Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) has announced a $27 million investment in its Long Beach operation to support an increase in its stamping and welding of parts for the Tacoma mid-size pickup truck made in San Antonio, Texas. . The investment will equip long Beach with the first coil-fed laser blanking line for TMNA, expand blanking capability to include steel and aluminum on the same line and increase capacity to cut 5.6 million blanks annually.