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Report 35 Years of Table of Contents Manufacturing and R&D in America 35 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING AND IN R&D AMERICA CONTRIBUTIONS REPORT 35 YEARS OF TABLE OF CONTENTS MANUFACTURING AND R&D IN AMERICA Over the last 35 years, Japan Automobile Manufacturers workforce in manufacturing, R&D, and other roles. Association (JAMA) member companies have For this reason, JAMA members actively engage in demonstrated an enduring commitment to innovation, advanced workforce training and STEM (science, superior craftsmanship, and the development of a technology, engineering, and math) education highly-trained workforce throughout their American initiatives in collaboration with local institutions (pp. manufacturing and R&D/design operations. In creating 9-10). Our members are also highly focused on good Introduction 2 this report and reflecting on our members’ history in corporate citizenship, which we see reflected in their America, we at JAMA USA were struck by the ways in charitable giving, volunteering, and other forms of 35 Years of Manufacturing in America 3 which our member companies have changed the face of community engagement (pp. 11-12). U.S. auto manufacturing, while pushing the boundaries JAMA Members’ U.S. Economic Impact 5 of advanced automotive engineering and design. Our In addition to building passenger cars, SUVs, members play an increasingly integral role in the U.S. pickup trucks, and commercial vehicles (see full Workforce Development & Education 9 auto industry, as shown by our latest contributions data. production chart on p. 17) for American consumers, Last year our members achieved a number of record- over 412,000 of these vehicles were exported to Supporting Local Communities 11 highs, reaching over 90,000 direct U.S. employees and dozens of countries around the world last year (p. producing nearly 4 million vehicles, a tenfold increase 7). These exports not only support high-quality, Environmentally Friendly Vehicles 13 since the mid-1980’s (pp. 7-8). high-paying jobs across the U.S.—they also provide a platform to showcase the world-class engineering R&D, Design, and Test Centers 15 Japanese-brand automakers now operate 24 and design performed at JAMA member facilities in manufacturing plants and 43 R&D/design centers in America (page 16). Our members’ development of Production, Employment, 20 U.S. states, reflecting their expanding geographic environmentally-friendly vehicles (pp. 13-14) offers & Investment in the U.S. 17 footprint. With $45.6 billion in cumulative U.S. further evidence of their technical prowess. manufacturing investment alone (p. 5), the scale and quality of their operations have supported economic From their initial investments in the early 1980s growth and development throughout numerous to the present, the history of Japanese-brand American communities. At the same time, our members’ automakers in the U.S. is one of growth, economic vast U.S. supply chain—combined with their dealership and community integration, and the creation of networks, headquarters, sales and distribution systems a dynamic American workforce, such that our —means their investments impact every state in the members support approximately 1.5 million direct, country. In fact, our members also set a new record intermediate, and spin-off jobs across the country. through their purchases of approximately $69.9 billion in We hope the broad focus of this report and the U.S.-made parts last year (p. 8). This, in turn, supports historical photographs we feature here clearly even more American jobs. demonstrate the deeply- rooted nature of our In many ways, the innovative and efficient members’ presence nature of the American auto industry in America. relies on a diverse and highly-skilled Manny Manriquez General Director JAMA USA Front Cover: [From the top, left to right] Subaru of Indiana Start of Production; Toyota CALTY Design Team; First Honda Engine; First Honda Production; Subaru of Indiana Pilot Vehicle Production Ceremony; First Acura Production; Early Honda Accord Production 1 Back Cover: First Toyota Celica Convertible; First Honda Civic Production Line 2 35 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING IN AMERICA JAMA member companies are deeply rooted in the American auto industry. Since the first Japanese-brand automobile manufacturing facility was built in the U.S. in the early 1980s, JAMA members have continuously increased their investment in America, making a positive impact in the communities where they operate, and creating high-quality U.S. jobs. Subaru Vehicle Plant in Lafayette, Indiana Toyota Engine Honda Acura NSX Honda associates install engine (Marysville, Ohio) Honda Vehicle Plant Plant in Buffalo, Production Begins in in East Liberty, Ohio West Virginia Marysville, Ohio Toyota Engine Plant Isuzu/GM Engine Hino Vehicle Plant Toyota Vehicle Plant Subaru Vehicle Honda Vehicle Plant Honda Engine Plant in Georgetown, Plant in Moraine, Honda Vehicle Plant Honda Engine Plant in Williamstown, in Blue Springs, Plant Expansion in in Marysville, Ohio in Anna, Ohio Kentucky Ohio in Lincoln, Alabama in Lincoln, Alabama West Virginia Mississippi Lafayette, Indiana 1982 1985 1989 1998 2001 2004 2007 2011 2016 1983 1988 1997 1999 2003 2006 2008 2015 Nissan Vehicle Plant Toyota Vehicle Plant Nissan Engine Toyota Vehicle Plant Toyota Engine Toyota Vehicle Plant Honda Vehicle Plant Toyota Lexus in Smyrna, Tennessee in Georgetown, Plant in Decherd, in Princeton, Indiana Plant in Huntsville, in San Antonio, Texas in Greensburg, Production Launch Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Indiana in Georgetown, Nissan Vehicle Plant Kentucky in Canton, Mississippi Honda’s first U.S.-made vehicle (Marysville, Ohio) Subaru employees with first production vehicle (Lafayette, Indiana) Toyota Motor Manufacturing First U.S.-made Nissan Toyota’s first U.S.-made vehicle (Georgetown, Kentucky) Kentucky groundbreaking vehicle (Smyrna, Tennessee) 3 (Georgetown, Kentucky) 4 JAMA MEMBERS’ U.S. ECONOMIC IMPACT JAPANESE-BRAND AUTOMAKERS Hino Honda OPERATE 24 MANUFACTURING Isuzu NEW YORK Mazda PLANTS AND 43 R&D AND DESIGN Mitsubishi MASSACHUSETTS Nissan MICHIGAN Subaru Toyota Toyota FACILITIES IN 20 STATES Toyota (5) OHIO Toyota Honda (3) INDIANA NEW JERSEY Toyota Isuzu | GM Honda (2) Isuzu Subaru Honda (2) Subaru Mazda Honda Mitsubishi (2) Honda Hino WEST Toyota (2) Nissan (2) MISSOURI Toyota Toyota VIRGINIA Subaru Subaru Honda Hino Toyota (5) Honda Mitsubishi VIRGINIA Toyota COLORADO Toyota Toyota CALIFORNIA Toyota Toyota Toyota NORTH Nissan Toyota Toyota ARKANSAS CAROLINA Nissan Nissan Nissan KENTUCKY Honda Nissan Hino GEORGIA R&D Center Toyota ARIZONA Honda TENNESSEE Design Center TEXAS Honda Vehicle Mfg. Plant Nissan Toyota Parts Mfg. Plant Engine Mfg. Plant 1.5 MILLION Toyota ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI U.S. JOBS SUPPORTED *Source: Spin-off and Intermediate Jobs Study As of 2016, by Rutgers University Professor Thomas Prusa JAMA Members’ In the U. S. in 2016, (2015 Data) manufacturing plants $45.6 Japanese-brand automakers built cumulatively invested BILLION in the U.S. Economy NEARLY 4 4.7 MILLION & MILLION VEHICLES ENGINES 5 6 JAMA MEMBERS’ U.S. ECONOMIC IMPACT 2016 U.S. EMPLOYMENT U.S. PARTS PURCHASED $ BILLIONS 2010 $43.13 64,139 MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES 2011 $43.24 5,696 2012 $51.28 412,281 R&D/DESIGN CENTER EMPLOYEES Cars & trucks exported 2013 $57.09 from Japanese-brand auto plants in the 20,206 2014 $66.00 U.S. in 2016 HQ, SALES & OTHER EMPLOYEES 2015 $67.90 90,041 TOTAL DIRECT AMERICAN JOBS 2016 $69.9 BILLION JAMA MEMBERS’ PRODUCTION & DIRECT JOBS GROWTH 4,500,000 100,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 80,000 3,000,000 DIRECT EMPLOYEES 60,000 IN THE U.S. 2,500,000 UNITS 2,000,000 40,000 EMPLOYEES PRODUCTION 1,500,000 IN THE U.S. 1,000,000 20,000 500,000 0 0 ‘85* ‘86* ‘87 ‘88 ‘89 ‘90 ‘91 ‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 *No employment data available for these years 7 8 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION JAMA members are committed to supporting the professional SUBARU growth of their employees and the vitality of the communities Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is proud to offer the in which they operate. Through advanced workforce SIA AIM program. This puts the most promising college development programs, they empower their team students on the fast track to the career of their dreams members to learn and develop new skills. They also by providing a highly specialized education in Computer partner with local schools, colleges, and universities Integrated Manufacturing, along with real-world on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and experience and compensation. mathematics) education initiatives to cultivate the workforce of the future. Freshmen studying computer-integrated manufacturing take classes on campus during their first semester and apply for the SIA AIM program. If selected, these students spend the second semester working and taking HONDA classes at SIA, including two days of classes at Purdue University’s College of Technology Lafayette site, which Honda is at the cutting edge of associate is located at SIA. Upon successful completion of the training. With the advancement and program, AIM students qualify for full-time employment efficacy of virtual reality, Honda can train with SIA. After six months of employment, these associates faster and more efficiently, Associates can continue their education at the on-site with less exposure to potential safety Purdue campus to earn a Purdue bachelor’s degree in hazards. Honda believes in empowering engineering technology. SIA will pay for the education. associates to conceive of ideas that create value for their customers, society, and other workers. Honda truly believes that what makes a Honda vehicle so great are the workers who make them. TOYOTA Toyota’s Technician Training & Education Network (T-TEN) is an automotive technician training program. T-TEN is a partnership between Toyota, community colleges, vocational schools, and Toyota and Lexus NISSAN dealerships. The program provides state-of-the art, In March, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee hands-on automotive diagnosis, repair, education Board of Regents Chancellor Flora Tydings joined Nissan and training.
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