HistoryFoundation – 1980s
1926

1952

1974

Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
(now Toyota Industries Corporation)
established to manufacture andmarket automatic looms invented by
Sakichi Toyoda.

Automobile engine (S-type gasolineengine) production starts.

6P compressor production starts.

1953
Kyowa Plant starts operations,producing engines and assembling
automobiles.

1955
Vehicle Division set up.

1956
Lift truck production starts.

Founder

1929

Sakichi Toyoda

Spinning frame production starts.

Sakichi Toyoda was born inShizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in

Automatic loom patent sold to PlattBrothers & Co., Ltd. of the U.K.

1867. He became an inventor

1933

while still in his teens andAutomobile Division set up.

devoted his life to the study anddevelopment of textile machinery.
Starting with a wooden

1934
A-type automobile engine completed.

handloom (weaving machine),1935

he subsequently pioneered a

Prototype of Model A1 passenger carcompleted.

new era in textile machinery withinventions that included Japan’s

P-type gasoline engine production
starts.

1960
Shovel loader production starts.
Car air-conditioning compressor(CC3A type, CC3B type) production
starts.

1963
Dump truck production starts.
Friction welder production starts.

1964
J-type diesel engine productionstarts.

first power loom, the circular loom
and the Toyoda Type G automatic

1967loom. Sakichi was awarded 84

Nagakusa Plant starts operations,producing small commercial vehicles.

patents and 35 utility models in

Publica (van) and Mini Ace(automobile) production starts.

his lifetime and is rememberedwith pride in Japan as one of theSwash-plate compressor technology
licensed to Chrysler and Ford.
Compressor Division separates from
Textile Machinery Division.

1978Starlet (automobile) production starts.
Aerial lift equipment productionstarts.

1980
JA air-jet loom production starts.

1981
10P compressor production starts.

1982
Production starts on C-type diesel
engines for small passenger cars.
Hekinan Plant starts operations,producing automobile diesel engines.

1985
Engine Division separates fromVehicle Division.
10PA compressor production starts.

1986
Company awarded
the Deming
Application Prize
for quality control
implementation.

Deming Application
Prize

Electric counterbalanced lift truck
production starts.

X300 series lift truck production
starts.

carry on the engineering spirit of1968

1987

our illustrious founder.

Open-end spinning machine
production starts.

Sprinter Cielo (exported as theCorolla Lift Back) production starts.

world’s greatest inventors. We
at Toyota Industries are proud toCompany unveils Model G1 truckat a new car-release exhibition inShibaura, Tokyo.

1937
Automobile Division separates andbecomes Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (nowToyota Motor Corporation).

1940
Steel Production Division separates
and becomes Toyoda Steel Works,
Ltd. (now Aichi Steel Corporation).

1944
Obu Plant starts operations,producing castings.

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1959

1977

1924

1949

Toyoda Type G automatic loom
invented by Sakichi Toyoda.

Company stock listed on Tokyo,
Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges.

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1970
Takahama Plant starts operations,producing industrial vehicles.

1971
Corolla (van) production starts.

Electronics Sub-Division set up.

1988
Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg.,
Inc. (TIEM) established in Columbus,
Indiana, in the U.S., as a joint venturewith Toyota Motor Corporation.

Divisional organization system
introduced (3 divisions: Textile
Machinery, Industrial Vehicle andVehicle).

RX100 ring spinning frame production
starts.

Toyoda-Sulzer Manufacturing Ltd.
established as a joint venture withSulzer Brothers, Ltd. of Switzerlandto produce projectile looms.

Michigan Automotive Compressor,Inc. (MACI) established in Jackson,Michigan, in the U.S., as a joint
venture with DENSO Corporation.

1989

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1998

2002

Sprinter Carib (automobile;exported as the Corolla Wagon)
production starts.

TD Deutsche Klimakompressor
GmbH (TDDK) established inGermany as a joint venture withDENSO Corporation to produce car
air-conditioning compressors.

Advanced Logistics Solutions Co.,
Ltd. (ALSO) established to planoverall logistics operations andoperate distribution centers.

Company
receives 1990 PM
Excellent PlantAward.

1992
Materials Handling System Division
set up.
Production starts on automatedstorage and retrieval systems.
JAT600 air-jet loom production
starts.

1993
RX200 ring spinning frame
production starts.

1994
X500 series internal combustion
counterbalanced lift truck
production starts.
Toyota Industry (Kunshan) Co.,
Ltd. (TIK) established in China asa joint venture with Toyota Tsusho
Corporation and Lioho MachineWorks, Ltd.
R500 reach truck production
starts.

1995
Toyota Industrial Equipment, S.A.
(TIESA) established in France as ajoint venture with Toyota Motor
Corporation and Manitou B.F.
7SB compressor production starts.
B500 electric counterbalanced lift
truck production starts.
Kirloskar Toyoda Textile Machinery
Private Limited (KTTM) establishedin India as a joint venture with theKirloskar Group.

1996
JAT610 air-jet loom production
starts.
RX240 ring spinning frame
production starts.

GENEO (7FG/D outside Japan)
internal combustion counterbalanced
lift trucks introduced.
TIBC Corporation (TIBC) established
as a joint venture with Ibiden Co., Ltd.
to produce semiconductor package
substrates.
10S compressor production starts.

1999
Vitz (Yaris outside Japan) production
starts.

Higashiura Plant starts operations,producing parts for car airconditioning compressors.

TD Automotive Compressor Kunshan,Co., Ltd. (TACK) established inChina as a joint venture with DENSO
Corporation and other entities
to produce car air-conditioningcompressors.
AD diesel engine production starts.

Toyota Motor Industries Poland
Sp.zo.o. (TMIP) established in Poland
as a joint venture with Toyota Motor
Corporation to produce dieselengines.

2003
JAT710 air-jet loom production
starts.

KD diesel engine production starts.

Company takes over water-jet loom
business from Nissan Texsys Co.,Ltd.
1CD diesel engine production starts.
GENEO-B (7FB outside Japan)
electric counterbalanced lift trucks
introduced.

2000
LW600 series water-jet loom
production starts.
BT Industries AB of Sweden, a worldleading manufacturer of warehousetrucks, becomes a Toyota Industries
subsidiary.
2UZ gasoline engine productionstarts.
Higashichita Plant starts operations,producing foundry parts.

2001
GENEO-R (7FBR outside Japan)
reach truck production starts.
Company takes over the Industrial
Equipment Sales Division of Toyota
Motor Corporation.
TOYOTA Material Handling Company
established as an in-house company.
RAV4 production starts.
Name changed to Toyota Industries
Corporation.

GENEO-E (7FBE outside Japan)
three-wheel electric counterbalanced
lift truck production starts.

New RAV4 production starts after afull model change.

Aichi Corporation, a manufacturer of
special-purpose vehicles, becomes
one of Toyota Industries’ subsidiaries.

2004
Toyota Industry Automotive
Parts (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (TIAP)
established in China as a joint venturewith Toyota Tsusho Corporationand Lioho Machine Works, Ltd. toproduce foundry parts.

2006
New GENEO (8FG/D outside Japan)
internal combustion counterbalanced
lift truck production starts.

TD Automotive Compressor Georgia,
LLC (TACG) established in the U.S.
as a joint venture with DENSO
Corporation to produce car airconditioning compressors.

2005
Asahi Security Co., Ltd., which
engages in collection and delivery ofcash, management of sales proceeds
and electronic security service,
becomes a subsidiary of Toyota
Industries.

2007
LWT710 water-jet loom productionstarts.

Vitz (Yaris outside Japan) production
starts after a full model change.

1997
Compressor production at Kariya
Plant reaches 100 million units.

Wanbishi Archives Co., Ltd. becomesa subsidiary of Toyota Industries.

6SE compressor production starts.
ST Liquid Crystal Display Corp.
(STLCD) established as a joint
venture with Sony Corporation.

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