Toyota's expanding local presence is good not just for the 400 jobs it will add in the next several years, but for its acknowledgment of the area's talent and status as a global center for automotive engineering.
The $72 million facility, located in Ann Arbor, is now the company's largest R&D center outside Japan. The $187 million complex is set to open next summer.
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Bruce Brownlee, senior executive administrator for Toyota Technical Center USA Inc., said the EPA's emissions lab was one of the reasons Toyota originally came to Michigan in the 1970s, but said there are many other factors for Toyota's presence in Michigan today.
"One of the reasons we have expanded in this area is because of the high concentration of suppliers in this area," Brownlee said. "And, the technical talent really resides here."
Toyota's jobs aren't just jobs. They are high-paying jobs that are unlikely to be cut because of Toyota's record of methodical sales growth in the U.S. said Michael Robinet, director of global forecasting for CSM Worldwide Inc.
"From a development perspective, that is very stable employment," Robinet said.
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