It rebuilt itself after the Second World War, its shipping, motor manufacturing and electronics business leading the world.
Another motor manufacturing super-power, the German-based BMW, will be joining the Williams team next year, as its engine suppliers.
Vice president, Nissan Europe and chief executive, Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd.
"Securing this significant investment at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky would be a huge economic development victory, " said Mandy Lambert, spokeswoman for the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet.
Toyoda said Hogan was someone he trusted, having known him since they worked together more than a decade ago at NUMMI, or New United Motor Manufacturing, a California auto plant jointly run by Toyota and GM.
Hogan, an independent consultant and former GM group vice president, has been Toyoda's friend since they worked together more than a decade ago at NUMMI, or New United Motor Manufacturing, a California auto plant jointly run by Toyota and GM.
Case in point: after experiencing double-digit declines in 2010, private automobile dealers saw revenue growth of 16%, and simultaneously, motor vehicle parts manufacturing grew by 21%.
For the past decade the American motor industry has been traversing a shift in manufacturing technology that requires fewer workers with more skills (see chart).
The turn of the 20th century was the dawn of a new, greased-lightening manufacturing age, the era of Ford Motor 's assembly line.
He said they had enlisted the help of a local manufacturing company to rewind the 18Kw electric motor, which failed on the main plant.
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The turn of the 20th century was the dawn of a new, greased-lightening manufacturing age, the era of Ford Motor 's (nyse: F - news - people ) assembly line.
One manufacturing sector that has been consistently strong is the motor vehicles and parts industry, which has added 165, 000 jobs since June 2009 a sector that might not even exist in the U.S. today if not for the assistance this Administration gave to the U.S. auto industry in 2009.
Manufacturing lost 15, 000 jobs, including a 7, 500 drop in motor vehicles and parts, which is partly payback for there having been relatively few seasonal auto plant shutdowns in July.
But it's a long way from the kind of billions required to make this industry motor, and get turbine makers such as Gamesa and Areva to deliver on their conditional manufacturing announcements for Scotland.
Lord Mandelson, in turn, cemented his role as the motor industry's darling by describing it as "the cornerstone of Britain's manufacturing economy" and stressed its importance to "our skills base, our engineering supply chains, our niche manufacturing skills".
Manufacturing lost 16, 000 jobs (Nomura expected it to remain flat) and motor vehicles and parts employment slid by 3, 000 (strong sales in the sector over the last couple of months).
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