Manufacturing & Engineering

Earvin “Magic” Johnson, NBA legend and entrepreneur, was the featured keynote speaker at Toyota’s Opportunity Exchange at the Duke Energy Center in Downtown Cincinnati today. Opportunity Exchange, one of the largest minority business events in the country, is designed to provide minority business enterprises (MBE’s) with the opportunity to network and develop valuable contacts with Toyota’s direct suppliers. To date, the event has resulted in over $150 million worth of new contracts for minority-owned businesses.

Production of the Highlander sport utility vehicle, Toyota’s 12th North American-built model, began today at the company’s plant in Princeton, Indiana. The $450 million investment is part of the adjustments Toyota began last year in order to better utilize manufacturing capacity.

Employees from Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) along with community volunteers and members of local boy scouts and girl scouts gathered at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Richmond on Saturday, September 12, 2009 as part of the 16th annual National Public Lands Day activities.