Alabama Lands $110M DaikyoNishikawa Manufacturing Facility

The Japanese auto parts manufacturer selected Huntsville, AL for its first U.S. facility, and will create 380 jobs at the new assembly plant.

Japan-based DaikyoNishikawa US (DNUS) will invest $110 million to open an auto parts manufacturing facility in Huntsville, AL to serve the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. assembly plant now under construction. The company will create approximately 380 jobs at the new Alabama facility, which will produce plastic automotive parts.

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The DNUS auto parts plant will be located on the site of the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA auto assembly facility. The DNUS project will create 380 jobs in Huntsville. (Image: Governor’s Office)

“Over decades, Alabama has built strong relationships with many leading Japanese businesses, and I know that we will forge a productive, long-lasting partnership with DaikyoNishikawa,” said Governor Kay Ivey. “We’re pleased that this world-class automotive supplier has selected our state for the site of its first U.S. manufacturing facility and look forward to seeing it put down roots in Sweet Home Alabama, where so many of our Japanese partners have found success.”

DNUS is the first on-site partner announced for Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. (MTMUS), a $1.6 billion joint-venture assembly plant being built on a 2,500-acre site in the Limestone County portion of Huntsville.

Construction on the DNUS facility is expected to begin this summer. Once the plant begins operations to coincide with the start of MTMUS vehicle production in 2021, DNUS’s Alabama workforce will produce large resin parts such as bumpers and instrument panels.

“DaikyoNishikawa is a welcome addition to Alabama’s rapidly growing network of high-caliber international auto suppliers,” said Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce. “With this significant investment, the company is signaling its strong confidence in Alabama workers and the state’s business environment. I know we can build a great future together.”

DNUS’s project begins just months after MTMUS launched construction on its Alabama facility, which will employ up to 4,000 workers at full production. In 2021, MTMUS will produce up to 300,000 vehicles annually, split evenly between Mazda and Toyota. The Mazda-Toyota partnership announced Alabama for its project in 2018.

“Huntsville welcomes DaikyoNishikawa to our growing regional network of automotive suppliers,” said Mayor Tommy Battle. “They’re joining an outstanding partnership with Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A., and we’re collectively witnessing the birth of a major automotive hub for the U.S. and the world.”

Based in Hiroshima, DaikyoNishikawa operates and employs more than 5,000 people at about a dozen R&D centers and manufacturing plants in Japan, as well as production sites in Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia and China. The company supplies plastic parts to many of the major automakers based in Japan, including Mazda and Toyota.

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