Auto systems supplier to build factory in Ennis

The Dallas Morning News ^ | 8/02/04 | TERRY BOX

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Koyo Steering Systems, a longtime supplier to Toyota Motor Co., will build a $30 million plant in Ennis partly to serve Toyota's new pickup plant in San Antonio, officials said Monday. The factory should be completed by next October and will initially employ 200 people – virtually all of them new hires, the company said.

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In the last four years, industries have invested more than $340 million in facilities in Ennis, creating more than 1,200 jobs, Mr. Howerton said. And Ennis is looking for more major auto suppliers, he said.

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This won't help in Ohio- but it shows that not every job in manufacturing is leaving the USA. The article mentions that this plant will be MAKING PARTS FOR THE MEXICO MARKET...not made there and shipped here. Toyota knows how to build its suppliers. Wish Ford and Gm was doing the same.

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My God! Does Willie Green know about this?

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that is why I posted it. By the way, another surprise to Willie may be that the white Burlington athletic socks I buy at Sams are MADE IN THE USA.

Not all the jobs are leaving. What is leaving are the weaker companies. ---my opinion. It is about the managers not the workers. The story I posted proves good managers build!!!