October 16, 2007 -- Toyota Boshoku America is to build a new metal stamping and assembly facility in Princeton, Indiana, making seat frames for a nearby Toyota plant. The supplier already operates a joint venture in Indiana called Total Interior Systems – America.
The Indiana plant will employ more than 200 team members once operational in 2010 and will provide seat frames to the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI) plant also in Princeton.
Toyota Boshoku’s plant will be 201,400 square feet and located adjacent to Total Interior Systems, a joint venture between the supplier and Lear Corporation, which supplies interior systems to the Toyota plant. Construction begins in early 2008.
Toyota Boshoku America manufactures automotive interior systems which include seats, door trims, headliner sub-stratas, carpets, fabrics, straps and round recliners in addition to air and oil filters and power train systems. Other customers include General Motors. Toyota's Indiana plant was opened in 1996 and has a capacity of 350,000 vehicles. It builds the automaker's Tundra truck, Sequoia SUV and Sienna minivan lines.
Source: Just-Auto
