History of Toyota

New Model Introductions, Productions, Sales and Exports		Year	Business Development, Plants and Facilities
		1940	• Toyoda Seiko, Ltd. (currently Aichi Steel Works, Ltd.) is established. • Toyoda Physical and Chemical Research Institute is established.
• Production of AE passenger car starts.		‘41	• Toyota Machine Works Co., Ltd. is established.
• Production of KB truck starts.		‘42
• Production of AC passenger car and KC truck starts.		‘43	• Tokai Hikoki Co., Ltd. (currently Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.) is established.
		‘45	• Toyota Shatai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.) is established.
		‘46	• Kanto Electric Auto Manufacturing, Ltd. (currently Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.) is established.
SB truck SA compact passenger car racing with express train 100,000th Toyota vehicle is produced domestically	• Production of BM truck, SB small truck and SA compact passenger car starts. • 100,000th Toyota vehicle is produced domestically.	‘47
		‘48	Nisshin Tsusho Co., Ltd. (currently Toyota Tsusho Corporation) is established.
• Production of SD compact passenger car starts.		‘49	• Nagoya Rubber Co., Ltd. (currently Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.) is established. • Nippondenso Co., Ltd. (currently DENSO CORPORATION) is established.

§ Entries in blue refer to Toyota overseas operations.