Toyota CEO Osamu Nagata Receives Industry Leadership Award
Every year, the SAE Foundation recognizes leaders who have made strides in advancing the mobility industry. This year, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing of North America, Inc. President and CEO Osamu “Simon” Nagata will be the recipient of the prestigious 2014 Industry Leadership Award, due to be presenting today at Detroit’s historic Masonic Temple. Nagata’s […]
Toyota Introduces New Leadership in North America
Toyota has always been concerned with diversity, as was made apparent when it was the only automaker named to the Top 50 Companies for Diversity list by DiversityInc last spring. Now, Toyota is introducing a number of new appointments to its global leadership team, and the list of names reflects the brand’s ongoing commitment to […]
Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center Commits $35 Million to Future of Mobility
Today’s automotive technology is virtually unrecognizable from what we might have seen just a few decades ago. Cars today are safer than ever before, and offer a myriad of additional features like lane control, which helps drivers remain in their current lane; and Heads Up Display (HUD), which helps keep the driver informed of his […]
250 Toyota Jobs Moving to Michigan’s Toyota Technical Center
Toyota’s on the move again. Back in April, we reported that the Japanese automaker would be moving its North American headquarters from Torrance, California to Smyrna, Texas, after calling the LA suburb home for an incredible 57 years. Now, a different announcement states that Toyota will move 250 purchasing jobs from their current location in […]
Toyota North American Production Reaches Nearly 2 Million in 2014
2014 was quite the year for Toyota. The automaker managed to hold onto its title as the industry’s #1 retail brand thanks to incredible sales of 2,373,771, as well as debuting a refreshed Camry to wide applause. Now, we’re learning that Toyota North American production had a record-breaking year in 2014 with a total of […]
Toyota 2013 Vehicle Production Sets All-Time Mark
Toyota announced that the best-selling car in all of America, the Toyota Camry, easily surpassed 2012 production volume in 2013 as the automaker built 1,857,695 new vehicles and 1,715,709 new engines. This figures to be a five percent increase over 2012’s new vehicle manufacturing figures and a three percent jump from the 2012 engine-making results […]
Toyota Executives Earn Women in Manufacturing STEP Awards
Toyota executives Millie Marshall and Susan Elkington will both be awarded with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Production) Award at the second-annual STEP Awards in Washington, D.C. Related: Scion FR-S Recognized by U.S. News & World Report The STEP Awards were created in order to honor women who have demonstrated qualities […]