{"id":84276,"date":"2020-09-25T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-step-into-modern-manufacturing-women-leaders-awarded-for-career-excellence\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:33:02","slug":"step-en-la-fabricacion-moderna-mujeres-lideres-reciben-premio-por-excelencia-en-sus-carreras-profesionales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/step-en-la-fabricacion-moderna-mujeres-lideres-reciben-premio-por-excelencia-en-sus-carreras-profesionales\/","title":{"rendered":"STEP Into Modern Manufacturing, Women Leaders Awarded for Career Excellence"},"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\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 25, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Three Toyota employees were honored last night in a virtual award ceremony with Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards from The Manufacturing Institute.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg46b1left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg46b1left\" title=\"STEP Award Honoree Ericka Mendez, Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California \" border=\"0\" alt=\"STEP Award Honoree Ericka Mendez, Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1281171\/Toyota_Ericka_Mendez.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The STEP Ahead Awards were created to honor female leaders in science, technology, engineering and production career fields for their excellence and outstanding leadership. This year, 130 women were recognized, from the factory floor to executive leadership, including three winners from Toyota.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Karen Cooper<\/span>, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Lauren Powell<\/span>, Production Engineering and Manufacturing Center <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Ericka Mendez<\/span>, Toyota Motor Manufacturing de <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja California<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Toyota is very proud of the outstanding achievements of our 2020 STEP Ahead Award winners,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Chris Reynolds<\/span>, chief administrative officer, Manufacturing and Corporate Resources, Toyota Motor North America.\u00a0&#8220;Our employees&#8217; commitment to excellence and dedication to our customers help inspire younger generations of women considering careers in the future of manufacturing and mobility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Women totaled 47 percent of the U.S. labor force in 2016, but only 29 percent of the manufacturing workforce \u2013 constituting one of manufacturing&#8217;s largest pools of untapped talent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Women are significantly underrepresented in manufacturing, and the industry is in the midst of a workforce crisis,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Carolyn Lee<\/span>, executive director of The Manufacturing Institute. &#8220;Closing the gender gap in the industry will go a long way toward closing the skills gap, empowering more women to join manufacturing&#8217;s ranks and lifting the industry as a whole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The STEP Ahead Awards are part of the larger STEP Ahead Initiative, launched to examine and promote the role of women in the manufacturing industry through recognition, research and leadership and close the gender gap in the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen Toyota employees have previously received this prestigious award.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i><u>About Toyota:<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands.\u00a0During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 40 million cars and trucks in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, where we have 14 manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span> (10 in the U.S.), and directly employ more than 47,000 people (over 36,000 in the U.S.).\u00a0Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold nearly 2.8 million cars and trucks (nearly 2.4 million in the U.S.) in 2019.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society&#8217;s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit\u00a0<\/i><i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2928524-1&amp;h=4211993462&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toyotanewsroom.com%2F&amp;a=www.toyotanewsroom.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.toyotanewsroom.com<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Press Contact: <br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Hesterberg<\/span> <br \/>502-868-2135 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:rick.hesterberg@toyota.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">rick.hesterberg@toyota.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Justin Posey<\/span> <br \/>502-868-2848 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:justin.posey@toyota.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">justin.posey@toyota.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg323cleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg323cleft\" title=\"STEP Award Honoree Karen Cooper, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky \" border=\"0\" alt=\"STEP Award Honoree Karen Cooper, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1281172\/Toyota_Karen_Cooper.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb1acleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; 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