{"id":264972,"date":"2024-02-12T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-toyota-motor-north-america-announces-executive-changes\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T17:50:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:50:01","slug":"toyota-motor-north-america-anuncia-cambios-en-su-cupula-directiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/toyota-motor-north-america-anuncia-cambios-en-su-cupula-directiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLANO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 12, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced executive changes designed to drive continued growth, advance its commitment to vehicle electrification, and prepare for the future of mobility. The following manufacturing changes are effective immediately.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8806left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg8806left\" title=\"Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Changes - Kevin Voelkel is promoted to senior vice president, vehicle plants. In this position, he will be responsible for overseeing North American vehicle production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Baja California (TMMBC), Canada (TMMC), Guanajuato (TMMGT), Indiana (TMMI), Mississippi (TMMMS), and Texas (TMMTX).\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2338731\/Toyota_Kevin_Voelkel_03.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Changes - Kevin Voelkel is promoted to senior vice president, vehicle plants. In this position, he will be responsible for overseeing North American vehicle production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Baja California (TMMBC), Canada (TMMC), Guanajuato (TMMGT), Indiana (TMMI), Mississippi (TMMMS), and Texas (TMMTX).\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p><b>Promotions:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kevin Voelkel<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is promoted to senior vice president, vehicle plants. In this position, he will be responsible for overseeing North American vehicle production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Baja California (TMMBC), <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span> (TMMC), <span class=\"xn-location\">Guanajuato<\/span> (TMMGT), <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span> (TMMI), <span class=\"xn-location\">Mississippi<\/span> (TMMMS), and <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> (TMMTX). He will retain responsibility for all North American Truck Manufacturing as well as oversight of TABC. Kevin will report to <span class=\"xn-person\">Takefumi Shiga<\/span>, executive vice president, Production Engineering and Manufacturing, TMNA. Kevin was most recently plant president, TMMTX and group vice president, North American Truck Manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Susann Kazunas<\/span><\/b> is promoted to plant president, TMMTX. Susann will report to <span class=\"xn-person\">Kevin Voelkel<\/span>, senior vice president, vehicle plants. Susann was most recently Vice President, Manufacturing, TMMTX.<\/p>\n<p><b>Retirements: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Brian Krinock<\/span><\/b>, senior vice president, vehicle plants, is retiring effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 31<\/span>. In his role as senior vice president, Brian has overseen engineering and manufacturing for Toyota&#8217;s seven vehicle assembly plants in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>. Since 1991, Krinock played a critical role in securing the technology and resources needed to ensure our plants were competitive, class-leading, and able to meet the rapidly changing demands of our customers and the market.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About Toyota\u00a0<\/u><\/b> <br \/>Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus\u00a0brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toyota directly employs more than 63,000 people in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 47 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota&#8217;s 14th plant in <span class=\"xn-location\">North Carolina<\/span> will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 27 electrified options.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Toyota, visit\u202f<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4089851-1&amp;h=1890942894&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toyotanewsroom.com%2F&amp;a=www.ToyotaNewsroom.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ToyotaNewsroom.com<\/a><\/u>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:<br \/><\/b>Bekah\u00a0Schmidt<br \/>256-788-4304<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Bekah.schmidt@toyota.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bekah.schmidt@toyota.<\/a><a href=\"mailto:Bekah.schmidt@toyota.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">com<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg9736left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg9736left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 72px;\" title=\"Toyota Corporate Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/439685\/Toyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota Corporate Logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4089851-1&amp;h=377194899&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2338731%2FToyota_Kevin_Voelkel_03.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2338731%2FToyota_Kevin_Voelkel_03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2338731\/Toyota_Kevin_Voelkel_03.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4089851-1&amp;h=3805509310&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F439685%2FToyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F439685%2FToyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/439685\/Toyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Toyota Motor North America<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLANO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 12, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced executive changes designed to drive continued growth, advance its commitment to vehicle electrification, and prepare for the future of mobility. The following manufacturing changes are effective immediately.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8806left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg8806left&quot; title=&quot;Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Changes &#8211; Kevin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264972"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264975,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264972\/revisions\/264975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}