Toyota, Mazda’s US Joint Venture to Hire 1,700 Additional Employees

Toyota, Mazda’s US Joint Venture to Hire 1,700 Additional Employees
A staff member dusts off a Mazda car at its booth at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, in Beijing, China on Sept. 27, 2020. Tingshu Wang/Reuters
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Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp.’s joint venture factory in the United States will hire 1,700 additional employees as it ramps up production, the companies said on Thursday.

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, which has started making the 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross model, expects to have 4,000 workers in total by next year, when production of the yet-to-be-announced Mazda vehicle will also begin.