Toyota Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony At Site of New Engineering Campus

Aug 28, 2015

Construction of the new Toyota engineering campus officially began last earlier this week with a groundbreaking ceremony held at the site of the facility’s future location in Georgetown. The goal with the development of this new facility is to expand the efficiency and overallocation quality of the brand by having the entire production engineering team all working together at the same location. This large goal will be made possible through the construction of this 250,000 sq. ft. facility that will be the new home for about 700 Toyota team members.

“We are excited to expand the presence that Toyota started over 25 years ago,” said Production Engineering Senior Vice President, Tadahisa Isono. “From this facility, we will not only support our diverse workforce and network of manufacturing operations throughout North America, we will also equip our team to bring the future of manufacturing to the present.”

During the ceremony, Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz was on hand to offer his gratitude to the community for its years of support and to present three local organizations with new Toyota vehicles. These three organizations include SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region), Scott United, an arm of the Georgetown-Scott County Chamber of Commerce, and the Salato Wildlife Education Center. Additionally, in order to commemorate the event further, a 2015 TDR Pro Series Tundra was used to make the first official dig at the new construction site.