DEWALT® Charlotte, NC manufacturing plant celebrated a significant milestone this past week, as the professional tool brand’s 10-millionth tool rolled off the production line. Company executives were on hand to build the 10-millionth tool – a 20V MAX* XR Lithium Ion Brushless 3-Speed Hammer Drill (DCD996P2).
Across its seven U.S. manufacturing plants, the brand produced more than 90 million individual products Made in the USA with global materials in 2016, an almost 50 percent increase from the 62 million individual products in 2015, just one year earlier. This is a meaningful accomplishment towards the brand’s effort to expand its domestic manufacturing using global materials, an effort that began in 2013. In addition to Charlotte, DEWALT operates manufacturing facilities in New Britain, CT; Greenfield, IN; Hampstead, MD; Shelbyville, KY; Cheraw, SC; and Jackson, TN.
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Call it a homecoming.
When Toyota introduced Lexus to the U.S. market in 1989, the Georgetown, Ky., plant – its first stand-alone vehicle manufacturing facility in America – was just in its second year of producing the Camry.
Fast forward 26 years and that same plant is celebrating the start of U.S. Lexus production. Today at a ceremony fit for a luxury brand king, the first-ever U.S.-produced ES 350 was unveiled before several thousand proud team members in Georgetown. And, just like a newborn foal at the nearby horse farms in Central Kentucky, the newcomer was brought into the world with plenty of TLC and hope for a bright future.
“This is really a proud moment for us and brings us full circle,” said Wil James, president, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. “To be the first wholly owned plant, building the number one best-selling car in America, the Camry, for 13 years in a row, and then to be selected to build the first Lexus is truly a tribute to our team members.”
For the past two and a half years, the Kentucky plant – Toyota’s largest in North America – has been gearing up to make the ES 350, Lexus’ best-selling sedan in the U.S. In all, $360 million was invested toward a new dedicated assembly line, adding 750 new jobs. Total capacity for the new line will be 50,000 vehicles.
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http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7655351-lexus-kentucky-plant-es-350/
El escenario de “Premios Tu Mundo” incluirá este año una electrizante gama de presentaciones que llevará a los televidentes el programa más cargado de emociones con las recientes vinculaciones de Nicky Jam, la nueva estrella de la música urbana latina; la cantante de pop-latino, Paulina Rubio; el cantautor y actor mexicano, hijo de Joan Sebastian, José Manuel Figueroa; y la popular cantante, compositora y actriz colombiana Fanny Lu. Además, las estrellas de TELEMUNDO, incluyendo a la querida juez de “Caso Cerrado”, Ana María Polo; el actor y cantante venezolano Gabriel Coronel; el co-presentador de “Un Nuevo Día”, Daniel Sarcos; la talentosa cantante y actriz mexicana, Litzy; y el ganador de la tercera temporada de “La Voz Kids”, Jonael Santiago, sorprenderán al público con una presentación musical muy especial. Ellos se unen a los anteriormente anunciados Yandel, Alejandra Guzman, Farruko, Lucero, Yuri, Olga Tañon, J Balvin, Jencarlos Canela, Victor Manuelle, Banda MS de Sergio Lizarraga, Regulo Caro y Ky-Mani Marley. “Premios Tu Mundo” se transmitirá en vivo por TELEMUNDO el jueves, 20 de Agosto a las 8PM/7c, precedido por el especial “La Alfombra de Premios Tu Mundo” a las 7PM/6c desde el American Airlines Arena en Miami, Florida. Los boletos para asistir la premiación ya están a la venta a través de Ticketmaster.com.
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http://www.multivu.com/players/Spanish/7590951-telemundo-premios-tu-mundo/
Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has named Angie Goodwin of Calhoun, Ky., as the winner of the Grand Prize 2014 Rare Life Award. Eagle Rare will donate $40,000 to Goodwin’s charity, Thumbs Up for Lane Goodwin Childhood Cancer Foundation, and host an awards ceremony in Henderson on March 7. Angie and her late son Lane started the foundation to support childhood cancer research through funding and advocacy and to assist families battling childhood cancer by providing education, financial assistance and a volunteer network.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/64624-eagle-rare-bourbon-angie-goodwin-grand-prize-2014-rare-life-award
Doughphresh
Da Don releases the visual for the Louisville, Ky anthem from his debut
mixtape All Disrespect Intended vol. 1 produced by Pusher Productions
and Directed by John Doemain
Twenty five years ago, ground was broken on a 1,300-acre tract of farmland in Scott County that now is home to Toyota’s largest manufacturing facility outside of Japan – employing nearly 7,000 team members.
In recognition of the milestone, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) will host a celebration tomorrow at Keeneland Race Course that features Fujio Cho, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and past president of the TMMK operation, former Gov. Martha Layne Collins, and state and community leadership. In addition, team members will mark the anniversary at a private function at Rupp Arena.
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Carson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC, in partnership with Guinness World Records, announced the grand-prize winner in its Guinness World Records® Classroom Challenge at a record-breaking event held Friday, May 20th in Owingsville, KY. As grand-prize winners under the direction of 4th Grade teacher Jessica Goldy, the students of Owingsville Elementary School created the world’s longest friendship bracelet. Students created a total of 3,799 links that were connected to make one bracelet measuring 810 feet. Friday morning, under the supervision of a Guinness World Records® adjudicator, the exciting event was held on the school’s football field.
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My first real ride on my VFR750 with a couple of guys on SV650s and a Hawk GT. Heading back towards Corinth, KY, on 227; lots of gorgeous scenery and LOTS of curves!
Approximately 10 miles of the curvy KY State Route 22 from It's intersection at Route 10 near Powersville towards Falmouth, KY. Nothing but gorgeous miles of country-ridgeline farmland with a few great glimpses into the valleys below. Sit back and relax and enjoy the ride. And no, I gave no permission to the stowaway on my lens. All this on my beloved (though departed) 1989 Honda Hawk GT NT650. Miss that bike.
