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Toyota Promotes North American Manufacturing Execs

7 January 2001

Toyota Promotes North American Manufacturing Execs

    ERLANGER, Ky., Jan. 5 Toyota Motor Manufacturing North
America, Inc. (TMMNA) recently announced the promotions of several top
executives in the automaker's manufacturing operations.  Among these, Dennis
Cuneo was promoted to senior vice-president of corporate affairs at TMMNA; he
also serves as senior vice-president of Toyota Motor America (TMA).
Additionally, Sam Heltman will move to a new role as senior vice-president of
TMMNA administration (Human Resources/Information Systems), with a dual cap as
senior vice-president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky human resources,
general affairs, and production control.
    These promotions are coupled with many other end-of-the-year
organizational changes throughout the company.  Don Jackson of Toyota Motor
Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK), located in Georgetown, Ky., was promoted
to vice-president of manufacturing.  Don will have responsibility for body
weld, stamping, die manufacturing, and paint. TMMK manufactures the Camry,
Avalon and Sienna minivan.
    The Princeton, Ind. facility, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.
(TMMI) is the home of the Tundra and the Sequoia, Toyota's new full-size SUV.
TMMI promotions include Norm Bafunno to vice president of production and
quality and Bill Krueger to general manager of production.
    The Long Beach, Calif. operations, TABC, Inc., which manufactures truck
beds, catalytic converters, coated substrates, and steering columns, saw the
promotions of: Dom Berardesco to vice-president, administration; Mike Haruki
to general manager, administration division; and John Walsh to general
manager, manufacturing division I.
    These organizational changes became effective on January 1, 2001.