PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana city that scored an economic coup in the 1990s by landing a Toyota Motor Corp. plant is celebrating the plant’s 15th anniversary.
The Princeton Daily Clarion reports (http://bit.ly/nQd1LK ) that Toyota executives and workers along with local residents were marking Friday’s anniversary with events that include a look back at the 1996 groundbreaking ceremony and the plant’s progress since then.
The plant south of Princeton is the region’s largest employer, employing about 4,100 people who earn an annual payroll of $288 million. Toyota says the 4 million square-foot plant supports another 6,500 regional jobs.
The plant about 20 miles north of Evansville makes Sequoia and Highlander sport utility vehicles and Sienna minivans. About 2.9 million vehicles have rolled off the plant’s assembly lines since it opened.
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Information from: Princeton Daily Clarion, http://www.tristate-media.com/pdclarion
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