April 1938 Tianjin Toyota factory (
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/art-55...ticleTypeId=31 ) begins operation.
8/10/1938 Toyota Department store establishment.
10/1/1938 Toyota Motor Corporation industrial health insurance union establishment
11/3/1938 Mother Plant starts operation, Koromo Plant (pic take on that day:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr..._07/photo2.jpg)
Construction of the fist mother factory undergoes many great challenges, end of September , the plant is complete. The starting switch by Kiichiro's Toyota hand.
11/1938 Toyota Engineering Department Youth School opening (start of 1939 April
training manufacture education)
December 1938 “GB” type truck (
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/about_toy...l_vehicle.html ) (B type
engine loading and “GA” type improvement) this year of entry into
production, Toyota Motor Corporation distribution and dealership partnership established.
May 1939 Shanghai assembly battery factory starts entry into production
Operation.
June 1939 Start production on “ DB” type low floor style bus chassis.
June 1939 Each unit businesses enactment (personal stipulation and budget
stipulation etc.) establish operating rules.
Trial manufacture completion September 1939 “AE”
model medium-sized cars. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AA )
11/8/1939 Cooperation meeting starts
The November 8th first Toyota Motor Corporation subcontract forum
was held at Tokyo Kuramae Industrial Center, because the representation
of Toyota and cooperative factory representatives assures mutual friendship unity,
" Cooperation Council " was formed.
11/1939 “HB” type based on “GB” type, bus short chassis production starts.
December 1939 Toyota Japan, Ford corporation & NISSAN, a joint venture contract to temporary seal, deterioration relations Japan and America, it becomes flame
failure in joint venture contract)
1939 Annual Report: domestic sales, 1 million units, production 12 million units.
1940 A “New Japan” dealership represenatives announce at First Mother Plant.
2/20/1940 Tianjin factory, create separation plant, the North Chinese automobile industrial establishment.
3/8/1940 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd., seperates the integral steel section Toyota steelmaking establishment into an independent company “Totoda Steel Works” (present day Aichi steelmaking:
http://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/PROFILE/gaiyo.htm ,
http://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/index.html )( pic of the steel factory in 1940:
http://www.toyota-industries.com/cor.../image1940.jpg )