At Canvey Carriage Company we have lots of Toyotas
available, but news has come in today that Toyota plan to move their HQ from
Southern California to Dallas, Texas.
After a rumours have been circulating for some time, Canvey Carriage Company can now report that the move will go ahead with an expected
move in date to be around early 2017.
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The Japanese car giant are relocating from Torrance, just
outside of Los Angeles, and the move will bring
much of the manufactures
operations under one roof. This includes Toyota’s sales, marketing, servicing,
advertising and quality control. As well as this some manufacturing operations
will be moved to Texas, which currently operates in Kentucky.
The move by Toyota will be staggered, and begin to take
place at the end of 2016. Toyota set up in California in 1957, beginning in a
shop at a former rambler dealership in Hollywood.
Torrance mayor has described the move as “sad news”. Adding
that "Toyota has been an integral part of the city."
Toyota’s move means that all three major Japanese car
manufactures, which account for a large proportion of the US auto market share,
will have left the state where they first moved in the beginning of their US
operations.
Nissan moved most of its operations from Gardena,
California, to Franklin, Tennessee, outside Nashville in 2006. Just last year,
Honda decided to move a number of executives from Torrance to Columbus, Ohio.
Speaking to employees, Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz
said: "Currently, we’re operating as multiple affiliates in a
connected-but-independent way. In other words, we still have silos, and that’s
slowing our decision-making processes. Our goal is to become not a group of
dedicated affiliates, but one company -- One Toyota."
Lentz added: "Many roles will transfer, unchanged, to
the new locations. Some new roles will be created, while others may evolve to
meet the changing needs of the new organization."
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