Made In London....NOT!

The rising sun that is the Japanese automotive industry has warmed much of Southwestern Ontario, but left London largely in the cold.

The $1.1-billion Woodstock Toyota assembly plant opening next year has attracted seven parts plants to the region over only two years, but those businesses have found homes in more rural Ontario, as Japanese industry shuns larger cities, such as London, to locate in small-town Ontario, a deliberate strategy, industry observers agree.

"We have found Japanese companies we have been in touch with are delighted by our services, taken with our land availability, but at the end of the day go to smaller communities," said John Kime, president and chief executive of the London Economic Development Corp.

FULL ARTICLE HERE