December 20, 2006 - Erlanger, Kentucky - Toyota announced today new assignments
for senior level managers at the company's North American manufacturing and
R&D headquarters and facilities.
The new positions are as follows: (key to acronyms follows)
Vice President and above:
Name
Affiliate
New
Assignment
Current
Assignment
Wil James
TABC
President
Senior Vice President
Don Jackson
TMMTX
Senior Vice
President,
Quality and
Production
Vice President,
Quality and Production
Atsushi Kume
TEMA
Senior Vice
President,
Purchasing
Department General Manager,
Global Purchasing Planning Division, TMC
Kazhiro Somiya
TEMA
Senior Vice
President,
Production
Engineering
Vice President,
Production Engineering
Joe DaRosa
TMMBC
Vice President,
Operations
General Manager,
Operations
Shigeru Goda
CAPTIN
Vice President,
Manufacturing
General Manager
Myochi Plant Machining Division, TMC
Pete Gritton
TEMA
Vice President,
Human Resources
Vice President,
Human Resources &
General Administration
and Vice President,
Human Resources,
TMMK & TEMA
Naoki
Kojima
NUMMI
Vice President /
Treasurer, Finance
Department General Manager
Financial Accounting Dept.
Accounting Division, TMC
Brian
Krinock
TEMA
Vice President,
Production
Engineering,
Vehicle
Engineering
General Manager,
Purchasing,
Project Management
Chris Nielsen
TEMA
Vice President, Purchasing,
Vehicle Parts
and Materials
General Manager,
Purchasing,
Vehicle Parts
& Materials
Yoshihiro Uozumi
TEMA
Vice President,
Corporate Strategy
Senior Advisor,
Corporate Strategy
General Manager:
Mike Botkin
TEMA
General Manager,
Production Control
Assistant General
Manager,
Production Control,
TMMK & TEMA
Doug Formby
TEMA & TMMI
General Manager,
Production Control &
General Manager,
New Project Office Preparation
General Manager,
Production Control
Glen Kelley
TMMAL
General Manager,
Manufacturing
Assistant General
Manager,
Manufacturing
Dave Mimms
TEMA
General Manager,
Quality, Material
Quality Assurance
Assistant General
Manager, Quality,
Material Quality
Assurance
Bill Shelmon
TEMA
General Manager,
TEMA, TTC,
Engineering Design
Manager,
Engineering Design
Glenn Sommerville
TMMC
General Manager,
Assembly, North &
South Plant Operations
Assistant General Manager,
Assembly, Assembly North
Marc Vallee
TMMC
General Manager,
Body, North &
South Plant
Operations
Assistant General
Manager,
Press/Weld
Rebecca Vest
TEMA
General Manager,
Vehicle Parts
& Materials
Assistant General
Manager,
Purchasing,
Vehicle Parts & Materials
Acronyms:
TEMA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
TMC Toyota Motor Corporations, Inc. (Global Headquarters, located in
Japan)
TTC Toyota Technical Center
TMMI Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.
TMMAL Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc.
TMMK Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
TMMTX Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc.
TMMC Toyota Motor Manufacturing Cananda, Inc.
CAPTIN Canadian Autoparts Toyota, Inc.
TMMBC Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California, Inc.
NUMMI New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Toyota (NYSE:TM) established operations in North America in 1957. By 2008,
Toyota will have the annual capacity to build about 2 million cars and trucks
in 15 plants across North America. There are more than 1,700 Toyota, Lexus and
Scion dealerships in North America, which sell more than 2.5 million vehicles
a year. Toyota directly employs nearly 40,000 people in North America. Toyota's
investment in North America is valued at more than $17.6 billion, and annual
purchasing from North American suppliers totals more than $29 billion.
