Toyota Manufacturing UK
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Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK) is the automotive manufacturing operation of Toyota in the United Kingdom.
A factory at Burnaston, Derbyshire assembles cars. The first car produced was a Carina on 16 December 1992. Since then production has included Avensis, Corolla and Auris models. An engine factory is located on Deeside, North Wales.
The processes at Burnaston include stamping, welding, painting, plastic mouldings and assembly and at Deeside machining, assembly and aluminium casting.[1]
On 26 February 2007, Chancellor Gordon Brown visited the Burnaston facility to celebrate the official launch of the Auris in the UK and TMUK used the occasion to announce an investment of GBP 100 million in its Deeside factory to build a petrol engine for the Auris.[2] Initial reporting on the engine called it a hybrid and it is expected to be used as part of a Hybrid Synergy Drive system.
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- ^ Toyota Manufacturing UK. The Facts. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ BBC. Toyota £100m safeguards 700 jobs. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
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