Here at Toyota Missouri, we build cylinder heads – the “lungs” of an engine – for Toyota’s best-selling vehicles like the Camry and Tundra. Located in Troy, the plant’s 1,000+-strong workforce uses recycled aluminum to build thousands of cylinder heads every day.
FROM AUTOMATED LOOM TO AUTOMOBILES
From a young age, Toyota’s founder, Sakichi Toyoda, held a strong ambition to improve life for others. Watching his mother weave textiles, he saw the opportunity to mechanize the process for efficiency and to ease the burden on the worker. In 1896, Sakichi invented Japan’s first power loom and continued to innovate the technology and process by inventing the non-stop Type G shuttle loom in 1924.
A ST. LOUIS ENTREPRENEUR
Meanwhile, in 1912 Jesse R. Bodine founded the Bodine Pattern Company. The St. Louis, Missouri-based company manufactured patterns for customers like Dorris and Moon Motor Cars and became known as a quality aluminum casting facility.
TOYOTA GROWS IN THE U.S.
As Toyota began expanding its manufacturing presence in the U.S., it needed a trusted partner to build high- quality aluminum parts. A new chapter for Bodine started in 1990 when the company was acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation. Soon after, Toyota built a new plant and moved the company’s headquarters to Troy.
AS A TOP 10 COMPANY FOR DIVERSITY, OUR TEAM COMES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
Our products are only as good as the people who make them. And our employees are among some of the brightest and most highly-skilled in the world. We respect them for their talent, commitment to safety and quality, and dedication to continuous improvement.
We are adding to our growing team. If you are interested in a manufacturing career at a world-class company with excellent benefits:
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ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IS WHAT WE DO
At Toyota Missouri we use high-tech manufacturing systems to help produce some of the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road today. With Toyota’s New Global Architecture, we’re making ever-better vehicles through smarter, more flexible manufacturing and innovation in powertrains and chassis.
WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH TECHNOLOGY
Throughout our plant, we have Automated Guided Vehicles or AGVs delivering parts right as they’re needed. They are programmed to follow a magnetic strip in the floor and automatically stop when something obstructs their path. Many other robots help with tasks such as filing the sand cores used in the casting process and stacking cylinder heads onto pallets.
LET’S MAKE A BETTER PLANET
In October 2015, Toyota announced the global Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050. At Toyota Missouri, that means supporting our environmental focus areas: REDUCTION OF CARBON, WATER CONSERVATION, REDUCING MATERIAL WASTE and SUPPORTING BIODIVERSITY.
We also work hard to educate our employees and share our environmental know-how with others. Take a look at one of our Toyota Missouri biodiversity projects that was featured in the Toyota Environmental Report:
TOYOTA MISSOURI: Home Is For The Birds
WHAT TOYOTA IS DOING TO REDUCE CARBON
Can a car company be a vehicle for change? We think so. That is why in 2020, Toyota Missouri is building a 3-acre solar array, which will reduce CO2 emissions at the plant by 750 metric tons annually. That’s enough to power over 120 homes for a full year. In addition, we have replaced fluorescent bulbs with LED lighting in the plant and limited unnecessary operation of equipment when not in use. These actions reduced over 2,000 metric tons annually.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE CARBON, TOO
Make your carbon footprint a little smaller. Turn off a light, change out a bulb and make your next vehicle a hybrid.
WHAT TOYOTA IS DOING TO CONSERVE WATER
Here at Toyota Missouri, we use recycled water for many of our manufacturing processes. We reuse over one million gallons of water each day, cleaning it in our on-site wastewater processing plant, use it in process, clean it again and send it back to the local water treatment facility.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CONSERVE WATER, TOO
Turn off a faucet, and if you water your plants or lawn, make it early in the day.
HOW TOYOTA REDUCES WASTE
Toyota is always looking for ways to reduce waste, from the largest manufacturing site to the smallest office. At Toyota Missouri, that means converting to compostable food containers and working to eliminate single- use plastics in our cafeterias.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE WASTE, TOO
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reusable water bottles and grocery bags every time!
HOW TOYOTA SUPPORTS BIODIVERSITY
Toyota’s biodiversity efforts support the unique balance of plants, animals and ecosystems. Toyota Missouri was certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council in 2017 for the natural grassland area and nine bluebird houses that are planted there. In addition, the certification includes a pollinator garden with plants that support the Monarch butterfly.
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY, TOO
Make your yard pollinator-friendly. Plant native plants and trees, especially species that attract butterflies and bees.
IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITIES
Utilizing their time, resources and expertise our team is actively engaged in charitable causes across our community, from our work to improve our local parks, supporting workforce readiness initiatives, helping alleviate food insecurity, or addressing the mobility challenges of the youngest in our community – our partnerships are central to improving the places we call home.
MOBILITY FOR ALL
At Toyota, we believe when people are free to move anything is possible. Our teams of engineers and designers are relentlessly focused on not only making our vehicles safer and more accessible but also developing the future mobility products that will ensure everyone has the freedom to move, engage, and explore.