Sustained Innovation and Creativity - Toyota Industries Corporation
Sustained Innovation and Creativity - Toyota Industries Corporation
Sustained Innovation and Creativity - Toyota Industries Corporation
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1990s – 2000s –1990Sprinter Carib (automobile;exported as the Corolla Wagon)production starts.Companyreceives 1990 PMExcellent PlantAward.1992Materials H<strong>and</strong>ling System Divisionset up.Production starts on au to mat edstorage <strong>and</strong> retrieval sys tems.JAT600 air-jet loom productionstarts.1993RX200 ring spinning frameproduction starts.1994X500 series internal combustioncoun ter bal anced lift truckproduction starts.<strong>Toyota</strong> Industry (Kunshan) Co.,Ltd. (TIK) established in China asa joint venture with <strong>Toyota</strong> Tsusho<strong>Corporation</strong> <strong>and</strong> Lioho MachineWorks, Ltd.R500 reach truck production starts.1995<strong>Toyota</strong> Industrial Equipment, S.A.(TIESA) established in France asa joint venture with <strong>Toyota</strong> Motor<strong>Corporation</strong> <strong>and</strong> Manitou B.F.1998TD Deutsche Klimakompressor GmbH(TDDK) established in Germany as ajoint venture with DENSO Cor po ra tionto produce car air-con di tion ingcom pres sors.GENEO (7FG/D outsideJapan) internal combustioncounterbalanced lift trucksintroduced.TIBC <strong>Corporation</strong> (TIBC) establishedas a joint venture with Ibiden Co., Ltd.to produce semiconductor packagesubstrates.10S compressor production starts.1999Vitz (Yaris outside Japan) pro duc tionstarts.Com pa ny takes over water-jet loombusiness from Nissan Texsys Co., Ltd.1CD diesel engine production starts.GENEO-B (7FB outside Japan)electric counterbalanced lift trucksintroduced.2000LW600 series water-jet loompro duc tion starts.BT <strong>Industries</strong> AB of Sweden, aworld-leading manufacturer ofwarehouse trucks, becomes a <strong>Toyota</strong><strong>Industries</strong> subsidiary.2001GENEO-R (7FBR outside Japan) reachtruck production starts.Company takes over the IndustrialEquipment Sales Division of <strong>Toyota</strong>Motor <strong>Corporation</strong>.TOYOTA Material H<strong>and</strong>ling Companyestablished as an in-house company.RAV4 production starts.Name changed to <strong>Toyota</strong> <strong>Industries</strong><strong>Corporation</strong>.2002Advanced Logistics Solutions Co., Ltd.(ALSO) es tab lished to plan overalllogistics operations <strong>and</strong> operatedis tri bu tion centers.Higashiura Plant starts operations,producing parts for carair-con di tion ing compressors.<strong>Toyota</strong> Motor <strong>Industries</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>Sp.zo.o. (TMIP) established in Pol<strong>and</strong>as a joint venture with <strong>Toyota</strong> Motor<strong>Corporation</strong> to produce dieselengines.2003JAT710 air-jet loom pro duc tion starts.2004<strong>Toyota</strong> Industry Automotive Parts(Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (TIAP) establishedin China as a joint venture with<strong>Toyota</strong> Tsusho <strong>Corporation</strong> <strong>and</strong> LiohoMachine Works, Ltd. to producefoundry parts.TD Automotive CompressorGeorgia, LLC (TACG) establishedin the U.S. as a joint venture withDENSO <strong>Corporation</strong> to produce carair-conditioning compressors.2005Asahi Security Co., Ltd., whichengages in collection <strong>and</strong> deliveryof cash, management of salesproceeds <strong>and</strong> equipment security,becomes a subsidiary of <strong>Toyota</strong><strong>Industries</strong>.Vitz (Yaris outside Japan) productionstarts after a full model change.TD Automotive Compressor Kunshan,Co., Ltd. (TACK) established inChina as a joint venture with DENSO<strong>Corporation</strong> <strong>and</strong> other entitiesto produce car air-conditioningcompressors.AD diesel engine production starts.KD diesel engine production starts.New RAV4 production startsafter a full model change.7SB compressor production starts.B500 electric counterbalanced lifttruck production starts.Kirloskar Toyoda Textile MachineryPrivate Limited (KTTM) establishedin India as a joint venture with theKirloskar Group.1996JAT610 air-jet loom productionstarts.RX240 ring spinning frameproduction starts.2UZ gasoline engine productionstarts.Higashichita Plant starts operations,producing foundry parts.GENEO-E (7FBE outsideJapan) three-wheel electriccoun ter bal anced lift truck productionstarts.2006New GENEO (8FG/D outsideJapan) internal combustioncounterbalanced lift truck productionstarts.1997Compressor production at KariyaPlant reaches 100 million units.6SE compressor production starts.ST Liquid Crystal Display Corp.(STLCD) established as a jointventure with Sony <strong>Corporation</strong>.Aichi <strong>Corporation</strong>, a manufacturer ofspecial-purpose vehicles, becomesone of <strong>Toyota</strong> <strong>Industries</strong>’ subsidiaries.<strong>Toyota</strong> <strong>Industries</strong> <strong>Corporation</strong> Annual Report 200655