Boshoku grows - with Toyota's help
| Toyota Boshoku’s global OEM sales, in billions, compared with the leaders in auto interiors | ||
| 2006 | 2005 | |
| Johnson Controls | $19.50* | $19.40 |
| Lear | 17.84 | $17.09 |
| Boshoku | 9.04** | $7.43 |
| * Fiscal 2006 | ||
| ** Fiscal 2006 estimate | ||
| Source: Automotive News Data Center | ||
FULTON, Miss. — To the American auto industry, he is an unknown man at a little-known company. But Toyota Motor Corp. execs think so highly of Nate Furuta that they don't want him to retire.
