Putnam County is the beneficiary of Toyota’s meeting customer demand. Last Thursday (November 18), the company announced that it will invest $210 million to upgrade existing engine production and add 100 new jobs to increase assembly capacity of its four-cylinder engine line in Buffalo. Once complete, Toyota’s total investment at the plant will be more than $1.8 billion and total employment will exceed 2,000.

Toyota’s initial investment in establishing the plant was $400 million in 1996, resulting in 300 jobs.