BODINE ALUMINUM OPENS PLANT WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY
TO SUPPLY TOYOTA

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today that Bodine Aluminum, Inc., its St. Louis-based aluminum parts-manufacturing company, officially opened a new $60-million plant today in Troy, Missouri. The facility will supply cylinder heads and intake manifolds for the Toyota Camry manufactured by Toyota Motor Manufacturing, USA, Inc. in Georgetown, Kentucky. The new plant creates 80 jobs, introduces low-pressure casting capability to Bodine, and allows Toyota to discontinue the export of two key engine parts from Japan.