Auto parts manufacturer Vuteq’s U.S. subsidiary on Wednesday announced plans to establish a new $60 million factory in northern Alabama to supply an assembly plant under construction by Toyota and Mazda.
The Vuteq facility in Huntsville would join its plants operating in other states with Toyota assembly plants: Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The company expects to create about 200 new jobs in Alabama, state officials said in the announcement.
“Vuteq has established a large industrial footprint in the United States, and it’s great to see the company expand that presence to our state,” Governor Kay Ivey said in a statement.
Vuteq will make plastic-injected parts and sub-assemblies for Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. Both automakers will produce to-be-announced SUV models at the Huntsville factory beginning in 2021.
Construction on the Vuteq plant is expected to be completed in 2020, with a production launch set for the following year.
State commerce officials said five MTMUS suppliers have announced 1,700 new jobs in Alabama to date; the assembly plant itself is expected to employ about 4,000 auto workers.
