General Status of Plants in Japan
Affiliates (Toyota wholly-owned subsidiaries)-Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.
Miyata Plant |
Exterior view(Miyata Plant) |
Kokura Plant |
Kanda Plant
Overview
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Established
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February 1991
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Head Office
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1 Kamiaruki, Miyawaka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
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Site area
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Miyata Plant: 1,130,000 m2,
Kanda Plant: 320,000 m2, Kokura Plant: 340,000 m2 |
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Business activities & products
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Production of vehicles, engines, and hybrid units
Vehicle Production Miyata Plant: Lexus: HS, IS, IS C, CT, RX, ES Toyota： Sai, Highlander Engine production Kanda Plant: 2GR engine for RX, Highlander, ES and another vehicles Unit Production Kokura Plant: Transaxles |
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Production results for 2011
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Miyata Plant: 291,000 vehicles
Kanda Plant: 146,000 units Ogura Plant: 58,000 units |
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Number of employees
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7,671
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- Note:
- The number of employees is as of end of December 2011, and includes fixed-term employees and external support workers
Events
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Year
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Month
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Events
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1991
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February
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Company established
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April
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Miyata Plant ground-breaking ceremony conducted
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1992
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April
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Miyata Plant completion ceremony conducted
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December
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Mark II production commenced (starts with a single shift)
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1993
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October
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Operations using continuous two-shift system commenced
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1994
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April
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Chaser production commenced
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1997
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May
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Windom and Lexus ES production commenced
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December
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Harrier and Lexus RX production commenced
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1998
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April
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Miyata Plant obtains ISO 14001 certification
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2000
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March
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Cumulative vehicle production reaches 1 million vehicles
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April
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External ISO 9002 certification obtained
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October
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Mark II production ended (cumulative production: 475,000 vehicles)
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November
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Kluger and Highlander production commenced
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2001
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January
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Miyata Plant achieves 'zero waste' target
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June
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Chaser production ended (cumulative production: 181,000 vehicles)
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2002
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November
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Windom production ended (cumulative production: 51,000 vehicles)
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December
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Lexus ES production ended (cumulative production: 135,000 vehicles)
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2004
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March
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Cumulative vehicle production reaches 2 million vehicles
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2005
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March
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Harrier Hybrid, Kluger Hybrid, and Highlander Hybrid production commenced
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September
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Lexus IS production commenced
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September
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Miyata Plant No. 2 line completed
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December
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Kanda Plant completed; 2GR engine production commenced
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2006
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March
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Lexus ES production commenced
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2007
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March
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Cumulative vehicle production reaches 3 million vehicles
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2008
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April
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Production on Kanda Plant No. 2 line commenced
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August
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Kokura Plant completion ceremony conducted and production commenced
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2009
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April
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Lexus IS C production commenced
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July
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Lexus HS production commenced
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November
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Sai production commenced
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2010
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January
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Cumulative vehicle production reaches 4 million vehicles
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2011
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January
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Lexus CT production commenced
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