Automotive Manufacturing

Auto manufacturing is a top industry in Kentucky, supporting more than 65,000 jobs. More than 400 automotive-related facilities are located in Kentucky, including major auto assembly plants for Toyota, Ford and General Motors, which makes the Corvette in Bowling Green.

Toyota Selects Kentucky for Lexus ES 350 Production

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) in Georgetown, Ky., will be the first-ever U.S. production site for the Lexus ES 350 model, the top-selling Lexus sedan in the world.

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas in Harrodsburg, KY

Kentucky is Electric Vehicle Research Powerhouse

Led by research at the Kentucky-Argonne Center, Kentucky is becoming a major player in the electric car and advanced battery industry.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, KY

Auto Companies Accelerate Investment in Kentucky

Ford, General Motors and Toyota and 400 other automotive industry companies have invested billions of dollars and employ thousands of workers in Kentucky.

Specialty Auto Maker ASC Expands in Lexington, KY

ASC Inc., a supplier of specialty-vehicle body systems and assemblies, will expand in Lexington and create 10 jobs in the community.

Sequa Adds 280 Jobs at ARC Automotive, CASCO Products in Morgantown, KY

Kentucky Is Leader in Auto Innovation

Kentucky is on the lead lap in innovation in autos and what fuels them.

DENSO Builds Auto Parts Plant in Hopkinsville, KY

Martinrea Creates 150 New Jobs at Plant in Shelbyville, KY

Martinrea Heavy Stampings, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, will expand its Shelbyville, Ky., operation, creating 150 jobs and a $12 million investment in Kentucky. The plant will begin production of automotive metal stampings and assemblies for the Ford Motor Co. next generation Escape to be launched at the Louisville Assembly Plant.

Almost Nashville KY	Denham-Blythe Company
Greensburg/Green County Industrial Foundation	East Kentucky Power
Glasgow - Barren County Industrial Development Economic Authority	Oldham Chamber & Economic Development
Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation Inc.	Powell County Industrial Development Authority Inc.
Scott & Murphy & Daniel LLC	Ballard County Economic & Industrial Development Board
Greater Louisville Inc.	Commerce Lexington
Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation	AEP Kentucky Power
McCreary County Fiscal Court	Carroll County Fiscal Court
Jeffersontown Economic Development Authority	Muhlenberg Alliance for Progress Inc.
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development	LG & E and KU
Kentucky Department of Travel & Tourism	Richmond Industrial Development
Logan Economic Alliance for Development	Northeast Regional Industrial Park
Marshall County Economic Development	Meade County/Brandenburg Industrial Development Authority
Northern Kentucky Tri-ED	Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
Shelby County Industrial & Development Foundation	Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Somerset-Pulaski County Development Foundation	Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
City of Monticello	UK Coldstream Research Campus

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