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This section highlights Toyota Industries’ activities from April to early November of 2005.

Fuel-Cell Lift Trucks
Exhibited at CeMAT

Lift Truck Showroom Opened inthe United States

Toyota Industries exhibited theTOYOTA FCHV-F lift truck at CeMAT
2005, an international trade fair
for intralogistics held in Hannover,Germany, from October 11 to 15,
2005. The product incorporates a fuel-cell hybrid system for lift
trucks that was independently developed by Toyota Industries,
a first among lift truck manufacturers.
Although a few technical issues must still be resolved in
preparation for commercialization and widespread use, fuelcell-powered lift trucks require minimal time for fuel refilling andenable a sharp reduction in maintenance activities such asbattery recharging, water refilling and battery changing thatare necessary for electric lift trucks. In addition, the fuel-cellhybrid system ensures a constant power supply, thereby
enhancing operational efficiency as compared to batteries,
which experience reduced voltage output due to discharge.

In August 2005, Toyota Material Handling USA, Inc., anindustrial vehicles sales subsidiary, opened the NationalCustomer Center (NCC) adjacent to Toyota Industrial
Equipment Mfg. Inc. in Columbus, Indiana. This showroom
displays a full lineup of Toyota lift trucks and gives visitors
hands-on experience with our products. NCC featuresa demonstration area for presentations matched tothe materials handling needs of each customer and fordemonstrations of equipment that are best suited to avariety of logistics
sites. In the training
area, comprehensive
training courses areprovided for dealer
sales and service
staff.

Leading-Edge Energy Conservation andEnvironmental Technologies Exhibited atthe 39th Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota Industries Exhibits
Products at ITMA Asia 2005

Toyota Industries exhibited various products at the 39th Tokyo
Motor Show held from October 22 to November 6, 2005
at Makuhari Messe on the outskirts of Tokyo. Based on thetheme “Promoting Advances in Environmental Performanceand Supporting Comfortable Lifestyles,” we introduced ourenvironmentally conscious technologies for automobiles aswell as other products
and technologies
designed to enhance
the convenience andcomfort of people’slifestyles.

Toyota Industries marked its debut at ITMA Asia 2005, an
Asian international exhibition of textile machinery heldin Singapore from October 17 to 21, 2005. Held for thesecond time, the hugely successful ITMA Asia featured
exhibitions from over 800 companies, mainly from Europeand Asia.
Toyota Industries exhibited and demonstrated textile
machinery equippedwith cutting-edge
technologies, suchas the JAT710 air-jet
loom and theRX240NEW-EST ring
spinning frame.

Fourth Environmental Action Plan Formulated
In October 2005, Toyota Industries devised its Fourth
Environmental Action Plan to be implemented fromApril 2006 through March 2011.
Under the Fourth Environmental Action Plan, wehave selected four themes closely related to the Toyota
Industries Group’s business activities from among the manyenvironmental issues likely to be emphasized in the future.
Specifically, these include preventing global warming,

improving resource productivity, responding toenvironmental risks and undertaking consolidatedmanagement. For each theme, we have established
implementation items and target values in terms ofproducts and production.
We are currently executing the Third Environmental
Action Plan, which concludes in fiscal 2006, and remainon course to achieve the targets of this plan.

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