# Hino Motors expands Marion axle plant for Toyota Tacoma production

Hino Motors launched the expansion of a 110,000 square feet production line at its Marion, Arkansas facility to manufacture rear axles and front knuckle assemblies for Toyota Tacoma trucks. The project involved $280 million investment and over 300 new hires since 2013.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-12
- Where: Marion, Arkansas, United States
- Value: $280.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: Jan 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: approximately 1,000 Tacoma rear axle assemblies each day
- Products: rear axles, front knuckle assemblies
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Hino Motors](https://endata.com/companies/24248.md)
- [Toyota](https://endata.com/companies/16194.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [talkbusiness.net](https://talkbusiness.net/2017/05/hino-motors-expands-marion-axle-plant-invests-280-million-in-new-production-line-for-toyota-trucks/), 2017-05-12: "This was a big challenge for Hino and required much preparation. This is a truly great success story, and we could not have achieved this without all of you."

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