Toyota Plans New Secondary Aluminum Smelter in Tennessee

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America (TMMNA)(NYSE: TM)(Erlanger, Kentucky) plans to construct a new $20 million secondary aluminum smelter in Jackson, Tennessee. The plant will be operated by Most Incorporated (Troy, Missouri) and the construction will begin in June 2004. H&M Construction (Jackson, Tennessee) is performing construction services for the new plant.

The aluminum smelter is expected to produce 25,000 Ton/year of aluminum alloy 380 to supply their die casting plant currently under construction in Jackson, Tennessee. The $124 million, 100,000 square foot die casting plant will produce one million aluminum engine cylinder block castings per year and is expected to complete construction early 2005.

TMMNA oversees vehicle manufacturing plants located in Fremont, California; Cambridge, Ontario; Princeton, Indiana; Georgetown, Kentucky; and a plant under construction in San Antonio, Texas. In addition, the company has parts and materials plants located in Saint Louis and Troy, Missouri; Huntsville, Alabama; and Buffalo, West Virginia. Toyota Motor Corporation coordinates the corporate planning, diversity and business activities of all Toyota companies in North America. In addition, the company has plants located in Canada and a parts manufacturing plant in Mexico. Toyota Motor Corporation is the #2 carmaker behind General Motors.

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