TORONTO — Toyota Boshoku Corp., headquarter in Kariya-city, Aichi, Japan, has established a new automotive interior manufacturing company, Toyota Boshoku Canada, located in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

This new company will be the first Toyota Boshoku wholly owned seat manufacturing facility in North America. The company will produce the RAV4 seat, door trim and carpet interior parts for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada’s (TMMC) Woodstock plant, which will begin operations in 2008.

TBA has invested approximately $58 million in the facility, and estimates annual production volume of 150,000 units per year. The company, which employs a total of 6,600 globally, will hire 330 people for the new plant. Currently, Toyota Boshoku Corp. has 15 production facilities in North America (including wholly owned and joint ventures).

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