Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1912 (1912) as Bodine Pattern Company in St. Louis
Headquarters
Troy, Missouri
,
United States
Key people
Wes Woods (president)
ProductsCylinder heads
Number of employees
1,000 (2022)
ParentToyota Motor North America
Footnotes / references
[1]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri (TMMMO) is a manufacturing plant in Troy, Missouri that focuses on building cylinder heads for straight-four engines built by Toyota. It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, itself a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan.

The company traces its roots back to 1912 when Jesse Bodine founded the Bodine Pattern Company in St. Louis. Bodine produced mold castings for various customers including automotive. When Toyota started to expand its manufacturing presence in North America in the late 1980s turned to Bodine to supply aluminum parts. In 1990, the automaker purchased the company, renaming it Bodine Aluminum.[2]

In 1991, Toyota broke ground on an additional plant in Troy, Missouri that would open in 1993. Bodine Aluminum opened a plant in Jackson, Tennessee in 2003, and closed its St. Louis plant in December 2018.[3]

In 2020, the company's name changed from Bodine Aluminum to Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri, while the Jackson plant became Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Missouri has the ability to build more than 3 million cylinder heads annually on three production lines.[2]

The plant is located next to Missouri Smelting Technology (MOST), an aluminum recycler that provides raw material to TMMMO. MOST is a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho, another company in Japan's Toyota Group.

References

  1. ↑ "Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri (TMMMO)". Toyota Motor North America (Press release). March 28, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Drew, James (December 21, 2021). "Toyota analyzing future use of Troy, Missouri, plant as auto maker eyes shift to EVs". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ Robbins, Brian (October 10, 2018). "Toyota subsidiary closing North County location, 88 workers affected". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2022.

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