General Status of Plants in Japan
Miyoshi Plant
Panoramic view |
Exterior view |
Overview
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Start of production
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March 1968
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Site area
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340,000 m2
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Business activities & products
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Transmission-related parts, cold forged parts, sintered parts, engine parts
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Production results for 2011
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Propeller shaft: 937,000 units
Driveshaft: 1.78 million 9,000 units Valvematic: 229,000 units etc. |
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Number of employees
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1,495
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- Note:
- The number of employees is as of end of December 2011, and excludes fixed-term employees and short-term employees.
Events
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Year
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Month
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Events
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1967
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August
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Ground-breaking ceremony
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1968
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March
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Production of steering columns commenced
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July
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Completion ceremony held Production of propeller shafts and steering columns commenced at No. 1 machine plant and production of cold-forged and sintered parts commenced at No. 2 machine plant
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1969
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August
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Operations commenced at No. 3 machine plant
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1973
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September
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No. 4 machine plant commenced operations as an emissions countermeasures plant
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1974
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November
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Cumulative propeller shaft production reaches 10 million units
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1975
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January
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Cumulative steering column production reaches 10 million units
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1977
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June
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Production of tilt steering columns commenced with the changeover to the Mark II
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1978
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July
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Production of drive shafts (constant velocity joints) for the Tercel and Corsa, Toyota's first front-wheel drive cars, commenced
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1981
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January
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Internal manufacturing of power steering commenced with the Soarer
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1983
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March
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Clock tower installed commemorating cumulative Toyota production of 40 million vehicles in Japan
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1987
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February
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Cumulative steering column production reaches 40 million units
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May
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Production of rigid tilt steering columns with swivel commenced with Corolla redesign
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1988
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November
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No. 2 dining hall, Toyota's first cafeteria style dining hall, opened
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1989
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April
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Cumulative propeller shaft production reaches 40 million units
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1990
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May
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Cumulative steering column production reaches 50 million units
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1992
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January
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Cumulative drive shaft production reaches 10 million units
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November
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Cumulative power steering production reaches 10 million units
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1993
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November
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Cumulative propeller shaft production reaches 50 million unit
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1994
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September
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Miyoshi Skills Development Center completed
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1995
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February
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Cumulative steering column production reaches 60 million units
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July
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Support activities to T&K in Malaysia commenced
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1996
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July
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Support activities to TMT in Thailand and TFTA in China commenced
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1997
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December
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Electric motor power steering (EMPS) production commenced
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1998
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May
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Cumulative propeller shaft production reaches 60 million units
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October
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External ISO 14001 certification obtained
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2000
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April
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Operation of co-generation plant commenced
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May
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Support activities to STM in Thailand commenced
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September
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'Zero landfill waste' target achieved
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2001
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July
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Production of internally-manufactured propeller shafts consolidated at Miyoshi Plant (propeller shaft production at Honsha Plant discontinued)
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Cumulative steering column production reaches 70 million units
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2002
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February
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Cumulative drive shaft production reaches 20 million units
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2003
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April
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Cumulative propeller shaft production reaches 70 million units
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May
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Production of internally-manufactured steering columns consolidated at Miyoshi Plant (steering column production at Myochi Plant discontinued in April)
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2004
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January
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Production of internally-manufactured drive shafts consolidated at Miyoshi Plant (drive shaft production at Kinuura Plant discontinued)
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2005
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February
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Multi-skill training commenced
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August
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Cumulative power steering production reaches 20 million units
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2006
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December
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Cumulative drive shaft production reaches 30 million units
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2007
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February
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Support activities to TMMP in Poland commenced
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August
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Steering column production ended (cumulative production: 77.89 million units) and transferred to JTEKT Corporation;
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November
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Value lift control (VLC) production commenced
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2008
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May
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Continuously variable valve timing mechanism production commenced
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May
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Power steering production ended (cumulative production: 20.13 million units) and transferred to JTEKT
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December
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Production of hybrid car electric power control unit rear kettle core commenced
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2011
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December
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Cumulative driveshaft production reaches 40 million units
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