> In article <a%2Fh.6638$_73.2518@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "C. E. White" <cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> "dbu," <questionmark@pine.com> wrote in message
>> news:questionmark-6AFC88.16412827022007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>[color=darkred]
>> > I wonder why GM and Ford never built plants in Mississippi.[/color]
>>
>> Actually GM has a facility in Mississippi. In fact GM has facilities in
>> 32
>> states. Before they spun off the Delphi parts making operations, they had
>> even more plants in more states. Ford has pretty much concentrated their
>> manufacturing facilities in the upper mid-west (and Canada), with some
>> facilities in Mexico. Visteon (the parts division spun off from Ford) has
>> many southern locations, including two in Mississippi.
>>
>> So both Ford and GM built plants in Mississippi. Of course their plants
>> were
>> unionized and the workers had great pay and benefits. After Ford and GM
>> were
>> squeezed by low cost foreign producers they did their best to get rid of
>> parts plants that had high labor costs, thus we ended up with Visteon and
>> Delphi. Toyota pays substantially less that Ford and GM did at their
>> plants.
>> Their supplier pay even less. Isn't it wonderful watching high paying
>> jobs
>> being replaced by lower paying jobs with fewer benefits? We should all
>> thank Toyota for helping to wreck the US economy. Oh What a Feeling!
>> Moving
>> Forward. This Changes Everything. Isn't Toyotathon over yet?
>>
>> Ed[/color]
>
> Ok, I didn't know about the GM plant in Ms.
>
> Toyota is doing really well and providing jobs, benefits also? GM and
> Ford on the other hand are in trouble. Just curious, how much does a
> union line worker make per hour?
> --
>[/color]

Former furniture worker? Perhaps Toyota will finally get an interior that
hold up for a change, LOL


mike


"Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote in message
[color=blue]
> Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
> work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
> Chattanooga, Tenn.
>
> But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
> manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
> furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
> unemployed.
>
> Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
> workers to staff the new plant.
>[/color]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:31:32 GMT, "C. E. White"
<cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>news:k7f9u25qa8k7amqlvtvfa8c7hoh5crqcjn@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:18:30 GMT, "C. E. White"
>> <cewhite@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Isn't it wonderful watching high paying jobs
>>>being replaced by lower paying jobs with fewer benefits?[/color]
>>
>> Yes it is.....
>>
>> Those 'high paying' jobs were NOT skilled jobs.
>>
>> The unions forced GM and Ford to pay high wages for LOW skilled jobs.[/color]
>
>So what is better for America, low skilled workers getting decent pay in
>Mississippi and spending it in Mississippi,[/color]

That is exactly what the workers will do.....

Spend their money in Mississippi...........
[color=blue]
>or Toyota taking their profits
>back to Japan? If Toyota was using their lower labor costs to sell their
>cars for less, then maybe I would buy your arguement. However, Toyota
>actually charges more for less. So where is the money going?[/color]

Into the economy of Mississippi....

[color=blue]
>
>I have no idea what you do, but I have watched as industry after industry
>moves off shore. The way things are going, the only jobs left will be low
>skilled LOW WAGE jobs. Then who will buy the Toyotas?[/color]

The American economy is the largest in the world.

We are doing just fine.

[color=blue]
>
>Ed
>[/color]
--


Scott in Florida

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:27:29 -0500, "Mike Hunter"
<mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Former furniture worker? Perhaps Toyota will finally get an interior that
>hold up for a change, LOL
>
>
>mike[/color]

The interior of the '92 Corolla Wagon can't be told from new...

Is that holding up?


[color=blue]
>
>
>"Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote in message
>[color=green]
>> Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
>> work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
>> Chattanooga, Tenn.
>>
>> But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
>> manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
>> furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
>> unemployed.
>>
>> Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
>> workers to staff the new plant.
>>[/color]
>[/color]
--


Scott in Florida

Ed White wrote:[color=blue]
>
> The point is, that Toytoa pays significantly less in wages and
> benefits than Ford or GM. There are far fewer dollars of "American"
> labor in a Toyota car than one from Ford or GM.[/color]

Care to cite a source for this?

Maybe it's just that Toyota owners are cleaner and maintain their cars
bettter on average


On Feb 27, 8:46 pm, Scott in Florida <askifyouw...@mindspring.net>
wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:27:29 -0500, "Mike Hunter"
>
> <mikehu...@mailcity.com> wrote:[color=green]
> >Former furniture worker? Perhaps Toyota will finally get an interior that
> >hold up for a change, LOL[/color]
>[color=green]
> >mike[/color]
>
> The interior of the '92 Corolla Wagon can't be told from new...
>
> Is that holding up?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>[color=green]
> >"Ed White" <ce.whi...@gmail.com> wrote in message[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> Tupelo's population of 34,000 does not offer Toyota the same-sized
> >> work force that other sites under consideration did, such as
> >> Chattanooga, Tenn.[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> But Tupelo has been a U.S. center for upholstered-furniture
> >> manufacturing for decades. And a recent shift to Chinese production of
> >> furniture has left large numbers of skilled furniture workers
> >> unemployed.[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> Toyota officials said today that they hope to tap into that pool of
> >> workers to staff the new plant.[/color][/color]
>
> --
>
> Scott in Florida- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -[/color]