General Status of Plants in Japan

Affiliates (Toyota wholly-owned subsidiaries)-Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.

Overview

Established
July 2012
Head Office
Chuodaira 1, Ohira-mura, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi Prefecture
Site area
Refer to the overviews of Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation below
Main business and product lineup
Manufacturing and sale of passenger cars, commercial cars, auto bodies, and auto parts
Production results
Refer to the overviews of Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation below
Number of employees
7,800
Note:
The number of employees is as of beginning of July 2012, a regular employees only

Events

Year
Month
Events
2012
July
Established through the merger of Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation
Former Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
Higashi Fuji Plant

Higashi Fuji Plant

Iwate Plant

Iwate Plant

Higashi Fuji Machine Plant(Now Suyama Plant)

Higashi Fuji Machine Plant(Now Suyama Plant)

Kanjiko Do Brasil Industria Automotiva Ltda

Kanjiko Do Brasil Industria Automotiva Ltda

Overview

Established
April 1946
Head Office
Mubanchi, Tauraminato-cho, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Site area
Head Office:20,000 m2
Higashi Fuji General Center: 40,000 m2
Higashi Fuji Plant: 260,000 m2
Iwate Plant: 960,000 m2
Higashi Fuji Machine Plant(Now Suyama Plant): 30,000 m2
Kanjiko Do Brasil Industria Automotiva Ltda: 240,000 m2
Business activities & products

Vehicle production
Higashi Fuji Plant: Century, Crown, Crown Comfort, Comfort, Isis, Corolla Fielder, and Corolla (export)
Iwate Plant: Blade, 'ist,' Ractis, Belta, Yaris, Aqua


Other production
Higashi Fuji Machine Plant: Stamping molds for vehicles
KDB: Stamped parts and welded parts

Production results for 2011
341,000 vehicles
Number of employees
Approx. 5,700 (unconsolidated), approx. 7,000 (consolidated)
Note:
The number of employees is as of end of Decenber 2011, a regular employees only

Events

Year
Month
Events
1946
April
Established as Kanto Electric Motor Works, Ltd.
1950
May
Name changed to Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
July
Full-scale shift made to Toyopet body production
1955
January
Crown production commenced
1957
January
Dyna production commenced
July
Corona production commenced
1961
March
Yokosuka Plant (Fukuura district) completed
1963
September
Dyna production ended (cumulative production: 38,867 vehicles)
1964
April
Crown Eight production commenced
1965
April
Toyota Sports 800 production commenced
1966
November
Deming Application Prize won
1967
May
Higashi Fuji Plant F201 completed, Corolla production commenced
July
Crown Eight production ended (cumulative production: 4,122 vehicles)
1967
November
Century production commenced
1968
September
Higashi Fuji Plant F301 completed, Mark II production commenced
1969
October
Toyota Sports 800 production ended (cumulative production: 3,056 units)
1974
April
Sprinter production commenced
1976
October
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 3 million units
1980
October
Chaser production commenced
1982
March
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 5 million units
1988
August
Cresta production commenced
1989
March
Soarer and Lexus SC production commenced
1993
October
Carina ED production commenced
November
Iwate Plant No. 1 line completed
1994
November
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 10 million units
1995
December
Comfort production commenced
1996
August
Chaser production ended (cumulative production: 642,843 vehicles)
1997
May
Supra production commenced
December
Iwate Plant acquires ISO 14001 certification
1998
April
Corona production ended (cumulative production: 1,223,133 vehicles)
April
Carina ED production ended (cumulative production: 53,106 vehicles)
October
Higashi Fuji Plant acquires ISO 14001 certification
October
Altezza and Lexus IS production commenced
November
Yokosuka Plant acquires ISO 14001 certification
1999
January
Celica production commenced
2000
May
Origin production commenced
July
Sprinter production ended (cumulative production: 1,316,727 vehicles)
July
Yokosuka Plant (Fukuura district) closed
2001
April
'Origin' production ended (cumulative production: 1,073 vehicles)
June
Cresta production ended (cumulative production: 656,444 vehicles)
June
Verossa production commenced
2002
April
Supra production ended (cumulative production: 5,848 vehicles)
2003
January
Windom and Lexus ES production commenced
2004
April
Verossa production ended (cumulative production: 26,054 vehicles)
June
Production of TETRAS Lift (automatic vehicle maintenance lift) commenced
September
Isis production commenced
October
Production of Patrafour (all-wheel drive powered wheelchair) commenced
October
Mark II production ended (cumulative production: 1,575,131 vehicles)
October
Companywide ISO 14001 certification obtained
November
Mark X production commenced
2005
August
Altezza and Lexus IS production ended (cumulative production: 292,437 vehicles)
August
Corolla Fielder production commenced; Production transferred from Takaoka plant of TMC
November
Iwate Plant No. 2 line completed; Belta and Yaris production commenced
2006
February
Windom and Lexus ES production ended (cumulative production: 218,277 vehicles)
April
Celica production ended (cumulative production: 267,980 vehicles)
August
Iwate Plant wins JD Power Platinum Plant Award
September
Mark X production ended (cumulative production: 98,657 vehicles)
October
Blade and Auris production commenced
2008
February
Production by KDB in Brazil commenced
2009
June
Higashi Fuji Machinery Engineering Plant completed
August
Higashi Fuji Plant wins JD Power Platinum Plant Award
2010
January
'ist' and Ractis production commenced
July
Lexus SC production ended (cumulative production: 105,960 vehicles)
2011
August
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 15 million units
November
Auris production ended (cumulative production: 114,762 vehicles)
December
Aqua production commenced
2012
January
Kanto Auto Works becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation
July
Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation merge to establish Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.
Former Central Motor Co., Ltd.
Panoramic view(宮城工場)

Miyagi Plant(Panoramic view)
(now Miyagi Ohira Plant)

Exterior view

Exterior view

Overview

Established
September 1950
Head Office
1 Cyuodaira, Ohira-mura, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi Prefecture
Site area
440,000 m2 (Miyagi Plant (now Miyagi Ohira Plant))
Business activities & products
Manufacturing and sale of auto bodies and auto parts, molds, machine tools, measuring instruments, and machinery and equipment
Vehicles: Corolla Axio,Yaris, Belta
Production results for 2011
90,000 vehicles
Number of employees
1,600
Note:
The number of employees is as of end of December 2011, and includes fixed-term employees and external support workers.

Events

Year
Month
Events
1950
September
Company established by volunteers on the closure of the Toyota Motor Co. (name at the time) Kamata Plant
1956
June
Toyoace van production commenced
1957
April
Production of Dyna Route Van and Master Line Pickup production commenced
1960
May
Operations transferred to Sagamihara Plant
July
ToyoAce van production ended (cumulative production: 2,535 vehicles)
1961
October
FS ambulance production commenced
1963
October
Publica Convertible production commenced
1964
October
Corona Pickup production commenced
1967
June
Dyna Route Van production ended (cumulative production: 7,560 vehicles)
1968
April
Head Office divisions relocate to Sagamihara; Corona Mark II Pickup production commenced
August
Corona Pickup production ended (cumulative production: 25,144 vehicles)
December
Publica Convertible production ended (cumulative production: 7,560 vehicles)
1970
December
Master Line Pickup production ended (cumulative production: 43,241 vehicles)
1971
March
FS ambulance production ended (cumulative production: 1,028 vehicles)
April
RH ambulance production commenced
1973
May
Crown Van and Crown Wagon production commenced
1974
July
Corona Mark II Pickup production ended (cumulative production: 43,920 vehicles)
1975
December
Carina Van production commenced
1983
July
Crown Van and Crown Wagon production ended (cumulative production: 82,300 vehicles)
August
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 1 million units
1984
June
MR2 production commenced
1987
April
Carina Van production ended (cumulative production: 292,888 vehicles)
1990
February
Sera production commenced
1991
December
Annual production reaches 100,000 vehicles
1995
May
Wakayanagi Plant constructed in Miyagi Prefecture
September
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 2 million units
December
Sera production ended (cumulative production: 15,941 vehicles)
1997
May
Raum production commenced
1999
August
MR2 production ended (cumulative production: 300,108 vehicles)
October
MR-S production commenced
2000
January
WiLL Vi production commenced
January
External ISO 14001 certification obtained
December
RH ambulance production ended (cumulative production: 3,203 vehicles)
2001
April
WiLL VS production commenced
July
Corolla Runx and Allex production commenced
December
WiLL Vi production ended (cumulative production: 16,649 vehicles)
2002
September
WiLL Cypha production commenced
2004
April
WiLL VS production ended (cumulative production: 14,985 vehicles)
August
Production of 'bB' and 'xB,' (the 'bB' is a Scion brand vehicle for export to the US) commenced (parallel production of 'bB' conducted with Takaoka Plant)
2005
July
WiLL Cypha production ended (cumulative production: 31,856 vehicles)
December
'bB' production ended (cumulative production: 39,173 vehicles)
2006
October
Corolla Axio production commenced
December
'xB' production ended (cumulative production: 117,854 vehicles)
2007
January
Corolla Runx and Allex production ended (cumulative production for both series: 176,033 vehicles)
April
Cumulative vehicle production reaches 3 million vehicles
July
MR-S production ended (cumulative production: 78,041 vehicles)
2008
July
Central Motor becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation
2011
January
Vehicle production commenced at Miyagi Plant (now Miyagi Ohira Plant)
March
Raum production ended (cumulative production: 332,675 vehicles)
July
Production ended at Sagamihara Plant
2012
July
Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation merge to establish Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.
Former Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation
Panoramic view

Panoramic view

Exterior view

Exterior view

Overview

Established
July 1997
Head Office
5-1-1 Matsusakadaira, Taiwa-cho, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi Prefecture
Site area
618,000 m2
Business activities & products
Electronically controlled brake actuators (ABS, ECB), axles, torque converters, etc.
Production results for 2011
Controlled brake actuators: 423,000 units, axles: 528,000 units, torque converters: 719,000 units, etc
Number of employees
500
Note:
The number of employees is as of end of December 2011, and includes fixed-term employees and external support workers.

Events

Year
Month
Events
1997
July
Company established
July
Ground-breaking ceremony
1998
July
ABS (E4) actuator production commenced
September
TEMS suspension production commenced
October
Ground opening ceremony conducted
November
AHC production commenced
1999
December
External ISO 14001 certification obtained
2001
September
'Zero landfill waste' target achieved
2003
June
Axle production commenced
2005
October
No. 2 Plant completed
November
Production of torque converters (for 6-speed automatic transmissions) commenced
2006
July
Production of torque converters (for CVTs) commenced
2009
March
ECB-R production for Prius commenced
2012
May
Building of Plant No. 3 (engine plant) completed
July
Kanto Auto Works, Ltd., Central Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation merge to establish Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.

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