Toyota Technical Center Ann Arbor, Mich., headquarters.

Toyota Technical Center breaks ground for its expansion on June 11, 2015. During the event, Toyota team members – and soon-to-be Michigan residents – stand at the construction site in the outline of where their future office building will sit.

Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz speaks with journalists at a June 11 groundbreaking ceremony at Toyota’s campus in York Township, marking the first visible step toward its growing investment and employment in the state while strengthening its North American research and development operations.

Toyota Technical Center President Se iya Nakao (far left) and Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz (fourthfrom left) stand with Toyota patent awardees during Toyota's North American Innovation Dinner, June 11, 2015.  

Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz recognizes Toyota engineer Nora Arellano on receiving the 1,000th Toyota North American patent, June 11, 2015.

Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz address Toyota patent awardees and guests at the 2015 Toyota North American Innovation Dinner, June 11, 2015.

Professor Julie Renner, Case Western Reserve UniversityEnergy Technology Division of ECSProfessor Renner self-assembled templates for ultra-high utilization of noble metals in electrolysis membrane electrode assemblies. 

Dr. Ahmet Kusoglu, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryEnergy Technology Division of ECSIonomer Composites with Active Self-Reinforcement