Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama Celebrates 4 Millionth Engine

Sep 25, 2015

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama is celebrating the production of their 4 millionth engine at the plant located in Huntsville, that employs approximately 1,300 workers and produces V6, V8 and 4-cylinder engines. This is not the first time that the plant has made international news since it is the only plant globally to produce all three types of engines under one roof, making it one of the largest Toyota engine plants in the world.

Also, the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Alabama is one of only two designated “model sustainable plants” in North America, resulting in other Toyota facilities benchmarking for its environmental achievements.

“We look to the Alabama plant as a leader. Every challenge it has faced, the team there exceeds any-and-all expectations,” said Osamu Ushio, executive vice president of operations and manufacturing, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. “That is why we continue to invest so much into the facility. They have what it takes to be successful – a strong group of team members who are dedicated to quality and safety. They should be very proud of the 4-millionth milestone.”

To understand just how monumental reaching the 4 millionth engine is, here are some stats:

Place the 4 million engines built over the last 12 years front to back and they would stretch from Huntsville to Las Vegas.
Since the start of production in 2003, the Huntsville plant has built 1 million 4-cylinder engines, 1.3 million V6 engines and 1.7 million V8 engines.
Spend two shifts in the plant and you’ll see a lot of horsepower – nearly 2,500 engines are built each day with an annual capacity of 710,000 engines. The horsepower of 4 million engines reaches over 1 billion, which is enough output to launch 29 space shuttles.
The engines go into seven Toyota vehicles built in North America: Camry (America’s best-selling car), RAV4, Highlander, Sequoia, Tacoma, Tundra and Venza.