What Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. makes

Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. (HMM) is the North American manufacturing and commercial-truck arm of Hino Motors, Ltd. of Japan, a Toyota Group company. Its core output is Class 6 and Class 7 conventional medium-duty trucks built for the U.S. market. The company's own materials describe six models spanning roughly 23,000 to 33,000 lb GVW, built to spec with in-house custom paint. Under the NHTSA manufacturer database, HMM's brands include the L6, L7, L8, XL7, and XL8 truck lines.

Alongside finished trucks, HMM runs a substantial Tier 1 components operation for the wider Toyota group. At its Marion, Arkansas facilities it manufactures axles, knuckles, and suspension components for the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia, and has over time also produced connecting rods for Hino diesel engines and frame side rails for Hino medium-duty trucks. This makes HMM both a vehicle assembler and an OEM component supplier inside the same corporate footprint. The company also operates parts distribution, including a Mira Loma, California center that ships genuine Hino service parts to Latin America and the Caribbean.

As a Toyota Group company, HMM builds on the Toyota Production System across its plants. Each facility runs dedicated Quality Assurance and Production Control teams and grants line workers the authority to stop production when a quality problem is suspected, the andon principle at the heart of TPS.

Ownership and history

HMM traces its U.S. presence to 1995, when Hino Motors International, Inc., a subsidiary of Hino Motors, Ltd., began operations in California as a parts distribution center for Latin American and Caribbean Hino truck distributors. In 2003 that entity was renamed Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. The company established its U.S. corporate headquarters in Michigan in 2005 (originally Farmington Hills, now Novi), began axle production for the Toyota Tacoma in 2004, opened its Marion, Arkansas component plants in 2006, and started medium-duty truck production in Williamstown, West Virginia in 2007. In 2019, after outgrowing the Williamstown plant, Hino invested roughly $100 million in a new, nearly one-million-square-foot assembly facility in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, its current truck plant.

Ownership sits at the top of the Toyota-linked commercial-vehicle world. HMM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hino Motors, Ltd. On April 1, 2026, Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus were combined under a new Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime-listed holding company, ARCHION Corporation, in which Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation each hold roughly 25 percent. That integration reorganizes HMM's ultimate parent but, per the companies' disclosures, does not by itself change HMM's U.S. operational status.

Products and facilities

HMM's manufacturing footprint spans three states plus distribution. The Mineral Wells, West Virginia assembly plant, opened in 2019, is a nearly one-million-square-foot facility that produces the Class 6 and Class 7 conventional Hino trucks for the U.S. market, including custom factory paint under one roof. The Marion, Arkansas facilities produce driveline and suspension components, axles, knuckles, and suspension parts, for the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia. Corporate headquarters in Novi, Michigan houses sales, marketing, service, engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing functions. The company reports a U.S. workforce of over 1,000, supported by a national parts distribution center in Southaven, Mississippi and the Mira Loma, California export-parts center. Hino trucks reach customers through a network the company describes as 240-plus dealer locations nationwide.

Certifications and quality

HMM operates under the Toyota Production System and, per the company's history, achieved ISO 14001 environmental certification at all three of its U.S. manufacturing plants (its California plant in 2007, Arkansas in 2011, and West Virginia in 2012). Quality assurance runs through named Quality Assurance and Production Control teams at each site, with andon line-stop authority and periodic safety committees. As a Toyota-group vehicle and driveline manufacturer serving PPAP and APQP-governed programs, HMM works to the automotive quality disciplines standard for its tier, though current certificate cycles are not published on the company's site.

Known customers

The company's largest documented customer relationship is internal to the Toyota group. HMM's Marion, Arkansas plants supply axles, knuckles, and suspension components for the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia, a relationship the company states plainly in its own materials. On the truck side, HMM builds and sells Hino-branded medium-duty trucks (L and XL series) to U.S. commercial fleets through Hino's dealer network. Beyond those, individual fleet buyers are not disclosed, which is normal for a commercial-truck manufacturer.

Regulatory note

In January 2025, HMM's parent, Hino Motors, Ltd., resolved a diesel-engine emissions matter with U.S. authorities. Under the resolution, widely reported as carrying more than $1.6 billion in penalties, the parent pleaded guilty and accepted a five-year probation term that bars it from importing diesel engines it manufactured itself. The resolution did not stop U.S. truck production: HMM remains authorized to build and sell new trucks in the United States using compliant third-party engines. The matter was a parent-level engine-certification issue rather than a defect in HMM's U.S. vehicle assembly. Buyers evaluating supplier stability should read it as a discrete, resolved event.

Sourcing evidence

HMM appears in U.S. customs bill-of-lading records as an active importer, with roughly 9,258 recorded shipments and a most-recent shipment logged in September 2026. The named top suppliers are Hino Motors and Hino Motors Manufacturing in Japan, along with Mitsui Bussan Automotive and Mitsui, the pattern of intra-group parts and component flows feeding U.S. assembly and driveline production rather than finished-goods resale. That import activity is consistent with a manufacturer running vehicle assembly in West Virginia and component production in Arkansas.

Coverage caveats: these are U.S. ocean-freight records only. Air, truck, and rail movements do not appear; some records name freight intermediaries rather than manufacturers; and product categories come from declared manifest codes, which are noisy. Absence of a record is not evidence of absence.

Frequently asked questions

What does Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. make?

Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. builds Class 6 and Class 7 conventional medium-duty Hino trucks (the L and XL series) for the U.S. market at its Mineral Wells, West Virginia plant. It also manufactures axles, knuckles, and suspension components for the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia at its Marion, Arkansas facilities.

Who owns Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A.?

Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hino Motors, Ltd. of Japan, a Toyota Group company. As of April 1, 2026, Hino Motors is held under ARCHION Corporation, a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime-listed holding company in which Daimler Truck and Toyota each hold roughly 25 percent.

Where is Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. headquartered?

Its U.S. corporate headquarters is in Novi, Michigan, at 45501 Twelve Mile Road. Its truck assembly plant is in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, and its component plants are in Marion, Arkansas.

Who is the president of Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A.?

Davey Jung serves as president and CEO of Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. He joined the company in 2007, later served as chief operating officer and executive vice president for Toyota business, and became president effective September 1.

How many employees does Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. have?

The company reports a U.S. workforce of over 1,000 people across its headquarters, its West Virginia assembly plant, its Arkansas component plants, and its parts distribution operations.

Is Hino still building trucks in the United States?

Yes. Following the January 2025 emissions resolution involving its Japanese parent, Hino remains authorized to build and sell new trucks in the United States using compliant third-party engines, and its West Virginia assembly plant continues to operate.

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