HISTORY
Toyota Industries Corporation was founded in 1926 by Sakichi Toyoda to manufacture and sell the automatic looms which he had invented and perfected. Since that time Toyota Industries has promoted diversification and expanded the scope of its business domains to include textile machinery, automobiles (vehicles, engines, car air-conditioning compressors, etc.), materials handling equipment, and electronics.
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1867Sakichi Toyoda is born.
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1890Sakichi Toyoda invents Toyoda Wooden Hand Loom.
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1896Sakichi Toyoda invents Toyoda Power Loom.
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1906Sakichi Toyoda invents the Circular Loom.
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1924Sakichi Toyoda invents Toyoda Automatic Loom, Type G, with non-stop shuttle-change motion.
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1926Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. (now Toyota Industries Corporation) established to manufacture and market the automatic loom invented by Sakichi Toyoda.
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1927Kariya plant completed; starts operations
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1929Spinning frame production starts.
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1929Automatic loom patent sold to Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd. of the UK.
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1931High Draft Ring Spinning Frame completed.
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1933Automobile Department set up to manufacture automobiles.
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1934Steel production plant and trial production plant completed.
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1934A-type automobile engine completed.
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1935“The Toyoda Precepts” established.
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1935Prototype of Model A1 passenger car completed.
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1935Company unveils Model G1 truck at a new-car-release exhibition in Shibaura, Tokyo.
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1936Exhibition commemorating completion of mass-produced passenger car held; designated authorized automotive manufacturer.
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1937Automobile Department separates and becomes Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (now Toyota Motor Corporation)
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19374-Line Super High Draft Ring Spinning Frame completed.
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1940Steel Production Department separates and becomes Toyota Steel Works, Ltd. (now Aichi Steel Corporation)
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1943Toyoda Hospital established (forerunner of present KARIYA TOYOTA General Hospital).
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1944Obu Plant starts operations, producing castings.
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1946Reparation looms for World War II exported (first looms to be exported from Japan after war).
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1948Obu Plant designated production plant for foundry parts for automotive parts.
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1949Company stock listed on Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
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1951Spinning frame monthly output reaches 100,000 spindles.
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1952Production of press die for automobiles starts.
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1953Kyowa Plant starts operations, producing engines and assembling automobiles.
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1953Automobile engine (S-type gasoline engine) production starts.
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1955Vehicle Division set up.
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1956Model LA 1-ton lift truck, Toyota's first lift truck model, introduced
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1957D-type diesel engine parts production starts.
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1956The Model LAT 0.85-ton towing tractor introduced.
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1959P-type gasoline engine production starts.
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1960Plant devoted to lift trucks completed at Kyowa Plant.
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1960Shovel loader production starts.
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1960Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc. established with capital from 10 Toyota Group companies.
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1960Three cylinder crank shaft type compressor production starts.
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1963J-type diesel engine production starts.
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1963Friction welding machine production starts.
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1963Dump truck production starts.
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1964Recognized by Ministry of International Trade and Industry as first company contributing to export.
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1964Six-cylinder swash plate type compressor production starts.
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1964Toyota Automated Continuous Spinning System unveiled.
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1966“The 100th Anniversary of the late Mr. Sakichi's birth” held at the Nagoya City Science Museum.
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1967Industrial vehicle monthly output reaches 1,000 units.
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1967Nagakusa Plant starts operations. Publica (pickup truck) production starts.
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1967Electric counterbalanced lift truck production starts.
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1967Mini Ace (automobile) production starts.
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1967H-type diesel engine production starts.
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1968Open-end spinning machine production starts.
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1970Takahama Plant starts operations, producing industrial vehicles.
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1970FBR10/15 reach truck (stand-up type) introduced.
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1971Divisional organization system introduced (head office, Textile Machinery, Industrial Vehicle, Vehicle and Obu Plant).
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1971Corolla (van) production starts.
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1971Toyoda-Sulzer Manufacturing Ltd. established as a joint venture with Sulzer Brothers, Ltd. of Switzerland to manufacture projectile looms.
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1971Industrial vehicle production reaches 100,000 units.
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1972Lift truck with built-in headguard production starts.
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1973Industrial vehicle monthly output reaches 3,000 units.
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19736P (6-cylinder swash plate) compressor production starts.
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1974Car air-conditioning compressor production reaches 1 million units.
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1975Compressor Department set up.
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1976Nagakusa Plant monthly output reaches 10,000 units.
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1977Compressor Division separates from Textile Machinery Business Division.
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1977Swash plate compressor technology licensed to Chrysler and Ford.
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1977JOBSUN skid steer loader introduced.
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1978Starlet (automobile) production starts.
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1978FBE model Narrow Ace, three-wheeled electric counterbalanced lift truck introduced, a first among domestic manufacturers.
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1980JA air jet loom production starts.
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198110P compressor production starts.
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1982Hekinan Plant starts operations, producing automobile diesel engines.
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1982Production starts on C-type diesel engines for small passenger cars.
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1984Engine Division separates from Vehicle Division.
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1985Engine Division separates from Vehicle Division.
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1985Lift truck production reaches 500,000 units.
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198510PA17 compressor production starts.
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1986Obu Plant changed its name to Foundry Division.
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1986Company awarded the Deming Application Prize for quality control implementation.
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1986Automatic guided vehicle system introduced.
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1986Production of 1Z type 3-liter direct injection diesel engine for industrial vehicles starts.
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1987Electronics Sub-Division set up.
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1987Sprinter Cielo (exported as the Corolla Back) production starts.
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1988C-type diesel engine production reaches 1 million units.
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1988Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. (TIEM) established in Columbus, Indiana, USA, as a joint venture with Toyota Motor Corporation.
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1988Sprinter sedan production starts.
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1988RX100 ring spinning frame production starts.
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1988AFBR series automatic guided lift truck introduced.
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1989Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc. (MACI) established in Jackson, Michigan, USA, as a joint venture with Nippondenso Co., Ltd. (now DENSO Corporation).
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1989HZ-type diesel engine production starts.
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1990Company receives 1990 PM Excellent Plant Award.
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1990FZ-type gasoline engine production starts.
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1990B300 electric lift truck controller equipped with SIT static induction transistor.
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1990Sprinter Carib (automobile, exported as the Corolla Wagon) production starts.
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1991Engine production reaches 5 million units.
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1991Good Corporate Behavior Committee established.
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1991Production of semiconductors for automobiles starts with production of IC for vehicle control and static induction for blower motor controllers.
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1992Environmental Committee set up.
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1992JAT600 air jet loom production starts.
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1992Automated storage and retrieval systems (pallet type) production starts.
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1992Automated storage and retrieval systems (plastic container type) production starts.
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1993The first Environmental Action Plan launched.
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1993FL100 roving frame production starts
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1993RX200 ring spinning frame production starts
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1994Toyota Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (TIK) established in China as a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Lioho Machine Works, Ltd.
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1994X500 (6FG/D outside Japan) series of internal combustion counterbalanced lift trucks introduced.
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1994R500 (6FBR outside Japan) reach trucks introduced.
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1995Toyota Industrial Equipment, S.A. (TIESA)(now Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing France SAS) established in France as a joint venture with Toyota Motor Corporation and Manitou B.F.
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1995Lift truck production reaches 1 million units
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1995Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery Pvt. Ltd. (KTTM) established in India as a joint venture with the Kirloskar Group.
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1995Production of world's first 7 cylinder swash plate type variable displacement compressor (7SB) starts.
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1995Production of DC-AC inverter for vehicles (100W) starts.
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1995B500 (6FB outside Japan) electric counterbalanced lift trucks introduced.
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1996JAT610 air jet loom production starts.
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1996RX240 ring spinning frame production starts.
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1997Compressor production reaches 100 million units.
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1997Production of external control variable displacement compressor with direct pulley (6SE) starts.
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1997Production of 10 cylinder swash plate type compressor (10S series) starts.
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1998TD Deutsche Klimakompressor GmbH (TDDK) established in Germany as a joint venture with DENSO Corporation to produce car air-conditioning compressors.
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1998GENEO (7FG/D outside Japan) internal combustion counterbalanced lift trucks introduced.
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1999Company takes over water jet loom business from Nissan Texsys Co., Ltd.
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1999Vitz (Yaris outside Japan) production starts.
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1999Stationary Rack introduced.
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1999GENEO-B (7FB outside Japan) electric counterbalanced lift trucks introduced.
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2000Company acquires BT Industries AB of Sweden (now Toyota Material Handling Europe AB), a world-leading manufacturer of warehouse equipment.
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2000Higashichita Plant starts operation, producing foundry parts.
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2000Production starts on DC-DC converter for the Prius (automobile).
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2000Mobile Rack introduced.
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2001Company takes over the industrial equipment sales division of Toyota Motor Corporation.
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2001GENEO-R (7FBR outside Japan) reach truck production starts.
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2001Toyota Material Handling Customer Center Tokyo starts operation in Chiba.
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2001Name changed to Toyota Industries Corporation.
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2001RAV4 (SUV) production starts.
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2001bB Open Deck (automobile) production starts.
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2001Production of DC-AC inverter (1.5kW) for vehicles starts.
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2002Advanced Logistics Solutions Co., Ltd. established to plan distribution systems and operate distribution centers.
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2002Higashiura Plant starts operations, producing compressor parts.
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2002AZ gasoline engine production starts.
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2003Toyota Material Handling (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established to sell lift trucks in China.
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2003Aichi Corporation, a manufacturer and seller of truck mounted aerial work platforms, etc., becomes a subsidiary of Toyota Industries.
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2003Production starts on GENEO-E center-steering electric counterbalanced lift trucks.
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2003Production starts on JAT710 air jet looms.
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2004The total number of engines produced reaches 10 million units.
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2004The total number of car air-conditioning compressors produced reaches 200 million units.
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2004TD Automotive Compressor Georgia, LLC (TACG) is established to produce car air-conditioning compressors in the U.S.
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2005Toyota Industries Trading & Logistics (China) Co., Ltd. (TTLC)(now Toyota Industries Management (China) Co., Ltd.) is established.
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2005AD diesel engine production starts.
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2005TD Automotive Compressor Kunshan Co., Ltd. (TACK) is established to produce car air-conditioning compressors in China.
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2005Production starts on KD diesel engines for automobiles.
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2006New GENEO (8FG/D outside Japan) internal combustion counterbalanced lift truck goes on sale.
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2006VD diesel engine production starts.
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2007Anjo Plant starts operations, producing electronic equipment.
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2007Mark X ZiO production starts.
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2008Toyota branded lift truck cumulative global production reaches 2 million units.
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2008AR gasoline engine production starts.
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2009The total number of car air-conditioning compressors produced reaches 300 million units.
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2010The total number of automobiles produced reaches 8 million units.
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2020Vitz (Yaris outside Japan) undergoes full model change.
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2011P.T. TD Automotive Compressor Indonesia established in Indonesia to produce car air-conditioning compressors.
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2011Toyota Industrial Equipment Vietnam Co., LTD. established in Vietnam to produce lift truck parts and small warehouse equipment.
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2012Company acquires Uster Technologies AG, which produces and sells yarn quality measurement and cotton classing instruments.
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2012Yantai Shougang TD Automotive Compressor Co., Ltd. established in China to produce car air-conditioning compressors.
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2012KS gas engine production starts.
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2013Company acquires Cascade Corporation of the U.S.A., which produces and sells attachments for industrial equipment.
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2013Toyota Material Handling Mercosur Indústria e Comércio de Equipamentos Ltda in Brazil starts production of lift trucks.
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2013Production starts on FS gas/gasoline engines.
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2013Production starts on industrial-use KD diesel engines.
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2013Production starts on JAT810 air jet looms.
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2014The total number of car air-conditioning compressors produced reaches 400 million units.
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2014Company establishes Toyota Industries Global Commercial Finance, Inc., a global sales finance management company headquartered in the U.S., and Toyota Industries Commercial Finance, Inc., U.S. sales finance subsidiary of Toyota Industries Global Commercial Finance, in order to strengthen Toyota Industries' industrial vehicle operations.
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2014Production starts on ZS diesel engines.
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2014New GENEO (Tonero in Europe, and 8 Series in other regions) internal combustion counterbalanced lift truck (3.5 to 8 ton) introduced.
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2014Production of air compressor and hydrogen circulation pump for fuel cell electric vehicles starts.
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2015Company acquires the lift truck operations of Tailift Co., Ltd. and establishes LT Material Handling Pte. Ltd.
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2015Toyota Industries Engine India Pvt. Ltd. established in India to produce diesel engines.
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2015Company has achieved the No.1 market share in the Japanese lift truck market for 50 years in a row.
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2015Production starts on GD diesel engines.
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2015Production starts on GENEO Ecore (8FBE outside Japan) compact electric lift trucks.
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2016The sixth Environmental Action Plan launched.
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2016The total number of automobiles produced reaches 10 million units.
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2016Sales begin for fuel-cell lift trucks.
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2016Sales begin for gene B (8FB outside Japan) electric Counterbalanced lift trucks (1 to 3.5 ton).
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2017Company acquires Bastian Solutions LLC of the U.S.A, and Vanderlande Industries Holding B.V.of the Netherlands to bolster global material handling solutions.
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2017Compressor production reaches 500 million units.
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2017Sales begin for Rinova ( 8FBR outside Japan ) electric reach trucks.
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2018Kameyama Proving Ground starts operations.
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2018RAV4 undergoes full model change.
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2020Overseas production starts on electric compressors.
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2021Highly-versatile small fuel cell module developed.
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2021Production of on-board batteries starts.
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2021Production of F33A diesel engines and turbochargers starts.
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2022Ishihama Plant starts operations, producing on-board batteries.
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2022Production starts on JAT910 air jet looms
The Story of Sakichi Toyoda
Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Industries Corporation, possessed a strong ambition to contribute to society from his days as a youth. He had devoted his 63-year-long life to invention.
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