Panoramic view

Panoramic view

Exterior view

Exterior view

Overview

Start of production
March 1975
Site area
420,000 m2
Business activities & products
Engines (ZR engine for the Prius, Prius α, and Lexus CT, 2GR engine for the Camry, Estima, and RAV4, and the ZZ engine for the Corolla), turbochargers, and catalytic converters
Production results for 2011
Engine: 928,000 units
Turbocharger: 67,000 units
Catalytic converter: 1,198,000 units
Number of employees
1,761
Note:
The number of employees is as of end of December 2011, and excludes fixed-term employees and short-term employees.

Events

Year
Month
Events
1973
April
Ground-breaking ceremony
1974
August
Plant No. 1 completed
1975
March
Ritual for safe operation of the plant held; processing of M engine's connecting rods and other parts for Crown commenced
August
Front exhaust pipe production commenced
December
Production of oil pans and other stamped parts commenced
1976
July
Completion ceremony held
1977
May
Plant No. 2 completed
July
Catalytic converters production commenced
1978
March
Production of L engine for the Crown and Hiace on No. 1 line commenced
July
Production of A engine for the Tercel and Corsa, which are the first Toyota front-wheel-drive vehicle, commenced
1979
March
All worksites adopt two-shift system on the commencement of production of new Corolla
1980
March
Production of G engine for new model Cresta commenced
1981
June
Plant No. 3 completed
1982
July
Production of turbocharger CT20 commence
1983
April
Operation of CKD packaging line commenced; Support provided for A engine production by TMCA in Australia and in the Philippines
1984
June
Cumulative engine production reaches 5 million units
November
Unit exports to NUMMI in the US commenced
1985
August
Production of 1G-GZ engine with supercharger for the Crown commenced
October
Cumulative A engine production reaches 5 million units
1987
May
Turbo production on No. 2 line commenced; another 3 Turbo production lines commenced until 1993
October
Cumulative engine production reaches 10 million units
1988
February
Cumulative converter production reaches 20 million units
1989
March
Cumulative turbo production reaches 1 million units
May
Cumulative converter production reaches 20 million units
June
Production of catalytic converters commenced by support recipient, TABC in the U.S.A.
July
Production of L engines commenced by support recipient, STM in Thailand
1990
September
Cumulative A engine production reaches 10 million units
1991
August
Clock tower installed commemorating cumulative Toyota production of 70 million vehicles in Japan
1992
August
Production of A engines commenced by support recipient, TMUK in UK
1994
April
Cumulative engine production reaches 20 million units
1995
October
Production of A engines commenced by support recipient, TMMC in Canada
1996
February
Support to TFTE in China (Tianjin Engine Project) commenced
1997
July
ZZ engine production commenced
1998
July
Production commenced by support recipient, TFTE in China
November
Production of ZZ engines commenced by support recipient, TMMWV in the U.S.
1999
January
External ISO 14001 certification obtained
October
Production of ZZ engines commenced by support recipient, TMUK in UK
2000
December
'Zero landfill waste' target achieved
2001
April
Production of AZ engine for the RAV4 and Noah commenced
2002
April
Cumulative ZZ engine production reaches 1 million units
July
Production of A engines ended (cumulative production: 16.90 million units)
2003
July
Cumulative L engine production reaches 5 million units
2004
April
Cumulative ZZ engine production reaches 2 million units
May
Cumulative AZ engine production reaches 10 million units
November
2GR engine production commenced
2005
May
Cumulative engine production reaches 30 million units
2006
June
Production of L engines ended and transferred to Toyota Industries Corporation (cumulative production: 5.3 million units)
September
Production on ZR engine line commenced
2007
January
Production of ZR engine on No. 2 line commenced
May
ZR engine production on No. 3 line commenced
October
ZR engine production on No. 4 line commenced
2008
May
G engine production ended (cumulative production: 4.30 million units)
June
Oil pan production line transferred to Pacific Industrial Co. Ltd
December
AZ engine production ended; production continues at Kamigo Plant ( cumulative production: 1.80 million units)
2009
April
ZR hybrid engine production commenced
April
Operation of general-purpose assembly line for hybrid engines commenced
2010
November
Small-scale line production commenced
2011
October
Production of Aqua exhaust manifold commenced

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