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New Toyota Technical Center hosts grand opening Thursday

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

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Ann Arbor

You know the work is done when the grand opening banners are rolled out, and that's just the case with Toyota's new technical center in York Township.

The auto-manufacturer plans to hold a grand opening tomorrow in it's brand-spanking new nearly $200-million facility. Officials expect the 700-acre campus and its 530,000 square feet of space to house as many as 1,100 workers by 2010. These employees will specialize in engineering design and vehicle performance development.

The state-of-the-art research and development center will house 350,000 square feet for design engineering and 180,000 square feet for safety testing. It is located just south of Ann Arbor near the intersection of U.S. 23 and Willis Road.

Toyota has done its engineering for its North American products out of Ann Arbor since the 1970s. Hundreds of engineers, scientists and other personnel work for Toyota at one of its now three locations around Ann Arbor.

Source: Toyota
Writer: Jon Zemke

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