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Toyota to add 400 jobs by 2019, expand Highlander production
PRINCETON, Ind. -- Toyota continues to grow worldwide, and its 20-year-old plant in Gibson County is booming along with it.
Company officials, joined by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, announced Tuesday they would add 400 jobs by 2019 as the company expands production of the Highlander vehicle by 40,000 units annually.
The plant, along U.S. 41 in Gibson County, currently has about 5,000 workers.
The expansion will mean about $600 million in new investments at the plant. The Highlander has been manufactured in Princeton since 2009.
Read more: http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2017/01/24/toyota-makes-major-announcement/96976798/