Toyota Receives Corporate Partnership Award at the 2016 Latino M/WBE Awards Ceremony in New York City
February 03 2016 - 1:58PM
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) obtains the “Corporate
Partnership Award” at the 2016 Latino M/WBE Awards Ceremony in New
York City. Luis Rosero, Director of Toyota’s Hispanic Business
Strategy Group receives the award for the company’s outstanding
efforts and initiatives in support of Hispanic enterprises.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3367771f-07aa-4e88-ad54-6a2c14c1f49b
Toyota has been the top-selling automotive brand in the Hispanic
market for more than 10 consecutive years, and through its Hispanic
Business Strategy Group, is strengthening its ties with this
important consumer segment which ranks among the top economies in
the world. Toyota’s commitment to Hispanic and minority-owned
businesses is seen throughout the company’s strategic initiatives
and key partnerships that aim to enhance and develop Hispanic
businesses in the U.S. Toyota is founding member of the Billion
Dollar Roundtable of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC),
which recognizes and celebrates corporations that have spent at
least $1 billion with women- and minority-owned suppliers.
The 2016 Latino M/WBE Awards celebrates key corporations that
are making a difference in the Hispanic business community. Other
2016 Latino M/WBE award recipients include: Scott Stringer,
Comptroller of New York City, who receives the M/WBE Government
Advocate Award; Ralph Perez, President of New York Geomatics, who
receives the M/WBE of the Year Award; and Elizabeth Velez,
President of The Velez Organization, who receives the M/WBE
Advocate Award. The awards were determined by a distinguished panel
of judges, among them: Alfred Placeres, Esq., former USHCC Board
Member; Fannie Aleman, President of the Westchester Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce; and Rick Miranda, President of Brooklyn Kings
County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building
vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota, Lexus and
Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we’ve built more than 25
million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14
manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than
42,000 people (more than 33,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North
American dealerships (1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.67
million cars and trucks (more than 2.35 million in the U.S.) in
2014 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the
past 20 years are still on the road today.
For the Toyota Latino Newsroom, visit
http://latinonews.pressroom.toyota.com/.
CONTACT:
Ana Echenique
República
(786) 347-4756
Aechenique@republica.net
Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024