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Huntsville, AL (April 23, 2019) With the first steel column now in place, construction is well underway for Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. (MTMUS). Team members celebrated the milestone with a small gathering at the plant site.

Despite a heavy rain season, construction of the advanced manufacturing facility remains on schedule.

“Today marks an exciting milestone for the MTMUS team and the state of Alabama,” said Masashi Aihara, president, MTMUS. “We are fully committed to this project and we can now see the beginning of our new campus taking shape. Soon, we will be proud to say ‘built in Alabama with pride.’”

CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• 3.0 million cubic yards of dirt graded for site preparation. This is enough dirt to fill the Empire State Building twice!
• 150,000 cubic yards of gravel poured to create the plant foundation, equal to filling 46 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• 2,500 construction workers projected to be on site by late summer 2019.
• MTMUS is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs and is currently in the process of hiring professional staff and skilled maintenance positions. Additional job postings will be added throughout the summer, with production hiring starting later in 2019. Interested candidates can learn more at www.mazdatoyota.com.

About MTMUS

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A. is a jointly owned‐and‐operated automotive production plant. The $1.6 billion facility is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs and will have the capacity to assemble up to 300,000 vehicles a year, beginning in 2021.

About Mazda Motor of America, Inc.

Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B‐roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at InsideMazda.MazdaUSA.com/Newsroom.

About Toyota Motor North America

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next‐generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world‐class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 38 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than 47,000 people (nearly 37,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.8 million cars and trucks (2.4 million in the U.S.) in 2018 – and about 87 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 16 years are still on the road today.

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Contacts:
Tamara Mlynarczyk, Mazda, 202‐431‐6325
Victor Vanov, Toyota, 859‐801‐2592