Production in Japan
Developments concerning Plants in Japan
Year
|
Month
|
Events
|
---|---|---|
1934
|
March
|
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. (now Toyota Industries Corporation) Automobile Division prototype Plant
|
1936
|
May
|
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. Kariya Assembly Plant
|
1938
|
November
|
Koromo Plant (now renamed Honsha Plant)
|
1940
|
October
|
Gifu Auto Body Co., Ltd. Honsha Plant
|
1945
|
August
|
Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. Kariya Plant
|
1946
|
September
|
Kanto Electric Motor Works, Ltd. (now Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.) Taura Plant
|
1950
|
August
|
Central Motor Co.,Ltd. Ikegami Plant
|
1959
|
August
|
Motomachi Plant
|
1960
|
March
|
Central Motor Sagamihara Plant
|
June
|
Kanto Auto Works, Ltd. Fukaura Plant
|
|
1962
|
|
Arakawa Auto Body Co., Ltd. (now Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.) Yoshiwara Plant
|
1964
|
July
|
Toyota Auto Body Fujimatsu Plant
|
1965
|
September
|
Kamigo Plant
|
1966
|
September
|
Takaoka Plant
|
1967
|
March
|
Kanto Auto Works Higashi Fuji Plant
|
May
|
Hino Auto Works Ltd. Hane-mura Plant
|
|
May
|
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (now Toyota Industries Corporation) Nagakusa Plant
|
|
1968
|
March
|
Miyoshi Plant
|
1969
|
September
|
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. Ikeda Plant
|
1970
|
November
|
Tsutsumi Plant
|
1973
|
April
|
Daihatsu Motor Kyoto Plant
|
June
|
Myochi Plant
|
|
1975
|
March
|
Shimoyama Plant
|
1978
|
May
|
Kinuura Plant
|
1979
|
January
|
Tahara Plant
|
1986
|
February
|
Teiho Plant
|
1989
|
January
|
Hirose Plant
|
1992
|
October
|
Toyota Motor Hokkaido, Inc.
|
December
|
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. Miyata Plant
|
|
1993
|
April
|
Kanto Auto Works Iwate Plant
|
December
|
Toyota Auto Body Inabe Plant
|
|
1998
|
September
|
Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation (now Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.)
|
July
|
Daihatsu Motor Shiga Plant
|
|
2005
|
December
|
Toyota Motor Kyushu Kanda Plant
|
2008
|
August
|
Toyota Motor Kyushu Kokura Plant
|
2011
|
January
|
Central Motor Miyagi Plant
|
September
|
Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd. Oita/ Nakatsu Plant
|
- Note 1:
- For Toyota, dates indicate the start of production of Toyota vehicles and units; for companies and plants other than Toyota, dates indicate the start of production of Toyota vehicles and parts.
- Note 2:
- Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation merged to form Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. in July 2012.