Subaru adding production at Lafayette plant
Japanese automaker has boosted employment by 200 since August to meet demand for its Outback and Legacy models.
Japanese automaker has boosted employment by 200 since August to meet demand for its Outback and Legacy models.
Toyota is halting production at six North American car-assembly plants—including Indiana facilities in Princeton and
Lafayette—beginning the week of Feb. 1 to fix gas pedals that could stick and cause acceleration without warning.
Indiana’s automotive manufacturing employment for the last decade peaked at 142,000 in 1999. Since then, the sector has shed
20,300 jobs-a staggering one-seventh of its total. Another 5,220 are slated to be cut soon. And there’s no end in sight.