Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri
{{Short description|Automotive parts plant in Missouri, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri, Inc.
| logo = Toyota Motor North America logo (2019).svg
| image = TMMMO.jpg
| image_caption = TMMMO in 2024
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Automotive
| founded = {{Start date|1912}}, as Bodine Pattern Company in St. Louis
| founder = Jesse Bodine
| hq_location_city = Troy, Missouri
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = Wes Woods (president){{br}}Terry Henderson (general manager)
| products = {{hlist|Cylinder heads|straight-four engines}}
| num_employees = 1,000
| num_employees_year = 2022
| parent = Toyota Motor North America
| footnotes = {{Cite press release |date=March 28, 2022 |title= Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri (TMMMO) |url=https://pressroom.toyota.com/facility/toyota-motor-manufacturing-missouri-tmmmo/ |access-date=July 24, 2022 |website=Toyota Motor North America |language=en-US}}
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri (TMMMO), formerly the Bodine Pattern Company, is an American manufacturing plant in Troy, Missouri that focuses on building cylinder heads for straight-four engines built by Toyota. It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, itself a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan.
History
In 1912, Jesse Bodine founded the Bodine Pattern Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Bodine produced mold castings for various customers including automotive. When Toyota started to expand its manufacturing presence in North America in the late 1980s, they turned to Bodine to supply aluminum parts. In 1990, Toyota purchased the company, renaming it to Bodine Aluminum.{{Cite news |last=Drew |first=James |date=Dec 21, 2021 |title=Toyota analyzing future use of Troy, Missouri, plant as auto maker eyes shift to EVs |work=St. Louis Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2021/12/21/toyota-analyzing-future-troy-missouri-plant-evs.html |access-date=2022-07-25}}
In 1991, Toyota broke ground on an additional plant in Troy, Missouri that would open in 1993. Bodine Aluminum opened a plant in Jackson, Tennessee in 2003, and closed its St. Louis plant in December 2018.{{Cite news |last=Robbins |first=Brian |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Toyota subsidiary closing North County location, 88 workers affected |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2018/10/10/toyota-subsidiary-closing-north-county-location-88.html |access-date=July 25, 2022 |website=St. Louis Business Journal}}
In 2020, the company's name changed from Bodine Aluminum to Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri, while the Jackson plant became Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee.{{Cite web |last=Latham |first=Angele |title=Jackson Toyota plant honored for name change, community contributions |url=https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2021/06/24/jackson-toyota-plant-honored-name-change-community-contributions/5300792001/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The Jackson Sun |language=en-US}}
In 2021, the company gave two grants totaling to 28 thousand dollars to Mercy hospitals to pay for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |title=Toyota Grant to Pay for COVID Care Home Kits |url=https://www.mercy.net/newsroom/2021-02-03/toyota-grant-to-pay--for-covid-care-home-kits |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Mercy |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Toyota and Mercy Encourage Community with 'Let's Get it Done in 2021' Campaign |url=https://www.mercy.net/newsroom/2021-02-10/toyota-and-mercy-encourage-community-with-let-s-get-it-done-in-2 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Mercy |language=en}} In 2023, they gave more grants totaling to 230 thousand dollars to the Lincoln County R-III School District and Silex R-1 School District to fund educational programs.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-19 |title=Toyota Missouri Congratulates 2023 Grant Recipients |url=https://www.lincolnnewsnow.com/news/business/toyota-missouri-congratulates-2023-grant-recipients/article_9c6c2b70-ac0f-11ee-abf7-171787ee85f6.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Lincoln News Now! |language=en}}
In 2022, Toyota funded 109 million dollars to increase salaries and produce specialized cylinder heads for electric cars.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Alisa |date=2022-04-21 |title=Toyota is pumping $109 million into its Missouri plant (LISTEN) |url=https://www.missourinet.com/2022/04/21/toyota-is-pumping-109-million-into-its-missouri-plant-listen/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Missourinet |language=en-US}}
Production
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Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Missouri
Category:Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Missouri
Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1993
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