Panoramic view

Panoramic view

Exterior view

Exterior view

Overview

Start of production
September 1966
Site area
1,310,000 m2
Business activities & products
Corolla sedan, Corolla Rumion, iQ etc
Production results for 2011
130,000 vehicles
Number of employees
3,150
Note1:
The number of employees is as of end of December 2011, and excludes fixed-term employees and short-term employees.

Events

Year
Month
Events
1966
March
Ground-breaking ceremony
September
Production commenced as production plant for Corolla (model KE10)
December
Completion ceremony held
1967
January
Publica production commenced; Production transferred from Motomachi Plant
1968
April
Sprinter production commenced
1970
January
Publica production ended (cumulative production: 140,968 vehicles) and transferred to Hino Motors, Ltd. and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
1972
September
Carina Hardtop production commenced (later transferred to Tsutsumi Plant)
1978
August
Production of the Tercel and Corsa (model AL10), Toyota's first front-wheel drive cars, commenced
1980
June
Clock tower installed commemorating cumulative Toyota production of 30 million vehicles in Japan
1982
May
Corolla II (model AL20) production commenced
August
Production of the Sprinter Carib, Toyota's first four-wheel drive passenger car, commenced
1983
April
Dispatch of local trainers to NUMMI, a joint venture company with General Motors, commenced (a total of 440 persons dispatched through 1987);
NUMMI production commenced in December 1984 and discontinued in April 2010
1984
June
Acceptance of NUMMI trainees commenced (30 groups for a total of 452 people accepted through 1986)
October
Corolla FX ( model AE81) production commenced
November
Cumulative plant production reaches 10 million vehicles
1986
March
Support to TMMC in Canada commenced
1987
May
Flexible body line introduced in body processes in conjunction with line off of Corolla and Sprinter
October
Acceptance of TMMC trainees commenced (6 groups accepted through August 1988)
1988
November
Line off of first vehicle produced by support recipient, TMM
1990
July
Support to TMMT in Turkey commenced (mother plant changed to Tsutsumi Plant in January 2002)
July
Sprinter Carib production ended (cumulative production: 501,000 vehicles);
Production transferred to Toyota Industries Corporation
1991
January
Cynos production commenced
August
Production at No. 3 painting plant commenced
1993
July
Support to TMP in Philippines commenced
1996
March
External ISO 14001 certification obtained (first Japanese auto maker to obtain certification)
May
Support to TMT Gateway Plant in Thailand commenced (mother plant changed to Motomachi Plant in 1999)
1997
December
Prius production commenced
1999
January
Vitz production commenced and Toyota's first global body line introduced in body processes
July
Tercel, Corsa, Corolla II, and Cynos production discontinued (cumulative production of four vehicle models: 4,968,935 vehicles)
August
FunCargo and Platz production commenced
November
e-kanban introduced
2000
January
'bB' production commenced
February
Prius production ended (cumulative production: 37,425 vehicles) and transferred to Motomachi Plant
August
Sprinter production discontinued and Corolla Fielder production commenced
December
'Zero landfill waste' target achieved
2001
January
Corolla Runx and Allex production commenced
January
Production at support recipient, TMMF in France, commenced
February
Plant cumulative production reaches 20 million vehicles (first single plant in Japan to reach 20 million)
July
Corolla FX production ended (cumulative production: 1,160,145 vehicles)
2002
May
'ist' production commenced
2003
May
Echo (sold under the name 'Platz' in Japan) is number 1 in its class in the JD Power IQS for four consecutive years
September
Sienta production commenced
2004
March
ISO 14001 mature review qualifications obtained (first in Japan)
July
Porte production commenced
2005
February
Production at support recipient, TPCA, commenced
April
'bB' production ended (cumulative production: 349,353 vehicles) and transferred to Central Motor Co., Ltd.
August
Corolla Fielder production ended and transferred to Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
September
Ractis production commenced and FunCargo production transferred to Kanto Auto Works
December
Platz production ended (cumulative production: 667,234 vehicles) and transferred to Kanto Auto Works
2006
April
Sienta and Porte production ended (Sienta cumulative production: 162,121 vehicles; Porte cumulative production: 96,329 vehicles) and transferred to Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd
October
Auris production commenced
2007
February
Corolla Runx and Allex production discontinued (cumulative production: 212,417 vehicles)
August
Production on new No. 1 line commenced
October
Production on No. 3 line ended
2008
May
Mother plant of TFTM in China changed to Motomachi Plant
September
Mother plant of SFTM in China changed to Motomachi Plant
November
'iQ' production commenced
2009
December
'ist' and Ractis production ended ('ist' cumulative production: 564,032 vehicles; Ractis cumulative production: 260,093 vehicles) and transferred to Kanto Auto Works
2010
February
Production on No. 2 line suspended
February
Vitz production ended (cumulative production: 821,012 vehicles) and transferred to Toyota Industries Corporation
2011
August
Corolla Rumion production commenced; production transferred from Kanto Auto Works

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