Sunday, August 30, 2009

Build it and they will sell


My hat is off to Mayor Castro and the city council for pulling this off.

Great news for San Antonio and the surrounding area!

Good work Ladies and Gentlemen!

A new set of challenges at Toyota S.A.
By David Saleh Rauf - Express-News

By the time the first Toyota Tacoma rolls off the production line in San Antonio next year, the Japanese automaker will have invested an estimated $100 million to revamp its sprawling 2.2 million-square-foot assembly plant.

The work starts now.

Toyota executives and engineers already are planning the logistics of what it will take to ensure the San Antonio plant can produce 100,000 Tacomas annually by the target launch of summer 2010. The relocation of Tacoma production to San Antonio will mean about 1,100 new jobs at the plant and possibly hundreds more for suppliers.

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