At a Glance
Since its establishment in 1926, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. has diversified its businesses andconsolidated its management bases.
Financial Segment

Business/Operation

ProductsVehicle (Automobile Assembly)

Passenger vehicles

EngineDiesel and gasoline engines

Car Air-Conditioning Compressor

Car air-conditioning compressors

Automobile Segment

Vitz (Yaris)

Others

1CD Engine

7SBU16 Compressor

FoundryFoundry parts for automobiles, etc.

Electronics

Electronic equipment for automobiles, etc.

Materials Handling Equipment Segment
Forklift (Industrial Equipment)

Counterbalanced forklifts
Skid steer loadersTowing tractors, etc.

Materials Handling Systems

Automated storage and retrieval systems
Automatic guided vehicle systems, etc.

Textile Machinery

Spinning Machinery

Ring spinning frames
Roving frames, etc.

Weaving MachineryAir jet looms
Water jet looms
Sizers, etc.

ST-LCD

Low-temperature polysilicon TFT- LCDs

TIBC

Ball grid array-type plastic package
substrates for IC chipsets, etc.

GENEO-B (7FB)

Automated Storage andRetrieval System (Pallet type)Textile Machinery Segment

RX240 Ring
Spinning Frame
JAT610 Air Jet Loom

“Others” Segment
TFT-LCDs

Plastic Package Substrates

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Electronics

OthersPercentage of Net Sales

FY 2000

The Automobile Segment, consisting of automobile
assembly, engines, car air-conditioning compressors, andelectronic components for automobiles, occupies adominant 68 percent share of Toyoda’s consolidated sales.
The automobile assembly business produces twomodels, the Vitz (exported to Europe as the Yaris) andthe Sprinter Carib (exported as the Corolla Wagon).
The Vitz (Yaris) is very popular in both the domestic
and European markets.
The engine business produces more than 10 types ofdiesel and gasoline engines for Toyota brand cars andthe forklift business. These engines include the C-typeand HZ-type diesel engines as well as the Y-type andE-type gasoline engines.
The car air-conditioning compressor businessdevelops and produces swash plate fixed displacement
type compressors, one-way swash plate variabledisplacement type compressors, scroll typecompressors and vane type compressors. Theseproducts are supplied to the world’s major car
manufacturers.
The semiconductor and electronics business produces
various electronics components for automobiles including
on-vehicle enclosed type AC inverters andsemiconductors. In the past fiscal year, the Automobile
Segment recorded overall sales of ¥423.4 billion.

The Materials Handling Equipment Segment
encompasses the forklift and materials handling systems
businesses, which include automated storage andretrieval systems and automatic guided vehicle systems.
The core products of the forklift business are theengine-powered counterbalanced forklift GENEO(7 Series overseas), and the electric-poweredcounterbalanced forklift GENEO-B (7FB overseas).
With the acquisition of BT Industries AB of Sweden in

June 2000 and the slated transfer to Toyoda of all
forklift operations from Toyota Motor Corporation inApril 2001, Toyoda will consolidate its position as aleading global forklift manufacturer.
In fiscal 2000, forklift business sales accounted forapproximately 97 percent of the Materials Handling
Equipment Segment. Overall sales in this segment
totaled ¥149.1 billion.

Supported by the improving economies of Southeast
Asia, the recovery in sales of the JAT610 air jet loom
boosted the overall sales of the Textile Machinery
Segment, consisting of the spinning machinery andweaving machinery businesses, to ¥23.1 billion in fiscal
2000. The acquisition of the water jet loom businessfrom Nissan Texsys Co., Ltd., enabled Toyoda tolaunch the LW600 series water jet loom in February
2000. This product, a new type of water jet loom, isenhanced with the electronic technologies of Toyoda.

The “Others” Segment covers the electronics businessand although the scope of business is still small, it isexpected to grow quickly and become a strategicoperation.
Launched as a joint venture with Sony Corporation
on an equal ownership basis, ST Liquid Crystal Display
Corp. (ST-LCD) will form the core of the new businessarea. ST-LCD has begun production of low-temperaturepolysilicon TFT-LCDs, expected to become a next-generation LCD. In addition, TIBC Corporation wasestablished as a joint venture with Ibiden Co., Ltd., andbegan production of ball grid array (BGA)-type plastic
package substrates that respond to high-function IC
chipsets in April 1999.
ST-LCD is an affiliate and thus its sales are notincluded in the consolidated sales because the figures
are accounted for under the equity method.

67.7%

23.8%3.7%

4.8%

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