Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.

Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA) is an automobile assembly plant in Lafayette, Indiana which began as a joint venture between Subaru Corporation (formerly known as Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI)) subsidiary Subaru and Isuzu Motors Ltd. After Isuzu withdrew from the venture, SIA continued to manufacture Subaru models, and later began manufacturing the Toyota Camry.The plant, which is Subaru Corporations's sole overseas plant, was the subject of the 1995 book "On The Line at Subaru-Isuzu" by Laurie Graham, about plant working conditions. The facility is located at 5500 State Road 38 E. — also known the Bataan Memorial Highway.HistorySubaru and Isuzu had formed a joint venture, Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc., on March 17, 1987 to share production facilities at a new plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant was completed on December 31, 1988 and began producing the Subaru Legacy and Isuzu P'up in 1989. The factory was given $98 million in state and local tax incentives when it opened, and these remain in place.After Isuzu suffered severely dwindling sales by 2002, Subaru dissolved their joint agreement with Isuzu. On December 20, 2002, Subaru purchased Isuzu's interest in the venture for $1.00 and Subaru then renamed the facility Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. In addition to their Subaru production, the company continued to produce the Isuzu Rodeo and Honda Passport badge engineered twins plus the Isuzu Axiom through to July 2004.