MANUFACTURING

San Antonio is rapidly emerging as a center for automotive and leading-edge technology manufacturing. Toyota and it's 21 on-site suppliers will being rolling Tundra trucks off the plant floor in November 2006. With Toyota creating well over 2,000 manufacturing jobs, San Antonio’s manufacturing sector is expected to grow significantly over the next few years and become a preferred location for automotive and other leading edge technology manufacturers.

In addition to the automotive industry, San Antonio is home to high tech manufacturers of medical instruments, semi-conductors, telecommunications equipment, machine tools, and plastics. The new Advanced Technology Center (ATC) located at KellyUSA and the Manufacturing Technology Academy, which opened in 2004, will help provide a well-trained workforce for these new and emerging industries.