HistoryFoundation

1970s –1924

1940

1970

1987

Toyoda automatic loom, Type G
invented by Sakichi Toyoda.

Steel Production Department
separates and becomes Toyoda
Steel Works, Ltd. (now Aichi SteelCorporation).

Takahama Plant starts operations,producing industrial vehicles.

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

1944
Obu Plant starts operations,producing castings.

1949
1926
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
(now Toyota Industries Corporation)
established to manufacture andmarket automatic looms invented bySakichi Toyoda.

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

1953
Automobile engine (S-type gasolineengine) production starts.
Kyowa Plant starts operations,producing engines and assembling
automobiles.

1955
Vehicle Division set up.

1956

Spinning frame production starts.
Automatic loom patent sold to PlattBrothers & Co., Ltd. of the U.K.

1933
Automobile Department set up.

1934
A-type automobile engine completed.

1935
Prototype of Model A1 passenger carcompleted.

1977
Compressor Division separates from
Textile Machinery Division.
Swash-plate compressor technology
licensed to Chrysler and Ford.

1978
Starlet (automobile) production starts.
Aerial work platform productionstarts.

1989
Michigan Automotive Compressor,Inc. established in Jackson, Michigan,in the U.S., as a joint venture with
Nippondenso Co., Ltd. (now DENSOCorporation).

1990
Sprinter Carib (automobile; exportedas the Corolla Wagon) production
starts.

1992

10P compressor production starts.

Materials Handling System Division
set up.

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

1963
Dump truck production starts.
Friction welding machine production
starts.

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

Toyota Industries Report 20086P compressor production starts.

1981

Nagakusa Plant starts operations,producing small commercial vehicles.

58

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

JA air-jet loom production starts.

1967

Automobile Department seperates
and becomes Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
(now Toyota Motor Corporation).

1973

RX100 ring spinning frame production
starts.

P-type gasoline engine production
starts.

J-type diesel engine production
starts.

1937

Corolla (van) production starts.

1988

1959

1964

Company unveils Model G1 truckat a new car-release exhibition inShibaura, Tokyo.

Divisional organization system
introduced (Head Office, Textile
Machinery, Industrial Vehicle, Vehicle
and Obu Plant).

Electronics Sub-Division set up.

Company
receives 1990
PM Excellent
Plant Award.

Lift truck production starts.

1929

1971

Electric counterbalanced lift truck
production starts.

1968
Open-end spinning frame production
starts.

1980

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

1985
Engine Division separates fromVehicle Division.

JAT600 air-jet loom production
starts.
Production starts on automatedstorage and retrieval systems.

1993
RX200 ring spinning frame production
starts.

10PA compressor production starts.

1994

1986

X500 internal combustion
counterbalanced lift truck production
starts.

Company awarded
the Deming
Application Prize
for quality control
implementation.
X300 internal combustion
counterbalanced lift truck production
starts.

Toyota Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
established in China as a joint venturewith Toyota Tsusho Corporation andLioho Machine Works, Ltd.
R500 electric reach truck production
starts.

1995
Toyota Industrial Equipment, S.A.
established in France as a jointventure with Toyota Motor
Corporation and Manitou B.F.

2000s –7SB compressor production starts.

200020042006

B500 electric counterbalanced lift
truck production starts.

BT Industries AB of Sweden (nowToyota Industries Sweden AB),a world-leading manufacturer ofwarehouse trucks, becomes a Toyota
Industries subsidiary.

Toyota Industry Automotive Parts(Kunshan) Co., Ltd. established in
China as a joint venture with Toyota
Tsusho Corporation and Lioho
Machine Works, Ltd. to produce
foundry parts.

New GENEO (8FG/D outside Japan)
internal combustion counterbalancedlift truck production starts after a fullmodel change.

Kirloskar Toyoda Textile Machinery
Pvt. Ltd. established in India asa joint venture with the Kirloskar
Group.

1996
JAT610 air-jet loom productionstarts.
RX240 ring spinning frame
production starts.
Compressor production reaches
100 million units.

1997
6SE compressor production starts.
10S compressor production starts.

2UZ gasoline engine production
starts.
Higashichita Plant starts operations,producing foundry parts.

2001
GENEO-R (7FBR outside Japan)
electric 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.

1998
GENEO (7FG/D outsideJapan) internal combustion
counterbalanced lift trucks
introduced.
TD Deutsche Klimakompressor
GmbH established in Germany
as a joint venture with DENSO
Corporation to produce car airconditioning compressors.
TIBC Corporation established asa joint venture with Ibiden Co.,
Ltd. to produce semiconductor
package substrates.

1999
Vitz (Yaris outside Japan)
production starts.
Company takes over water-jet
loom business from Nissan Texsys
Co., Ltd.

TD Automotive Compressor Georgia,
LLC established in the U.S. as a joint
venture with DENSO Corporation
to produce car air-conditioningcompressors.

2005

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

Company name changed to Toyota
Industries Corporation.

2007
Wanbishi Archives Co., Ltd. becomesa subsidiary of Toyota Industries.

2002
Advanced Logistics Solutions Co.,
Ltd. established to plan overalllogistics operations and operate
distribution centers.
Higashiura Plant starts operations,producing parts for car airconditioning compressors.
Toyota Motor Industries Poland
Sp.zo.o. established in Poland asa joint venture with Toyota Motor
Corporation to produce dieselengines.

VD diesel engine production starts.

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.

TD Automotive Compressor Kunshan,Co., Ltd. established in China as a
joint venture with DENSO Corporationand other entities to produce car airconditioning compressors.

Mark X ZiO production starts.

AD diesel engine production starts.

2003
JAT710 air-jet loom production
starts.
KD diesel engine production starts.

1CD diesel engine production
starts.
GENEO-B (7FB outside Japan)
electric counterbalanced lift trucks
introduced.
GENEO-E (7FBE outside Japan)
three-wheel electric counterbalanced
lift truck production starts.
Aichi Corporation, a manufacturer ofspecial-purpose vehicles, becomes
one of Toyota Industries’ subsidiaries.

New RAV4 production starts after afull model change.

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