Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year.
Toyota Motor Corporation brands are Toyota and Lexus
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The Toyota Motor Co. Ltd was first established in 1937 as a spin-off from Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of weaving machinery. The Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was then headed by Japan’s “King of Inventors” Sakichi Toyoda. The patent rights to one of his machines had been sold and provided the seed-money for the development and test-building of Toyota’s first automobiles.
Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the world’s leading automakers, offering a full range of models, from minivehicles to large trucks. Global sales of its Toyota and Lexus brands, combined with those of Daihatsu and Hino.
Besides its own 12 plants and 11 manufacturing subsidiaries and affiliates in Japan, Toyota has 51 manufacturing companies in 26 countries/locations, which produce Lexus- and Toyota-brand vehicles and components.
As of the end of Dec. 2012, Toyota conducts its business worldwide with 52 overseas manufacturing companies in 27 countries and regions. Toyota’s vehicles are sold in more than 160 countries and regions.
Toyota Financial Services provides financial services primarily for vehicle purchases and leasing in more than 30 countries and regions worldwide, accounts for more than 90% of the company’s total sales.
Diversified operations include Telecommunications, Prefabricated Housing, Biotechnology & Afforestation, Marine business with eco-friendly Pleasure Craft and Marine engines.
Toyota Motor Corporation
1, Toyota-cho
Toyota City
Aichi Prefecture Japan 471-8571
Phone: (033) 817-7111
Head Office: 1 Toyota-Cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture 471-8571, Japan. Phone: (0565)28-2121
Tokyo Head Office: 1-4-18 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8701, Japan. Phone: (03) 3817-7111
Nagoya Office: 1-23-22 Izumi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture 461-8711, Japan. Phone: (052) 952-2111
Toyota Motor North America Established operations in the United States in 1957 and currently operates 10 manufacturing plants. There are more than 1,500 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in the United States, which sold more than 2 million vehicles in 2012. Toyota directly employs over 31,000 in the United States and its investment here is currently valued at more than $19.5 billion, including sales and manufacturing operations, research and development, financial services and design. Toyota’s annual purchasing of parts, materials, goods and services from U.S. suppliers totals over $27.5 billion.
Toyota Motor North America
9 W. 57th St., Ste. 4900
New York, NY 10019-2701
Phone: 212-223-0303
Toyota Research Institute
First announced in November 2015, TRI is a research and development enterprise designed to bridge the gap between fundamental research and product development. Funded by an initial five-year, $1 billion investment, it has been launched with mandates to enhance the safety of automobiles, with the ultimate goal of creating a car that is incapable of causing a crash; increase access to cars to those who otherwise cannot drive, including those with special needs and seniors; help translate outdoor mobility technology into products for indoor mobility; and accelerate scientific discovery by applying techniques from artificial intelligence and machine learning.
History
| Company Name | Establishment | Main products/activities | Capital
(¥ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION | Nov. 1926 | Manufacture and sales of spinning and weaving machines, industrial vehicles and automobiles; logistics | 80,462 |
| AICHI STEEL CORPORATION | March 1940 | Manufacture and sales of specialty steel, forged steel products and electromagnetic parts | 25,016 |
| JTEKT CORPORATION | Jan. 2006 | Manufacture and sales of machine tools, auto parts | 45,591 |
| TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO., LTD. | Aug. 1945 | Manufacture of auto and special vehicle bodies and parts | 10,371 |
| Toyota Tsusho Corporation | July 1948 | Business transactions related to various items in Japan and between foreign countries, import and export | 64,936 |
| AISIN SEIKI CO., LTD. | Aug. 1965 | Manufacture and sales of auto parts | 45,049 |
| DENSO CORPORATION | Dec. 1949 | Manufacture and sales of electrical components for automobiles and other applications, air conditioning equipment and general appliances and electrical appliances | 187,457 |
| TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION | May 1950 | Manufacture and sales of vehicle interior parts, filters and power train mechanical parts and textiles | 8,400 |
| Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd. | Aug. 1953 | Owning, managing, buying, selling and renting out land, management and rental | 59,450 |
| TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS., INC. | Nov. 1960 | Fundamental research and testing for technical development for the Toyota Group | 3,000 |
| TOYOTA MOTOR EAST JAPAN, INC. | July 2012 | Manufacture of automobiles and parts, all wheel drive powered wheelchair, automatic vehicle maintenance lift | 6,850 |
| TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD. | June 1949 | Manufacture and sales of rubber, plastic and urethane products, semiconductor related products, electronic products and adhesives | 28,027 |
| Hino Motors, Ltd. | May 1942 | Manufacture and sales of large trucks, buses, small commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, engines and spare parts | 72,717 |
| DAIHATSU MOTOR, CO., LTD. | March 1907 | Manufacture and sales of automobiles, specialty vehicles and parts | 28,404 |
| TOYOTA HOUSING CORPORATION | April 2003 | Planning, sales, construction and after-sales service of housing | 7,400 |
| TOYOTA MOTOR KYUSHU, INC. | Feb. 1991 | Manufacture and sales of automobiles and parts | 45,000 |
Scion brand was discontinued on August 5, 2016. Scion was established as a separate brand in 2003 as a laboratory to explore new products and processes to attract youth customers and transitioning back to the Toyota brand in 2016
Note: As of April 2013.