Manufacturing

Toyota's TNGA platform inspires changes to factory

The eighth-generation Camry is the first to be built in North America on the Toyota New Global Architecture.
July 02, 2017 05:00 AM
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Plant stats
  • Capacity: 550,000 cars and 600,000 engines a year
  • Size: 1,300-acre site, with 8.3 million square feet under roof
  • Vehicles: 3 assembly lines build Camry, Avalon and Lexus ES (since 2016)
  • Investment: $1.3 billion to modernize for TNGA platform
  • Upgrades: New paint shop, engine line, aluminum stamping operation
Source: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky
OEM01_170709967_H2_-1_KZHWBDKAVKEH.jpg A 2018 Camry rolls off the line at the Georgetown, Ky., plant, which is getting $1.3 billion in upgrades.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — The electric-blue Camry rolling off Toyota's assembly line here last week clearly marked a fundamental change for America's best-selling car, with its blacked-out roof, pinched nose, side scoops and aggressive styling.

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