Toyota Mississippi Vice President of Administration Mike Botkin emphasized that Toyota Mississippi is committed to the communities where its team members live, work and play.

Sean Suggs, Toyota Mississippi vice president of manufacturing, announced a new interactive visitor and training center will be built on the Toyota Mississippi campus. The center represents an almost $10 million dollar investment and should be complete by mid-2019. 

Donations totaling $350,000 were announced during the 10-year anniversary celebration at Toyota Mississippi today. Michael Medalla with the Toyota USA Foundation presented a check for $175,000 to Mississippi BEST Robotics. Akitoshi Ichino, president of Toyota Mississippi, and Sean Suggs, Toyota Mississippi vice president of manufacturing, presented a check for $175,000 to the National Center for Families Learning. 

Dr. Vemitra White, MSU Bagley College of Engineering’s Director of K-12 Outreach, Dr. James Warnock, Associate Dean of MSU Bagley College of Engineering, and Lydia Allison, MSU Bagley College of Engineering K-12 Outreach for BEST Robotics, accept the Toyota USA Foundation donation to Mississippi BEST Robotics. The program exposes middle and high school students to the engineering-design process.