PLANO, Texas, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor North
America Inc. (TMNA) announces executive changes to its
manufacturing organization effective June
30, 2021.
Jim Zehmer, who currently serves
as general manager, administration at TABC, Inc. (TABC) will be
promoted to president. Zehmer joined TABC's finance team in 1992
and has held a variety of leadership positions, including
controller and manufacturing support general manager. He also was
responsible for the administration functions at Toyota Motor
Manufacturing de Baja California,
Toyota's vehicle assembly plant in Tijuana, Mexico, for a two-and-a-half-year
period starting in 2016. He will report to Norm Bafunno, senior vice president, unit
manufacturing and engineering, TMNA.
Mike Truax, current TABC
president will retire after a 37-year career with Toyota and New
United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), the former joint venture
of Toyota and General Motors in Fremont,
California. Throughout his career, Truax held various
leadership positions in manufacturing and engineering before his
current position with TABC. He worked as general manager in
production engineering for in-house plastics products at Toyota
Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc.
Previously, he spent more than 27 years at NUMMI in various
production and engineering assignments.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the
cultural fabric in North America
for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable,
next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands plus
our 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly employs
more than 47,000 in North America.
The company has contributed world-class design, engineering, and
assembly of more than 40 million cars and trucks at our 14
manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in
Alabama that begins production in
2021.
Through its Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights
the way it partners with community, civic, academic and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move,
anything is possible. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
Contact:
Victor Vanov
Victor.vanov@toyota.com
469.292.1318
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