Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi (TMMMS) is a

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manufacturing facility located in

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that opened in October 2011. It is a subsidiary of

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, itself a subsidiary of

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of Japan. The facility currently produces the

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for the North American market. The plant has the capacity to produce 170,000 vehicles per year and employs more than 2,000 people.

History

Toyota announced on February 27, 2007, that it would build its fourteenth North American plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. The plan was to employ about 2,000 people to build the Highlander SUV beginning in 2010 at an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year. A

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for the facility was held on April 18, 2007. Construction of the plant was put on hold on December 15, 2008, due to the

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. Construction resumed on June 17, 2010, and at that time, Toyota announced that the plant would now produce the Toyota Corolla, replacing the

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plant in

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which closed on April 1, 2010. The plant began production of the Corolla on October 10, 2011 and the first vehicle rolled off the production line on November 17, 2011. A second shift was added to the plant on February 6, 2012. The plant built nearly 1.2 million 11th generation Corollas, with the last rolling off the production line on February 22, 2019. The plant spent a few weeks preparing to produce the all-new 12th-generation Corolla, which is built on the new

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platform. The first 12th generation Corolla was completed on March 18, 2019.

Products made

(2011–present)

References

External links

''Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi'' at Toyota.com
Industrial buildings completed in 2011 2011 establishments in Mississippi Toyota factories Motor vehicle assembly plants in Mississippi Buildings and structures in Union County, Mississippi {{Auto-factory-stub