Toyota's Line Expansion a Long Process

WEKU | By Jerry Boggs, Georgetown News-Graphic

Published June 5, 2012 at 9:33 AM EDT

Work is currently under way at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky to install a new production line at the Georgetown plant to build engines for a variety of vehicles. The new line will add more than 80 jobs at the plant but won't be ready to begin production for more than a year.

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