INTERNATIONAL Canada: Increased Lexus production to add 400 jobs at Toyota
25 July 2012
Motor manufacturer Toyota’s Canadian operation is to hire around 400 staff as it looks to increase Lexus production at its Cambridge, Ontario facility.
Wed, 25 Jul 2012
Motor manufacturer Toyota’s Canadian operation is to hire around 400 staff as it looks to increase Lexus production at its Cambridge, Ontario facility.
The US$100m (£65m) investment should take place in early 2014, and will see capacity increase by 30,000 vehicles a year to 104,000 units.This announcement is the latest in a string of new investments by Toyota in North America which have seen 1,500 jobs created across the US and Canada since February, with cumulative investment of around US$745m.
Steve St Angelo, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, says these announcements reflect “our growing optimism for an improving the North American market and our intent to localise more production.”
Motor manufacturer Toyota’s Canadian operation is to hire around 400 staff as it looks to increase Lexus production at its Cambridge, Ontario facility.
The US$100m (£65m) investment should take place in early 2014, and will see capacity increase by 30,000 vehicles a year to 104,000 units.This announcement is the latest in a string of new investments by Toyota in North America which have seen 1,500 jobs created across the US and Canada since February, with cumulative investment of around US$745m.
Steve St Angelo, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, says these announcements reflect “our growing optimism for an improving the North American market and our intent to localise more production.”
