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.

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