Series focused on Toyota

Almost three years ago, there was speculation that Toyota was going to build an auto assembly plant somewhere in North America.
In Canada's Oxford County a huge parcel of land to the east of Woodstock had been purchased, but the name of the purchaser remained unknown.
Eric Schmiedl, a reporter with the Sentinel-Review was dogged in his pursuit of the Toyota rumours. Schmiedl made numerous phone calls to places like New York City and Japan in trying to confirm if there was any validity to the rumours that Toyota was looking at Woodstock.
Through his perseverance, Schmiedl eventually was able to confirm that indeed, Toyota would build its second assembly plant in Canada in Woodstock - just down from its other location at Cambridge.
For almost three years, the paper has watched the landscape at the east end of Woodstock change dramatically.
And now with about six month left before the opening of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.’s massive assembly plant and the production of the RAV 4, the paper is launching a series, which begins tomorrow, in its business section. The series will detail the makings of the plant and spin-off industry.
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