Trade Mission Results in More Jobs for Hoosiers

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Trade Mission Results in More Jobs for Hoosiers

Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from Toyota Boshoku Corporation to announce the company will locate a new seat frame production and assembly facility in Princeton, creating more than 200 new jobs.

The Toyota supplier will build and equip the 201,000 square-foot facility to manufacture and assemble seat frames for the nearby Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana plant.

"Final agreement was reached during our recent trade mission, and Toyota Boshoku is the company. Toyota and its suppliers have played a significant role in our economic comeback. In the last three years, their success has resulted in more than 2,500 new Hoosier jobs," said Daniels.

Construction of the new facility is slated for early 2008 with hiring of new associates and production targeting to begin in 2009. The new seat frame facility will locate adjacent to Total Interior Systems -America, a joint venture between Toyota Boshoku America and Lear Corporation, which supplies
interior systems for Toyota's minivan, built in Princeton.

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