Black Dog Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Toyota to build 100,000 vehicles per year in Woodstock, Ont., starting 2008 Ontario workers are well-trained. That simple explanation was cited as a main reason why Toyota turned its back on hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies offered from several American states in favour of building a second Ontario plant ... The factory will cost $800 million to build, with the federal and provincial governments kicking in $125 million of that to help cover research, training and infrastructure costs. Several U.S. states were reportedly prepared to offer more than double that amount of subsidy. But Fedchun said much of that extra money would have been eaten away by higher training costs than are necessary for the Woodstock project. He said Nissan and Honda have encountered difficulties getting new plants up to full production in recent years in Mississippi and Alabama due to an untrained - and often illiterate - workforce. In Alabama, trainers had to use "pictorials" to teach some illiterate workers how to use high-tech plant equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 This is good news, considering GM and Ford were downgraded to junk status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Machine Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 The case is usually that Canadians are a better workforce than Americans. But A car company can't cut jobs in just the States. There is politics with that decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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