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Toyo to close Franklin plant; county highlights tourism gains and festival support

Simpson County Fiscal Court · March 1, 2026

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Judge/Executive Mason Bames announced Toyo/TMM will close its Franklin facility Oct. 31, 2023; the court also heard a tourism report showing Simpson among the top three BRADD counties in 2022, learned the tourism office is relocating pending renovations, and agreed to support the Franklin Car Show's 60th anniversary.

County Judge/Executive Mason Bames told the fiscal court Aug. 15 that Toyo Automotive Parts (USA), Inc./TMM-USA, Inc. will close the Franklin facility at 521 Page Drive on Oct. 31, 2023. Bames described such closures as part of normal economic cycles and said the county will continue…

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