# New Toyota plant Texas now open!

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toyota-plant-texas-now-open/20324 "2006-11-17T09:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toyota-plant-texas-now-open/20324/51 "2006-11-20T20:53:03Z")

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Just for the record Japanese companies adopted “lean” in the 1960s.  
It was an American who introduced it to them because American companies(unions) were not interested.  
We have been playing “catch up” for almost 40 years.  
Toyota has been the king of lean that is why they have literally DOUBLE the efficiency of GM.

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