Word: smyrna
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...share of the compact-truck market slipped to 41.7% a year ago. Toyota and Nissan, two of the leading Japanese vehicle manufacturers, are third and fourth in the market. While Toyota exports all of its trucks from Japan, Nissan builds 8,000 a month at its new plant in Smyrna, Tenn. The two companies have only 9.5% of the American car business, but they control 38.7% of the light-truck market...
...sports car, is joining Japan's automotive invasion of the U.S. Mazda announced last week that it would start producing cars in Michigan in 1987, bringing to four the number of Japanese automakers manufacturing in the U.S. Honda has a plant in Marysville, Ohio; Nissan has one in Smyrna, Tenn., and Toyota will begin producing cars this month in a venture with General Motors in Fremont, Calif. Mazda plans to construct a $450 million assembly plant near a Ford foundry in Flat Rock, literally in Detroit's backyard...
...Boyle TE Bridgeport, Conn. 85 Ken Tarczy CB Mercer, Pa. 86 Mitch Newton SE West Terre Haute, Ind. 87 Jim Morris TE Melrose, Mass. 88 Steve Abbott TE Orono, Maine 89 Pete Miclach DE Scotch Plains, N.J. 90 John Lowenstein SE Arlington, Mass. 91 Bill Ross DE New Smyrna, Fla. 92 Mike Bunar MG Hanson, Mass. 93 Joe Walsh DT Wycoff, N.J. 94 Joe Lee TE Fort Wayne, Ind. 94 Mare Miller DT Niles, Mich. 95 Barry Ford DT Peekskill, N.Y. 96 Brent Clapacs DE Euclid, Ohio 97 Brian Sullivan DE Walpole, Mass. 98 Clifton Tidwell DE Evanston...
Executives of Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. spent 15 months negotiating with Tennessee state officials over the site for a $660 million assembly plant that produced its first light truck in Smyrna in June. "The Japanese practice of asking the same questions ten to twelve times, of four or five different sources, greatly protracted the talks," recalls Joseph Davis, director of international marketing for Tennessee...
While Honda Motor Co. has already begun producing Accords at its plant in Marysville, Ohio, and Nissan Motor Co. will be turning out pickup trucks in Smyrna, Tenn., later this year, Toyota has dragged its feet on U.S. production for a decade. In 1980 it initiated talks with Ford about a joint production arrangement, only to break them off after a year of protracted discussion. Now a decision is being forced upon the company. Next month the agreement under which Japan "voluntarily" limits its auto exports to the U.S. to 1.68 million cars annually is due to expire. With...