Archive for the ‘NUMMI’ Category

Ever since General Motors announced plans to pull out of the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California, its partner in that venture -- Toyota -- has been evaluating what to do with its own operations there. There's been much speculation as to whether Toyota would continue production on a limited basis, find a new partner, or sell its stake in the plant entirely.

It appears the matter has now been decided: according to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Toyota will end operations at NUMMI by the March 2010 (although the company itself says no official decision has been reached). Assuming that information is accurate, Toyota will need to shift production of the...

Toyota has temporarily pulled the plug on a production line in Japan in an effort to scale back global production by 700,000 vehicles, or 7% of the company's annual output of 10 million units. Other potential cuts include the off-mentioned shuttering of the NUMMI plant in California and a temporary shutdown at a U.K. facility.

The cutbacks come in response to the shaky worldwide economy. "Though sales in some countries have been picking up, the outlook for global car demand is still uncertain," said an unnamed representative at Toyota. The company finds itself in a slightly more precarious position than some of its Japanese rivals like ...

Just three days after we reported that Toyota Motor America chairman Yoshimi Inaba was exploring a variety of cost-saving measures for the company's U.S. unit comes word that Toyota's important NUMMI plant is likely set for closure.

The factory (full name: "New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.") is located in Fremont, California, and with its 420,000 vehicle-per-year capacity, it provides an important supply line to California drivers and their boundless thirst for Toyota vehicles.  The plant was built by General Motors in the early 1960s, then shuttered in 1982. GM and Toyota partnered to reopen the facility two years later as a cost-saving...