The first U.S.-built Lexus has rolled off the line in Georgetown where Toyota already makes Camrys, Avalons and Venzas.
The plant unveiled its Lexus ES 350 at a ceremony Monday.
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and former Governor Martha Layne Collins attended the ceremony along with other officials. Beshear gave credit for the economic progress that followed Toyota’s arrival in the 1980s to Collins and Larry Hayes, who has worked in economic development in the Collins and Beshear administrations.
The company invested $360 million in a new dedicated assembly line for the Lexus and added 750 jobs. The plant will build 50,000 of the sedans a year. Toyota says that 1.5 million hours of training took place before the first Lexus came off the line.
Source: AP
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