Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri (TMMMO) uses recycled aluminum to build thousands of cylinder heads per day. Cylinder heads are like the lungs of an engine. They’re key to controlling air flow in and out of the cylinders and fuel deployment. More than 1,000 employees make more than 2 million cylinder heads per year.

Facts and Figures

Manufacturing Plant

Components

Toyota Operations

1991

Groundbreaking

2+ Million

Units Produced in 2023

1,000+

Jobs Created

  • Start of Production: 1993
  • Investment: $572 million
  • Plant Site: 80 acres
  • Plant Size: 550,000 sq. ft.
  • Products: Cylinder heads
  • Operations: Low pressure casting, core making, and die making
  • Investments/Milestones:
    • 2023: By the end of 2023, Toyota Missouri completed the replacement of every manufacturing line with new global Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) line. This process started in 2017.
    • 2022: Toyota announced a $109 million investment in Missouri to support cylinder head production.
    • 2021: Toyota celebrated its 30th anniversary in Missouri.
    • 2020: $1.7 million solar panel array announced at Toyota Missouri. The panels will cut carbon emissions at the plant by 750 metric tons annually.
    • 2020: The plant’s name changed from Bodine Aluminum to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri.
    • 2019: Toyota announced a $62 million investment in Missouri.
    • 2017: Toyota announced a $17 million investment announced for Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA).
    • 2015: Bodine Aluminum celebrated 25th year with Toyota.
  • Community Investment:
    • More than $200,000 in philanthropy invested in 2023.
    • More than $3.8 million given in Missouri since 1991.

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