Outline of TOYOTA

History of TOYOTA
1.Establishment of TOYOTA
The founder of Toyota Motor Corporation was
Kiichiro Toyoda. Kiichiro's father, Sakichi Toyoda,
was an inventor of automatic looms, but as it was
his belief that "this is the age of the automobile", he
wanted to start the production of automobiles.
However, he was unable to see the industry
develop in his lifetime, so Kiichiro became the
successor to his father's dream and began
producing vehicles for the Japanese domestic
market.

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2.History
1937
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. established
1938
Koromo Plant started operation
(Current Honsha Plant)
1950
Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. founded
1957
First Japanese passenger car(CROWN)
exported to the U.S.A.
1962
Total amount of domestic manufacture of Toyota
vehicles reached 1 million.
1972
Total amount of domestic manufacture of Toyota
vehicles reached 10 million.
1979
10 million Toyota vehicles exported
1982
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Sales Co.,
Ltd. merged into "Toyota Motor Corporation"
1986
Total amount of domestic manufacture of Toyota
vehicles reached 50 million.
1999
Total amount of domestic manufacture of Toyota
vehicles reached 100 million.
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 Company Outline
Current condition of TOYOTA (2000)
1.Company name
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
2.Date established
August 28, 1937
3.Location of head office
Toyota city, Aichi, Japan
4.Capitalization
397.0 billion yen
5.Number of employees
65,290
6.Products
Automobiles (Passenger cars, Trucks, and Buses),
Industrial vehicles, Auto parts, Prefabricated homes

Domestic Plants & Office

Honsha Plant
Motomachi Plant
Kamigo Plant
Takaoka Plant
Miyoshi Plant
Tsutsumi Plant
Myochi Plant
Shimoyama Plant
Kinuura Plant
Tahara Plant
Teiho Plant
Hirose Plant

Overseas TOYOTA production plants

1 China Tianjin Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. 22 Australia Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd.
2 China Sichuan Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. 23 U.S.A Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.
3 China Tianjin Toyota Motor Engine Co., Ltd. 24 U.S.A New United Motor Manufacturng, Inc.
4 China Tianjin Fengjin Auto Parts Co., Ltd. 25 U.S.A Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc.
5 China Tianjin Toyota Forging Co., Ltd. 26 U.S.A Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc.
6 China Tianin Jinfeng Auto Parts Co., Ltd. 27 U.S.A TABC, Inc.
7 China Shenyang Jinbei Passenger Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 28 U.S.A Bodine Aluminum, Inc.
8 Taiwan Kuozui Motor, Ltd. 29 Canada Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.
9 Thailand Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. 30 Canada Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc.
10 Thailand Hino Motors (Thai land) Ltd. 31 Colombia Sociedad de Fabrication de Automotores S.A.
11 Thailand Siam Toyota Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 32 Venezuela Toyota de Venezuela, Campania Anomina
12 Thailand Toyota Auto Body Thailand Co., Ltd. 33 Ecuador Manufacturas, Armaduriasy Repuestos Ecuatorianos S.A.
13 Vietnam Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. 34 Brazil Toyota de Brasil S.A., Inüstria e Comërcio
14 Philippines Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation 35 Argentina Toyota Argentina S.A.
15 Philippines Toyota Autoparts Philippines Inc. 36 U.K. Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.
16 Malaysia Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd. 37 France Toyota Motor Manufacturing France S.A.S.
17 Malaysia T & K Autoparts Sdn. Bhd. 38 Portugal Salvador Caetano I.M.V.T., S.A.
18 Indonesia P.T. Toyota-Astra Motor 39 Poland Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland SP.ZO.O
19 India Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd. 40 Turkey Toyota-Sabanci Automotive Industry & Trade Inc.
20 Bangladesh Aftab Automobiles Ltd. 41 Kenya Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd.
21 Pakistan Indus Motor Company Ltd. 42 South Africa Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty.) Ltd.
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 Distribution of distributors, service shops and
technicians

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Area
The number of distributors, importers
The number of service shops
The number of technicians

Overseas sales and service outlets (1999)

Distributors of Toyota vehicles are active in about
160 countries around the world,
with a large number of dealers providing sales and
service of Toyota vehicles.
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Position of TOYOTA
Position of TOYOTA worldwide (2000)
Toyota is one of the largest auto makers in the
world.

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TOYOTA Group and Suppliers

TOYOTA Group consists of the following Body
Makers, Parts Makers and other companies.
• Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
• Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
• Toyoda Industries Corporation
• DENSO CORPORATION
• Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd.
• Aisin Seiki Co,. Ltd.
• Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
• Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
• Aichi Steel Corporation
• Toyota Central Research & Development
Laboratories ,Inc.
• Toyota Tsusho Corporation
• Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd.
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