Toyota – Randolph Record

Toyota’s Liberty plant celebrates another phase

November 17, 2025 Randolph Record Comments Off

LIBERTY — Another celebration of the new Toyota Battery plant in Liberty came last week. This came with formal recognitions with what was described as a grand opening. “We’re excited to see this innovative facility […]

Batteries shipped from Liberty’s Toyota plant

July 5, 2025 Randolph Record Comments Off

LIBERTY – Batteries have been shipped from the Toyota Battery Manufacturing plant in Liberty. It’s another milestone for the growing facility at the Greensboro-Randolph megasite. The first shipment was heading to Mazda Toyota Manufacturing for […]

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Toyota promotes Stewart to top position in Liberty

May 26, 2025 Bob Sutton Comments Off

Don Stewart (Courtesy photo) LIBERTY — There’s a change at the top of the Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina plant as operations at the site continue to ramp up. Sean Suggs, who had been president at […]

Man charged after Toyota Battery Manufacturing plant bomb threat

September 20, 2024 Randolph Record Comments Off

Here’s a photo of the Toyota Battery Manufacturing site from this summer. (Bob Sutton / Randolph Record) LIBERTY – An arrest was made following what was determined to be a false bomb threat directed at […]

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Green Metals to join Liberty’s jobs scene

June 17, 2024 Bob Sutton Comments Off

LIBERTY – Green Metals Inc. is coming to Liberty, providing another jobs boost connected to the Toyota Battery Manufacturing plant at Greensboro-Randolph megasite. The company is a partner in the Toyota Tsusho family associated with […]

Providence Grove receives $500k from Toyota for jobs program

February 14, 2024 Randolph Record Comments Off

CLIMAX — Communities In Schools “Jobs For North Carolina’s Graduates” (JNCG) program will open a new site at Providence Grove High School in Randolph County after receiving $500,000 from Toyota North Carolina. It’s the second […]

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Spivey riled up to return as Ramseur’s mayor

December 7, 2023 Bob Sutton Comments Off

RAMSEUR – Hampton Spivey is coming back to the mayor’s post in Ramseur and it’s not likely to be a quiet return. The former mayor is mostly concerned with the available drinking water for town […]

Toyota bolsters plans for battery plant

June 7, 2023 Bob Sutton Comments Off

LIBERTY — The Toyota manufacturing project at the Greensboro-Randolph megasite keeps getting bigger. Toyota announced last week that the under-construction battery plant at the megasite would receive an additional $2.1 billion investment because of an […]

Public encouraged to express views on air quality

October 13, 2022 Bob Sutton Comments Off

LIBERTY — With such a major project involving the Greensboro-Randolph megasite, there are bound to be new topics that might create attention in the region. One of them is air quality. The North Carolina Department […]

Toyota tags funds for education to aid workforce

September 28, 2022 Bob Sutton Comments Off

LIBERTY – Toyota wants to help mold the workforce for the new plant at the Guilford-Randolph megasite. In what company officials describe as an effort to boost workforce readiness and exposure, donations totaling $1 million […]