Toyota supplier Futaba Industrial UK is to create up to 100 jobs at its Derbyshire plant as a result of the Burnaston-based car manufacturer’s decision to produce the new Auris in the UK, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has reported.
Futaba currently employs 133 people making body panels for Avensis and Auris models produced by Toyota in the UK. Next year, Futaba will begin manufacturing fuel tank filler pipes for Toyota, a part currently made in Japan.
The changes were revealed as Paul Heard took over as Managing Director from Hideo Nakao. Heard said, “We are delighted to be able to announce these new jobs. The final quarter of this year will be an exciting time for both us and Toyota.”
Towards the end of last year, Toyota announced that it would create an extra 1,500 jobs as part of a major investment drive at Burnaston.
Tony Walker, Deputy Managing Director at Burnaston, said, “We work very closely with suppliers like Futaba and I’m pleased that the positive announcement we made last year is making its way through to the supply chain.”
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About Ken Hurst
Ken Hurst began his career as a journalist in London over 30 years ago, working on a range of publications before moving on to weekly newspaper production in the newly-independent Zambia of the 1970s.
He returned to the UK where his work included spells on newspapers and magazines, before moving to head up Norwich Union’s corporate affairs division.
In the 1990s he moved on to freelance, co-own and publish the B2B audio magazine Sound and front the BBC radio Yesterday’s Papers programme. There followed six years as Business Editor at Britain’s biggest selling regional daily newspaper, The Eastern Daily Press, where he led an award-winning team and for whom he still writes a weekly socio/political comment column. Subsequently, he was Group Editorial Director at CBM, responsible for its UK and US magazine output – including The Manufacturer magazine – research-driven industry reports and live events content. Currently he is Contributing Editor at Works Management magazine publisher Findlay Media and Chairman of the consumer publishing house TNT Multimedia Ltd.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the British Association of Communicators in Business.
Toyota supplier Futaba Industrial UK is to create up to 100 jobs at its Derbyshire plant as a result of the Burnaston-based car manufacturer’s decision to produce the new Auris in the UK, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has reported.
