Sustained Innovation and Creativity - Toyota Industries Corporation

Focus onBusiness6Textile Ma chin eryRealizing Distinctive,All-Around Quality and Top Customer ServiceThe history of the Toyota Group began with the invention ofan automatic loom by Toyota Industries’ originator SakichiToyoda. During the intervening years, the Textile MachineryBusiness, Toyota Industries’ founding business, has madesignifi cant contributions to the development of the textileindustry not only in Japan but also around the globe.Toyota Industries’ Textile Machinery Business undertakesintegrated operations encompassing development,manufacturing and sales of top-quality spinning and weavingmachinery. Backed by cutting-edge technologies and fi nelytailored services, we are able to meet evolving customerneeds the world over.With an increasing global population and economicadvancement in emerging countries, continued expansionof textile consumption is expected. On the other hand, theindustry is also witnessing intensifying competition for survivalas a result of the emergence of regional manufacturers. Amidthis trend, Toyota Industries will strengthen its technologicaldevelopment capabilities and raise levels of customerservices as it works to reinforce its position as one of theleading manufacturers of textile machinery. We will striveto differentiate ourselves by exploiting our technologicalcapabilities to develop weaving machinery that is capableof weaving high value-added fabrics for the latest fashion.To meet increasingly sophisticated market needs, wedevelop and produce superior spinning and weavingmachinery that incorporates cutting-edge control,communications and mechatronics technologies. Ofparticular note, Toyota Industries commands the top globalshare for its mainstay air-jet looms. Additionally, as an industryleader, we have also earned high global acclaim fromcustomers for ring spinning frames and roving frames.Please visit www.toyota-industries.com/textile for furtherinformation about our Textile Machinery Business.Weaving MachineryToyota Industries develops, manufactures and sells twotypes of weaving machinery: air-jet looms, which insertweft yarns using air, and water-jet looms, which use waterfor the same purpose. We provide customers around theworld with state-of-the-art products that meet and exceedbasic performance requirements demanding high speedand reliability as well as that incorporate such advancedfunctions as monitoring and remote setting of the machinesvia the Internet. Toyota Industries also develops, manufacturesand sells such preparatory machinery for weaving as sizingmachines that enable uniform, high-quality sizing of yarns.Spinning MachineryToyota Industries provides spinning-related machinery such ashigh-speed ring spinning frames and roving frames to meeta vast spectrum of customer needs. These products excelin spinning high-quality yarns as well as in providing superiorproductivity. We also produce and sell drawing frames andcombers.Toyota Kirloskar Textile Machinery Private Limited, oursubsidiary in India, manufactures ring spinning frames for thelocal market.Weaving MachineryJAT710 air-jet loomLW600 water-jet loomMackeeSizing machine for spun yarnFilamasterSizing machine for fi lament yarnSpinning MachineryRX240NEW ring spinning frame FL100 roving frame DX8 drawing frameVC5A comberToyota Industries Corporation Annual Report 200641