Type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | November 16, 2018 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Masashi Aihara (president) |
Products | Automobiles |
Owner | |
Number of employees | 4,000 (expected) |
Website | mazdatoyota |
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. (MTMUS) is a joint venture automobile manufacturing factory in Huntsville, Alabama, United States owned by Japanese automobile manufacturers Mazda and Toyota. [1]
The companies announced on January 10, 2018, they planned to partner to build the plant at a cost of US$1.6 billion, [2] which would later grow to US$2.3 billion. [3] Ground was broken on a Tennessee Valley Authority-certified megasite in Limestone County on November 16, 2018. [2] [4] When fully operational, the plant is expected to employ 4,000 people building 300,000 vehicles a year. [5] [6]
The plant began operations on September 30, 2021, building the Corolla Cross compact crossover SUV on the "Apollo" assembly line. [3] [7] [8] Production of the Mazda CX-50 compact crossover SUV started on January 26, 2022, on the "Discovery" assembly line. [9]
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