[JohnnyC]

This is something that was sent to me quite a while ago...just getting to translate it now....Very interesting stuff.

It's a data sheet of corperate data...very interesting to see the evolution of the company and to see what they were doing during WWII.

It's quite extensive...over 100 pages worth.

I'll be posting things day by day as i translate it...i'll also be adding some web sites to give a better perspective...and ...I will be going from the start to present day...so...check back every now and then to see more info...most updates that are significant i will highlight red...but i will be editing as i go along...if you have any significant info that might be helpfull pm me ok

I dont know if this is in the right area...maybe Woody can make a Toyota Historical Forum

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Originally Posted by JohnnyC

I dont know if this is in the right area...

Post it here. Sad it can't go in chat.

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Heck Johnny, they don't even have decent history in the FJ25 years.........think they're suppressing it for some reason....................

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

From the Toyota owners bible:

http://forums.off-road.com/attachmen...oyotabible.jpg

At least we know what they were thinking.....

[JohnnyC]

i'll start at the beginning Looms and Sewing Machines

i was reading this stuff and jumping around with it...but..i was getting dates and things messed up...soooo...from the top i'll go





1918 Janurary 30th, Sakichi Toyoda , Toyoda Boshoku Corporation was established (TOYOTA BOSHOKU | About Toyota Boshoku | History of Toyoda Boshoku).

Sakichi Toyoda (pic: Portrait of Toyoda, Sakichi - Larger image | Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures) founder and first president of Toyoda Boshoku Corp:
Born on March 19, 1867 ( i was under the understanding it was 2/14/1867) in the city of Kosai, Shizuoka .

His house see link: Shizuoka Guide : Area Guide : Western Area : Hamanako Lake Area : Detail

Born into a poor farmer community. His father was a carpenter, mother from morning till night weaving, which took alot of time and hard work. The family struggled and Sakichi Toyoda seeked to be an inventor.

His is called the "King of Japanese Inventors". Also creditted as starting the Japanese industrial revolution.

He created the "Toyoda-manual wooden loom" and later the Automatic Power Loom. Using the principle of Jidoka the loom stops itself when a problem occurs. This idea is to curb the waste and would eventually be the origin of the "Toyota Production System".

november 1923 handling automatic loom factory starts testing
• 1924 G-11 type automatic loom completed (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/67_p5_L.jpg)

See link: Sakichi Toyoda Wooden Hand Loom, Automatic Loom


Empire Japan Institute of Invention And Innovation newly
founds cotton spinning section in 1926 11

Kariya pilot plant which contributes million Yen,

18/11/1926 Machine production section of Toyota textiles separates becomes independent establishing the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
(present Toyota Industries Corporation 1867 - 1929 | History - TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION).

10/30/1930 Sakichi Toyoda passes away (for more on his life see link: TOYOTA Commemorative Musemum of Industry and Technology)

10/?/1930 The 1st small engine completed

March 1930 High Draft Spinning Frame completed

May 1933 Spinning frame exported to India from Toyoda Auto Loom Works, Ltd
( 1st exportation of any product from the factory)

Next October automotive structural study to begin, in conjunction with materials related to undertake research.

1/29/1934 extraordinary general meeting of shareholderses in research related to auto and steel production to the company's operations.

Deciding that capital would increase to 100 ten thousand Yen -> 300 ten thousand Yen.

Steelmaking department new established.

March 1934 Automobiles prototype manufacture factory is completed.

7/?/1934 steel mills (Iron Works) completion.

9/25/1934 “A” Type engine (automotive engine No. 1) was completed. (Toyota Type A engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

March 1935 Establishment of Toyoda Machinery Sales Corporation .

May 1935 Prototype car completion (“A1 Type” the first car). (Toyota AA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/67_p1_L.jpg , http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/67_p3_L.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a_Model_AA.jpg http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/67_p7_L.jpg)

8/25/1935 “G1” Type prototype truck completed. ( http://members.aon.at/walter_pickup/indexpa.jpg , http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/67_p2_L.jpg )

October 30th, 1935 "Five Main Principles of Toyoda" (TOYOTA: Company > Vision & Philosophy)
1. Always be faithful to your duties, thereby contributing to the Company and to the overall good.
2. Always be studious and creative, striving to stay ahead of the times.
3. Always be practical and avoid frivolousness.
4. Always strive to build a homelike atmosphere at work that is warm and friendly.
5. Always have respect for God, and remember to be grateful at all times.


November that year announcement of G1 Type truck production.

December 1935 the first Toyota car dealership to start sales, Sunrise Motors. (Present day Aichi Toyota Motor Corporation) Equipment and systems research to begin.

[JohnnyC]

January 1936 “DA” Type truck released

April 1936 “A4” type cars being produced (a revised production type A1 type)

Kariya automobile assembly plant completed May 1936

7/15/1936 “G1” type is the first auto/truck exported (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_GB#GB , http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/67_p4_L.jpg)

9/?/1936 Type “AA”, “AB” phaeton(http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_2_1_2.jpg), and truck “GA” announcement

Nissan automotive manufacturing business permitted by law 9/19/1936
(this means they registered as a company)

For more on Nissan see link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors

Toyota finance corp. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Financial_Services )established Oct 1936 funding by Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (at Toyota Tsusho Corporation http://www.toyota-tsusho.com/index.cfm ? ), Risaburo Toyoda president TFC

4/1937 dynamos, making on an experimental basis Electrical
equipment: starter, distributor and ignition coil.

8/28/1937 While August it holds Toyoda Automatic Loom Works
inaugural general meeting it continues the following 28 day
capital 12 million Yen, stock total number 24 million stocks (the stock acceptor equity underwriting total number 26 person) with completing establishment registration.

Toyoda Automatic Loom works ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Industries ) separates and the automotive sector, Toyota Motor Industries Ltd. ( Current day Toyota Motor Corporation http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota ) was inauguration and the president (the first-generation Toyota president) president Kiichiro Toyoda ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiichiro_Toyoda ) (the old toyoda logo on building 1936: http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr..._04/photo1.jpg) (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr...ov_dec_04.html)

9/20/1937 automobile production business laws, automobile production business from the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.

[JohnnyC]

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 )

[JohnnyC]

4/15/1940 Hiratsuka automobile part factory created thru joint capital investment.

9/14/1940 Creation of Riken Corp. a development and research company for the development of automotive goods.

February 1941 “AE” type medium passenger car production starts “New Japan”

5/01/1941 Creation of Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. In order to produce the special purpose machine which is suited for mass production, to separate free the machine tool section, obtaining the establishment permission with machine tool production.

7/21/1941 Kiitirou Toyoda president inauguration

December 1941 Pre-War output set at 2066 units per month.

Historical Note: December 7, 1941 Japan’s attach on Pearl Harbor.

2/1942 Shanghai factory established Toyota’s china automotive industry expansion.

2/1/1942 Toyoda central cotton spinning establishment to separate.

March 1942 “KB” type truck production started (improved “GB” type)

Taken from Wikipedia.com, the free encyclopedia “KB-Type, An update to the GB to make it more suitable for war time production. The body was still made from steel but was of a simpler design with less curves. Production was 21130 units between 1942 and 1944. Similar to the GB.”

April 1942 “LB” type truck ( “KB” type short chassis) production started.

June 1942 Aircraft section starts production.

I had heard rumor of this in the past…and it’s not confirmed from Toyota…I had heard that they worked on aircraft props and canopies and interior components.

10/3/1942 Opening of Toyota Hospital ( pic of the hospital: http://www.toyota-industries.com/cor.../image1943.jpg ) (present day KARIYA TOYOTA General Hospital, link: http://www.toyota-kai.or.jp/ )

[JohnnyC]

Found this on the web...a great writeup on the history of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works.

from web site: TOYODA AUTOMATIC LOOM WORKS, LTD.</name> -- Company History

TOYODA AUTOMATIC LOOM WORKS, LTD.



Address:
2-1, Toyoda-cho
Kariya-City,
Aichi
448
Japan

Telephone: (0566) 22-2511
Fax: (0566) 23-3255


Statistics:
Public Company
Incorporated: 1926
Employees: 6,837
Sales: ¥437.44 billion (US$3.04 billion)
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya


Company History:
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (Loom Works) is the originator of the Toyota Group of companies and is recognized as a diversified corporation whose central activities include automobile assembly and the manufacture of automobile components, industrial vehicles, and textile machinery. Founded in the 1920s to produce and sell automatic looms, the company is one of Japan's larger integrated manufacturers of textile machinery, producing both weaving and spinning machines, and the largest domestic manufacturer of forklift trucks. The company manufactures engines for Toyota Motor Corporation passenger cars in addition to diesel engines for the industrial vehicles it produces, which are marketed under the Toyota name.

Since World War II, Loom Works's focus has shifted gradually from textile machinery to automobiles, with a growing percentage of its activities involving consignment work for Toyota, which owns better than 20% of Loom Works's stock. In the past two decades Loom Works has established joint ventures in the United States with other Toyota Group members for the local production of two of its principal products, air conditioner compressors and industrial vehicles. It also has attracted compressor-production work from major U.S. automobile manufacturers. Additions to its U.S. production facilities exemplify Loom Works's future plans, which call for increased manufacturing and sales activities in the U.S. market.

Toyoda Automatic Loom Works owes its original emphasis to Sakichi Toyoda, a well-known Japanese inventor and entrepreneur who perfected Japan's first power-driven loom in 1897. During the next three decades Toyoda went on to acquire 84 patents while developing 35 loom models.

Prior to World War I, Toyoda was involved in the formation of a number of small thread-producing and textile-machinery factories and companies, but it was the war that helped firmly establish the beginning of the Toyoda empire by fueling an economic boom for spinning mills. Based on a factory he had built a few years earlier, Toyoda established Toyoda Spinning and Weaving, in 1918 to produce high-quality thread for the automatic loom he was developing. Three years later Toyoda established Toyoda Spinning and Weaving Works, in Shanghai.

In 1925 Toyoda perfected an automatic loom designed for mass production, and installed 320 automatic looms in a pilot plant in Nagoya. In 1926 he separated the loom-production department of Toyoda Spinning and Weaving and established Toyoda Automatic Loom Works in Kariya, Japan, to concentrate on the production of automatic looms.

Capitalized at ¥1 million, the new company soon became the main firm of the Toyoda family's enterprises. Toyoda's eldest son by adoption, Risaburo Toyoda, was named president, and Kiichiro Toyoda, Sakichi Toyoda's oldest natural son, was named managing director in charge of loom production. Sakichi Toyoda had been unable to make his natural son, Kiichiro, president of Loom Works and heir to the family's fortune because of Sakichi's adoption in 1915 of Risaburo, the husband of his oldest daughter and younger brother of Kazuo Kodama, who was head of the Mitsui Trading branch in Nagoya. Sakichi Toyoda had become indebted to Kazuo Kodama when Mistui Trading financed his 1914 move into cotton spinning.

In 1927 construction of a foundry, iron works, and woodwork shop near the Loom Works's headquarters was completed, and the company began production and sales of the Toyoda G-Type Automatic Loom. The new looms were sold for ¥630, or about three times the cost of conventional looms because one worker could operate 25 of the Toyoda looms at a time. Sales quickly took off as textile producers automated their operations in order to cut production costs.

Sakichi Toyoda had acquired both domestic and overseas patent rights for his automatic loom, and in 1929 he agreed to sell all of those rights excluding those for Japan, China, and the United States. The Platt Brothers of Great Britain, the world's largest manufacturer of spinning and weaving machinery, purchased the patents for ¥100,000, worth about ¥1 million in Japan. Sakichi Toyoda then gave the entire sum to his son Kiichiro to invest in automobile research. Sakichi Toyoda died a year after he sold his automatic loom patents, leaving his goal of producing automobiles in the hands of Kiichiro Toyoda.

Kiichiro Toyoda, a mechanical engineer who had studied at the University of Tokyo, handled most of the initial engineering work on the study of automobiles. In 1930, he set aside a corner of the Loom Works plant for his research and began working on the development of a small gasoline engine. Kiichiro Toyoda was also instrumental in the development of several new products that Loom Works began manufacturing that year, including high-draft spinning frames, a carding machine, and other machines used in raw textile spinning processes.

In 1931 Loom Works began buying and testing engine components made by foreign producers, while seeking domestic firms that could copy parts. Risaburo Toyoda initially viewed the investment in automobile research as risky, but Kiichiro Toyoda maintained enough power in the company to establish a Loom Works automobile division in 1933. Kiichiro Toyoda began recruiting Japanese automobile experts, and later that year the automobile division purchased a new Chevrolet car and began disassembling it to analyze the vehicle's components. By the end of 1933, Kiichiro Toyoda's staff completed a prototype motorcycle engine.

In 1934 Kiichiro Toyoda convinced stockholders to raise the capitalization of the company to ¥3 million and add automobile and steel manufacturing to the businesses included in Loom Works articles of incorporation. Soon afterwards, the company began construction of a pilot automobile plant and steel mill within the Loom Works's compound.

With increased funding, automobile research and production activities were stepped up in 1934. The company's engine-casting specialist, Suda Takatoshi, was dispatched to the United States to study automobile factories, materials, and the manufacturing of components. By the end of the year, Loom Works had developed the Model A-1 engine, its first prototype automobile engine.

In May 1935 Loom Works completed its first prototype passenger car, the Model A1, comprised of a Chrysler body and many parts from Ford and Chevrolet automobiles. About the same time, the Japanese government began to firm up particulars of the pending Bill Concerning the Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, which was being designed to promote domestic production of automobiles. Kiichiro Toyoda learned that the bill would place an emphasis on the production of trucks, and Loom Works quickly began trial development of trucks. Full-scale production of motor vehicles was initiated in July 1935, and the following month stockholders agreed to double the company's capitalization to ¥6 million to help fund increased automobile activities. In September the prototype Model G1 truck was completed. Loom Works established an automobile sales department in 1935, and hired Shotaro Kamiya, a former executive at General Motors's Japan subsidiary, to head up the sales efforts.

In 1936 the Bill Concerning the Manufacture of Motor Vehicles became law, and Loom Works was licensed as one of two automobile-production companies in Japan. Construction of a new automobile-assembly plant on land near the Loom Works's facilities was completed in May 1936 and included an electronics department, which later became Nippondenso Company. That same year officials changed the name of its automobile from Toyoda to Toyota, believing the new name was easier to pronounce and would generate greater advertising appeal.

By the end of 1936 Loom Works's automobile products included the Model AA passenger car; and open-top version of the Model AA called the AB Phaeton; the Model GA truck, which was an improved version of the G1; and the Model DA bus chassis.

Once the 1936 automobile industry law was approved, Risaburo Toyoda threw his support behind the company's automobile operations, believing the venture could be profitable. Construction of an automobile plant in Koromo followed, but working capital was short. In March 1937 Loom Works's stockholders agreed to separate the automobile division and form the Toyota Motor Corporation, (TMC) in a move to attract additional investors. Risaburo Toyoda was named TMC president, and Kiichiro Toyoda was named executive vice president.

After Japan entered World War II in 1938, Loom Works manufactured parts for TMC for a brief period. Later that year, Loom Works, as other Japanese industries, came under government control, and it began performing ordnance work for the military. In 1939 Loom Works expanded its steel works plant and then began construction of a new steel mill. The following year the steel division was separated from Loom Works, and Toyoda Steel Works, now Aichi Steel Works, was established. Loom Works transferred all its steel equipment and facilities to the new company as an investment.

In 1941 Risaburo Toyoda became chairman of TMC, and Kiichiro Toyoda was named president. By that time TMC had become the nucleus of the Toyota Group, and Kiichiro Toyoda set up a planning council to serve as a liaison group between TMC, Toyoda Steel Works, and Toyoda Machine Works--a machinery-producing factory developed by Toyota in 1937 and spun off as an independent company earlier in 1941. In 1944 Loom Works established a plant in Obu to manufacture castings for automotive parts, including compressor cylinders, cylinder blocks, and crankshafts.

Following World War II Loom Works began taking parts orders from TMC to fill the gap left by ordnance work. Loom Works's textile business began picking up after a 1947 restoration policy put a rush on cotton-spinning-machinery orders, and about this same time the company abandoned its parts work for TMC.

Risaburo Toyoda became Loom Works's first chairman in 1948, and Taizo Ishida was named president. Ishida had served Loom Works as a managing director and the company's first representative on the TMC planning council. In 1949 Loom Works went public and listed its stock on the Tokyo, Nogoya, and Osaka stock exchanges.

While business blossomed for Loom Works in the early postwar years, a cut-off of Reconstruction Finance Bank loans in 1949 and growing recessionary conditions in the automobile industry had edged TMC ever-closer to the brink of bankruptcy during the same span. In 1950 TMC announced it would reduce personnel by a third, and a two-month strike ensued. The labor dispute was resolved after Kiichiro Toyoda and other top executives agreed to take responsibility for the automaker's financial plight, and voluntary resignations from laborers followed.

Taizo Ishida agreed to replace Kiichiro Toyoda as TMC president, while maintaining similar duties at Loom Works. While Ishida knew little about automobile production at the time, he realized that Loom Works's future was closely tied to that of TMC, while Toyota Group members recognized that Ishida had been successful in rebuilding Loom Works after World War II.

Ishida initially agreed to serve as TMC president only temporarily, with Kiichiro Toyoda expected to resume his former post once the automaker's financial position had improved; but in 1952 Kiichiro Toyoda died, and Ishida agreed to remain as chief executive of TMC to carry out Kiichiro Toyoda's program of small-car development. That same year Risaburo Toyoda died, leaving Loom Works without a chairman for the next 17 years.

In 1952 Loom Works began manufacturing engines and stamping dies for Toyota automobiles. In 1953, the company established a new plant in Kyowa to manufacture engines and assemble vehicles for Toyota. That same year, on the recommendation of TMC Managing Director Eiji Toyoda, Loom Works initiated the development of forklift vehicles.

In 1955 Loom Works completed its first prototype forklift, a one-ton machine powered by a Type-S engine. The following year the company began manufacturing forklifts, and Toyota Motor Sales Company, formed in 1950 as a sales affiliate for TMC, announced it would market the new forklift and sell the product under the brand name Toyota Forklift.

In 1960 Loom Works began manufacturing automobile air conditioner compressors. That same year, the company established a forklift assembly line at its Kyowa plant and expanded its product line there to include 11 types of forklifts, as well as towing tractors and shovel loaders. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) began appointing Toyota forklift dealers exclusively to handle industrial vehicles in 1961. By the end of the year Loom Works had climbed to number one in the domestic forklift market. In 1966 Loom Works secured its first major overseas forklift contract, a 188-machine order from the Singapore Port Authority.

Loom Works opened a plant in Nagakusa for the assembly of small commercial vehicles in 1967. In the same year the company began looking outside the Toyota Group for technical collaborations that could improve its fiber machinery and looms; it entered into an agreement with Rieter Machine Works, of Switzerland, for the production of manmade-fiber machinery. The following year Loom Works produced its first open-end spinning machine. In 1968 the Loom Works agreed to a technical tie-in for loom development with Ruti Machinery Works, of Switzerland. In 1969 Ishida was named chairman, a post that had been vacant since the death of Risaburo Toyoda, and Keiji Gonda was named president.

In 1970 Loom Works opened its 84-acre Takahama plant. With a capacity to produce 30,000 units a year, it was the largest factory in the world exclusively devoted to the production of industrial vehicles. In 1971 Loom Works and Sulzer Brothers, of Switzerland, formed the joint venture Toyoda-Sulzer Company, to produce shuttleless projectile looms. That same year, Loom Works joined with George Fischer, Ltd., in a technical tie-in for the production of foundry equipment.

The management of Loom Works returned to the Toyoda family in 1973, when Yoshitoshi Toyoda, nephew of Sakichi Toyoda, replaced Gonda as president. Increased Toyota Group involvement with Loom Works activities followed, and that same year TMS established an overseas industrial-vehicle department, further strengthening marketing efforts of Loom Works-produced industrial vehicles. TMC and Loom Works established the joint venture Toyoda Industrial Trucks U.S.A., in 1974, to manufacture and sell industrial trucks in the United States

By 1975 Loom Works's cumulative production of industrial vehicles had reached 200,000 and the cumulative production of commercial vehicles had reached 500,000. Loom Works began manufacturing compressors for Chrysler and Ford in 1977, and within a year cumulative production of compressors had topped five million units.

In 1978 Loom Works began manufacturing shuttleless rapier looms and also began making the Starlet passenger car for TMC. Sales of open-end spinning machines also got a boost in 1979 when the Chinese government agreed to purchase 10,000 machines in a contract worth about ¥1.6 billion. Between 1977 and 1980, overseas production and marketing activities, as well as increased consignments from TMC, helped push Loom Works's net sales from ¥140.5 billion to ¥208.4 billion while net profits rose from ¥5.6 billion to ¥9.8 billion.

In 1980 Loom Works began manufacturing quieter air-jet looms, known as JA models, in a new facility built on the premises of its main Kariya plant. That same year the company established its first U.S. subsidiary, Toyoda Textile Machinery. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the subsidiary was formed to promote sales of the new air-jet looms in the U.S. market.

In a 1980 move to strengthen the sales system of industrial vehicles, Loom Works and TMC each purchased 20% of Tomen Transportgerate, a German company involved in import and sale of Toyota industrial vehicles. Following the 1982 merger of TMC and TMS, Toyota engineers began working in product development at Loom Works, where sales of industrial vehicles had been sluggish since the oil crises of the 1970s. In 1982 Loom Works opened its Hekinan plant and began manufacturing a new diesel engine, which was developed with the assistance of TMC earlier that year.

While sales continued to rise, Loom Works's profits slipped in 1982 and were sluggish in 1983, due in part to increased fixed costs and a decrease in Toyota automobile consignments. In 1984 Toyota Industrial Trucks, U.S.A. merged with TMS, strengthening the joint venture's sales capacity by adding new staff and managerial resources. The product line was further diversified to include such construction vehicles as a skid steer loader.

Increased sales of industrial vehicles and a continuous rise in compressor exports, including 750,000 compressors per year going to Ford, helped Loom Works's profit rise above ¥10 billion in 1985. In 1985 Loom Works founded an electronics division at its Kyowa plant, for long-term research-and-development activities beyond the scope of other divisions. That same year the company developed an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) equipped with a microcomputer, and then installed the AGV, along with industrial robots, at its forklift-producing Takahama plant as part of a new, flexible manufacturing system. In recognition of its efforts to improve quality on a company- wide basis, a year later Loom Works received the prestigious Deming Award for quality control.

In 1986 Loom Works's profits leaped by nearly ¥2 billion. The following year, Loom Works was one of seven Japanese forklift manufacturers to be fined a dumping penalty by the U.S. Commerce Department. In 1987, profits dipped because of rapid appreciation of the yen, and remained sluggish the following year. In response to that appreciation, and to avoid further dumping penalties, Loom Works and TMC in 1988 chose Columbus, Indiana, as a site to establish their joint venture, Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing. Loom Works received 80% ownership in the forklift manufacturing corporation.

In 1988 Loom Works's cumulative production of compressors topped 40 million units, with three-quarters of those units manufactured the six previous years. After securing compressor business with General Motors, in 1989 Loom Works and Nippondenso Company, another Toyota Group member, established the 50-50 joint venture, Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc. The new company was set up in Jackson, Michigan, for the manufacture of compressors and magnetic clutches. That same year Gentaro Tsuji was named chairman, filling a position that had been vacant for 15 years.

Beefed-up production of textile machinery, industrial vehicles, and compressors helped profits rebound in 1989 to a new high of ¥12.9 billion. Loom Works closed the decade with vehicle assembly representing 42% of sales, while the manufacture of industrial vehicles and compressors each accounted for nearly one-quarter of all sales. The manufacture of engines accounted for 15% of all revenues, and textile machinery contributed nearly 10% of revenues.

GOOD SEWING MACHINE THREAD :
http://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-se...nes-looms.html

[JohnnyC]

3/29/1943 Kawasaki aircraft with Toyoda establish Tokai aircraft company (present day Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. http://www.aisin.com/profile/history/index.html See link: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...y-History.html

(EDIT: New Cool Infomation...as it turns out Mr. Honda Soichiro the founder of Honda Corp. was working as director of the Tokai company: http://www.honda.com.vn/web/Default....316&lang=vi-VN for more on Honda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda ) (Tokai anti-sub aircraft: http://www.ijnafphotos.com/jbwq1w1.htm)

March 1943, “AC” type cars based on the “AA” type are being produced.(http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_4_1_2.jpg)

May 1943 Toyoda sets up Kariya rubber factory, Nagoya (present day Toyoda Gosei Co., http://www.toyoda-gosei.com/ )

June 1943, “BA” type car (improvement on “AE” type) starts production.

11/03/1943 Central cotton spinning merger in acordance to the national policy, reorganization integration of the spinning industry, the leading improvement (Kariya south & north, Nakagawa's each factory) diverts to aircraft section. Merger of central cotton spinning the center of business of the Toyota group light industry moves to the machine of the heavy industry from the fiber industry.

Nov 1943 “KC” type truck (wartime model of “KB” type) starts production (http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/626l)

Nov 1943 amphibious type 4x4 starts production (see post: http://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/182354-amphibious-toyota-wwii.html )

Nov 1943 Kariya (north korea?) north aircraft engine plant factory cancellation

1/17/1944 Munitions companies trial manufacture completion, completion of trial manufacture.

1/1944 "large-sized B" high-class car production…government official

7/10/1944 “AK 10” type four wheel drive 4 prototype completion. (This is the predecessor to the Land Cruiser see post: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-group/181527-toyota-ak10-picture.html )

[JohnnyC]

July 1944, Tokyo takes devastating bombing.

7/1944 Junior high school student body mobilization, military and naval draftee hiring.

December 1944, “TR 10” type, 4 ton tractor construction.

1/6/1945 Tokyo takes many damages, large air raid.

3/10/1945, Air raids, large portion of the Shibaura factory burning and the Osaka branch total destruction (14 days) start the dispersal.

3/11/1945, Nagoya air raid.

3/20/1945, Air raid Tokyo under flame fire.

4/14/1945, Tokyo air raid.

May 1945, Mother plant factories as a precaution measure to start evacuation.

June/1945 Osaka bombed (see map: http://www.servas-japan.org/images/japan-trip.gif )

June 1945, Counterespionage, naming of the office modification (the first mother factory protection name now “national 20th factory” modification)

Historical Note: ( 8/06/1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 8/09/1945 Atomic bombing of Nagasaki. See link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_...a_and_Nagasaki )

8/14/1945 Mother Plant bombed (see map: mother plant is located in the Aichi Prefecture #1 on index http://www.servas-japan.org/images/japan-trip.gif ) (UPDATE: Site Shows the Bombing of the Toyota Factory, using "Pumpkin bombs" called this due to the shape and color of the bomb 'orange' ironic to have found this out on Nov 31st. http://www48.tok2.com/home/yamabiko/...bingphoto.html )

Historical Note: ( 8/15/1945 Imperial Army of Japan surrenders to allied forces. Signing of “Instrument of Surrender” was September 2nd, 1945.)

8/31/1945 Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. industrial establishment (the present Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.) (http://www.toyota-body.co.jp/english.../index.html)As for the Kariya factory, since completing the first mother factory it advances to the principal occupation, conversion of the body, Corporate deciding separation independence. First capital payment was completed on August 1st, but the registration is completed on August 31st, after the termination of
war.

[JohnnyC]

10/1945 Toyota to restoration of first mother factory Shibaura factory.

1/19/1946 Union formation at Toyota Motor Corperation

01/20/1946 Aichi factory (http://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/ENGLISH/), it is appointed as to the compensation facility (May 28th was lifted) (used for the rebuilding efforts?)

4/1946 Mitsui Group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsui_Group ) specified limits on corporation. Showa sets cancellation April 11th 1951. (http://www.jref.com/glossary/emperor...to_showa.shtml ) Temporary provisional reconstruction bureau starts.

Inviting the representatives of automobile distribution in 5/18/1946 from the entire countrie to the first mother factory.

1946 05 28 Each factory of Korea north & south, in compensation integrity facility appointment (August 16th cancellation, 1948 March 1st Korea south cancellation and 1952 April 28th Korea north cancellation per Showa)

1946 07 Tokyo cooperation Yutaka meeting start ( Showa in 1957 April
Kanto cooperation Yutaka council rename http://www.kanto-aw.co.jp/en/corporate/history/)

It is appointed to 1946 08 11 special accounting companies
(1951 May 7th cancellation per Showa)

11/16/1946 Toyota Motor Corporation marketing cooperative start (new
name to 1948 May 26th Toyota dealer association)
Each manufacturer's sales reorganization will proceed in a series, the Toyota Motor Corporation marketing cooperative started, in chief director Takeshi Saburo
Kikuchi, elected Yamaguchi Noboru in secondary chief director, started
activity.

01/27/1947 Kansai cooperation Yutaka meeting

01/1947 Trial manufacture completion of “SA” type model Cars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_SA ) “Toyopet Model SA “ (http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/...early-toyotas/ )

03/1947 Entry into production of “BM” type large truck. (bm on the right and kc on left: http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/625l, bm panel truck: http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/627l)

Update: from: http://grandjdm.com/category/toyota/ “During and after WWII, supplies of gasoline were low in Japan. To cope with this, a truck—equipped with a “wood gas generator”—went into production. Compared to gasoline-powered autos, the lack of power in this truck was impossible to ignore. People often had to get out and push them up hills. Approximately 26,000 of these trucks were produced (based on the Toyota BM model), and at the time were the primary type of available truck.”



04/1947 US military car repair job

04/1947 Entry into production of “SB” type small trucks (the
Toyota first small truck http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/40_p1_L.jpg)

06/03/1947 GHQ memorandum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GHQ ) production permission of 50 large-sized cars.

09/1947 General public offering, "Toyopet" the small car to be determined.

10/1947 Entry into production of “SA” type model small-sized cars
(Toyota’s first small-sized car http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/40_p2_L.jpg), to Okinawa the “BM” type
large-sized truck, “SA” type small-sized car export (after the war
to Egypt the first export)

1947 100,000th Toyota vehicle produced domestically (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/40_p3_L.jpg)

[JohnnyC]

Very Intersting Update to post #11 scroll down and see as well as post #10

On the site there is a letter from Frederick C. Bock the commander of the c-13 one of the three b-29's used on that bombing run.

he's quoating Mr.Toyoda who wrote in his book "Toyota: Fifty Years in Motion" that the third bomb (Commander Bock's Plane) "Fell right on the money, leveling about a quarter of the plant."

Commander Bock's plane goes by the name of "Bockscar".

Recent Photo: "Bockscar" info: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...et.asp?id=2546 and also: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac....asp?fsID=2546

So very interesting "Bockscar" also dropped the second atomic bomb: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...et.asp?id=3359

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Originally Posted by JohnnyC

On the site there is a letter from Frederick C. Bock the commander of the c-13 one of the three b-29's used on that bombing run.

he's quoating Mr.Toyoda who wrote in his book "Toyota: Fifty Years in Motion" that the third bomb (Commander Bock's Plane) "Fell right on the money, leveling about a quarter of the plant."

I wonder how that letter was received............ I was familiar with that plane from a number of trips to WPAFB as a kid, very interesting.


I've been reading Johnny, keep it coming....

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Me too, very good stuff man! Keep it up!

[JohnnyC]

02/08/1948 excessive economic deconcentration law specified methods (1949 January 21st cancellation by Showa)

03/25/1948 Unionization of the entire Japanese automobile production labor unions.

4/1948 Kiitirou Toyota inaugurated as president of the Automobile Manufacturers Association.

8/1948 Audit improvement rooms management investigation room start.

8/1948 “SA” type compact car public service testing (Nagoya and Osaka to rush and to win the competition?)

10/1948 Radiator section of first mother factory of South Korea factory, North Korea factory moving (as for North Korea factory in electrical section new name)

11/22/1948 Automobile production five year plan decision (24 year implementation stop on the way)

02/01/1949 invention device handling rules enactment (March 1st invention device commission opening)

03/31/1949 Dealing with approximately 1,180,000 Yen of overseas assets showing loss.

04/29/1949 Unions, opposing to the amendment of Labor Union Law, after the forming it does the first strike.

04/1949 Kiitirou Toyota elected as chairman of the Automotive Export Association.

05/1949 BL model low floor style buses enter production.

06/1949 Nakagawa automobile factory sector closed.

07/1949 “BS” type truck starts production (short chassis of “BM” type)

11/1949 “SD” type small-sized passenger cars start production.

12/16/1949 Nippondenso Co., Ltd.( http://www.globaldenso.com/en/aboutdenso/history/ ) Aichi porcelain enamel established. Porcelain enamel ironware production section of electrical factory and Nakagawa factory was separated.

12/24/1949 labor unions and the wage cut one tenth, lowering work force reduction of wages the memorandum of the effect which is not done.

12/24/1949 108,820,000 yen from banking syndicate is received.

12/1949 Introduction of using statistical quality controls.

12/1949 Okinawa, US military competitive bidding, 100 units of trucks this year of entire quantity successful bid.

Beginning to send to exports to Taiwan, large-sized truck this year. (http://translate.google.com/translat...6safe%3Dactive)

04/07/1950 The labor dispute which is related to work force reductions Starts.

04/22/1950 Announcing the company's revival plan, 1600 people seeking voluntary retirement, Kamata Shibaura plant closure.

05/19/1950 Kiichiro Toyoda inaugurated as chairman Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan.

06/07/1950 Yutakapurekon founded. ???

06/10/1950 labor disputes to conclude, the Kamata Shibaura factory closing June 9th, union accepted company reconstruction plan, between the company and union, the memorandum of company reconstruction was sealed on following 10th.(http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr...ay_jun_06.html)

06/23/1950 Kamiya, because of corporation problem and automobile market inspection of Ford Corp., American visit.

06/1950 Costa Rica beginning import “SB” type small truck.

07/11/1950 Eiji Toyoda, circumstances automobile inspection, going to American visit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Eiji)

[JohnnyC]

(Historical Note Korean War/Conflict starts to escalate end of June, 1950 see link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_war )

07/31/1950 Receiving an order Korean military special procurement of 1000 units.

08/29/1950 Receiving an order third Korean special procurement of 2329 units.

09/15/1950 “Toyota Newspaper” organizes in-house magazine to start.

10/03/1950 Managing director Hisashi Saito because of one routine work and automobile circumstance inspection American visit.

12/1950 “BDR” type patrol cars production starts. ( “SB” modification?)( see link for “SB” patrol car http://www.oramagazine.com/pastIssue...-old-iron.html )

02/1951 Production facilities modernization five year plan. Monthly output goal of 2000 units, import machine of high efficiency & high accuracy was introduced, quality productivity improvement was assured.

03/01/1951 Fourth order received Korean procurement 1350 units.

03/31/1951 After the war executing new allotment balancing of accounts. In the three years since conduct dividend.

1951 May, Automobile marketing, it seals to Okinawa Toyota and sales
agency contract.

1951 June, Large-sized 2000 ton press works.

08/01/1951 “BX” type large sized trucks start production.(pic of the BX being designed: http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr..._06/photo2.jpg)

08/01/1951 “BJ” type Toyota Jeeps start production. (This is the predecessor to all “Land Cruisers” see link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_BJ also: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-group/182483-toyota-bj-jeep-thread.html )

10/01/1951 “SF” type cars start production. (see link for S-Type: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_SF#SF http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/504l )

Work starts on Zone management system, October 1951.

[JohnnyC]

1952 Shoichiro Toyoda: "My father's dream, and my grandfather's dream before that, has grown so big that it lives on even after their death," ( http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr...ar_apr_05.html)



01/07/1952 TWI introduced (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_Within_Industry) (Eventuality of the Toyota way http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toyota_Way )

02/1952 Exportation of 100 units “FX” type large sized truck to Brazil

03/27/1952 Kiichiro Toyoda Sacred Treasure passes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiichiro_Toyoda)

03/1952 “SG” type truck released (http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_15_1_1_2.jpg ) (Fromwikipedia.org: “An update to the SB, sharing components with the SF.”)

04/1952 The introduction of managerial accounting systems

07/01/1952 “SF” type price cut for small class car sales

09/1952 “BQ” type four wheel drive truck production and exporting (Predecessor to the “FQ” see link for FQ: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/87882-toyota-fq-15-a.html )

11/03/1952 Corporate song, corporate flag enactment.

12/25/1952 Toyota transport corp by land established (present Toyota transport)

01/01/1953 “SF” type price second reduction for small car sales

02/1953 1236 units of six wheel drive trucks ordered.

03/14/1953 Tokyo Toyopet established

03/31/1953 company typical slogans deciding "Good Thinking, Good Products." (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr...ay_jun_05.html)

04/20/1953 Petroleum and automotive lube sales agreement

04/1953 Engine production transferred, “S” (From wikipedia.org: 1947-? - 1.0 L (995 cc) S ) Engine to Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. ( "S" engine : http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...html%26hl%3Den)

06/11/1953 August compromise of labor dispute beginning.

06/1953 automobile marketing, "dolphin" sale (in September "castle" trade mark modification) ??? your guess is as good as mine toyota did have the dolphin camper version in the 80’s LOL

Toyota Industries, Towa real estate investment August 10th 1953. (see link: http://www.towa-fudousan.co.jp/)

09/25/1953 Toyopet Super (“RH” type) sales (From wikipedia.org: “A further update to the SF but with the newly designed Type R engine. This was also made into BH26 Police Patrol Car and the BH28 Ambulance by using the Type B 6 cylinder engine and a longer front end. The RH was succeeded by the similar
1955 RR Master and the much more modern 1955 RS Crown. The RH was also known as the Super.” http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_5_2_2.jpg)

09/1953 “RK” type small pickup trucks released (http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/496l)

12/1953 IBM statistical accounting machines introduced to system. ( see link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_101 http://home.highway.ne.jp/tokizane/R...s/chist12J.htm)

[JohnnyC]

04/1954 “FA” type large sized truck release ( http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-group/49385-toyota-fa-truck.html , Fire truck FA http://www.hagertyagent.com/images/F...k-64Toyota.jpg )

06/07/1954 Toyopet service centers establishment, automobile marketing.

06/24/1954 Toyota Jeep to “Land Cruiser” decision.
(From http://en.wikipedia.org: 1954 - The name "Land Cruiser" was created by the technical director Hanji Umehara. "In England we had another competitor - Land Rover. I had to come up with a name for our car that would not sound less dignified than those of our competitors. That is why I decided to call it 'Land Cruiser'," he recalls)

07/11/1954 Toyopet Super reduction price

09/01/1954 Toyopet truck ( “SKB” type) released (latter day toyoace)

10/1954 technical main buildings (technical center) completion.

01/05/1955 Toyopet Crown (“RS” type http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_7_1_2.jpg , “RR” type http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_7_3_2.jpg ) released (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:T...neration01.jpg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Crown From http://en.wikipedia.org: The RR Master was a further update to the SF/RH with an updated body.The RS Crown was designed to replace the Super in 1955 but Toyota wasn't sure if its independent front coil suspension and its suicide type rear doors were too radical for the taxi market to bear. So the Super was updated, renamed the Master and sold alongside the Crown. When sales of the Crown proved worthwhile, the RR Master was discontinued in November 1956. Production facilities for the Master were transferred to the Crown.[9]
The RR Master's body panels were used in cut-down form as an economical and fast way to design the new ST10 Corona in 1957. A later variant of the Crown was called the Masterline to distinguish it from other variants of the Crown.)

01/19/1955 Workers Union renamed to Toyota Motor Corporation Union

02/07/1955 Toyota management workshop start

04/05/1955 establishing automobile marketing and the Toyota old car sale, used car sales.

08/28/1955 Toyopet Master reduction

11/01/1955 Master line pickup, Master line van ( http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_15_2_1_2.jpg ) (“RR 16” and “RR 17”) released.

11/01/1955 Nagoya, Toyota building completed construction.

11/1955 Land cruiser - loading the F type engine

11/1955 automobile marketing, dispatching the first overseas resident representative to the Brazilian Sao Paulo.

12/09/1955 Crown deluxe (“RSD” type http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_7_2_2.jpg ) to sell, simultaneously
Crown 45000 Yen reductions.

[JohnnyC]

01/01/1956 Toyopet light track (“SKB” type), 72,000 Yen reductions.

02/01/1956 automobile marketing, area charge personnel room inauguration ????

02/01/1956 automobile marketing, survey room and to the development of scientific demand prediction law start.

02/21/1956 World Bank ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank )signing to the loan contract worthy of 2,350,000 dollars.

03/01/1956 foreign country Planning Office and the examination of the advance to Brazil production.

03/1956 forklifts (the “LA” style: http://www.toyota-industries.com/cor...tory_pic09.jpg ) It places one ton product fork lift which the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. develops & produces in the sale net and start the advance to an industrial vehicle market. ( see link for Toyota Material Handling Company: http://www.global-toyotaforklifts.com/index.html )

05/1956 Launching of Toyopet trucks (the “RK” 23 style)

05/1956 Launching of Toyopet route trucks (the “RK” 52 style)

The nickname of the Toyopet light truck (the SKB style) to "Toyoace" decision by 07/18/1956 general public offerings, nickname recruitment. "Toyoace" is chosen out of 200,000 applications and thereafter Toyoace take an active part greatly as the popular-priced truck. (http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/497l )

07/1956 Automobile compensations, Land Cruiser and the like etc., it exports to Burma.

08/13/1956 Crown substantial price cut of passenger cars (crown 75,000 yen, deluxe 50,000 yen, master 50,000 yen)

09/22/1956 Announcement in the first mother factories of the experimental production cars. popular-priced cars.

Adoption of decline sales systems, 02/01/1957

02/05/1957 Bangkok place of business inauguration promotion to (in May branch office starts)

02/1957 TOYOTA Diesel store inauguration.

03/14/1957 “DA 60” (http://www.tam-web.net/omoide/bbsdata/500l ) large Diesel trucks “DA” type.

04/03/1957 Automobile marketing dept, establishing the Far Eastern chain.

04/1957 The first exportation of Crown and the like to Ethiopia.

05/01/1957 Department stores the sales start of the TOYOTA car (Kyoto Daimaru, Inc department stores http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimaru )

05/23/1957 Ship loading of 20 crowns as the real exportation at the beginning of the domestic production passenger car to Okinawa

05/27/1957 Chubu Japanese automobile schools. It becomes the model school of the automobile school, carries out great role in promotion of motorization. (http://www.chubu-gu.ac.jp/cgu/ interesting its located in Gifu)

07/01/1957 Launching of Toyopet Coronas (the ST 10 style)(http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_08_7_5_2.jpg)(http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...html%26hl%3Den)

08/25/1957 Sample exportation of the Crown to America.

08/1957 Launching of ”DB70” type diesel engine buses.("FB" version of the bus can be seen here: http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.p...87#post2742687)

10/31/1957 In America the Toyota motor sales USA corporation (the American Toyota) establishment. Capital of one million dollars in order to carry out the self-dependent advance to the American market with, establishing the same company of the California
Sales setup. In president Shotaro Kamiya of automobile marketing inauguration. It embarked on the service of the sales network.

[JohnnyC]

( this date range was a rush job...if there are any errors i will fix latter......sorry )

01/09/1958 Crown and Land cruiser exhibits at Los Angeles import automobile show.

01/23/1958 Toyota do Brazil, Brazilian limited holding company (Brazil, Toyota corporation) establishment granted.

04/07/1958 Chubu Japanese automobile school, establishment by Toyota college starts.

04/25/1958 Eiji Toyota special duties, is inaugurated as chairman Automotive Engineers Society of Japan.

06/16/1958 US Forces in Japan supply headquarters, Japan Procurement Agency (APA) from 4621 special procurement vehicles incoming order (large-scale incoming order a little more than of 50 million Yen)


07/10/1958 American Toyota Buisness starts.

10/1958 Toyopet corona line (“ST 16 V” type) sales (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...oronaST16V.jpg)

10/1958 “DR 10” type model Diesel rear engine buses sales

01/ 01/1959 City name modifications, the head office address is changed to the Aichi prefecture “Toyota city” .

03/16/1959 “SK 20” type sales.

1959 04 22 Toyopet route track/truck (RK 85 type) it sells

05/1959 Entry into production Brazilian Toyota corporation (http://www.toyota.com.br/)

06/03/1959 Toyopet route truck decision to change to "Dyna", term of endearment of the Toyopet truck in "stout" decision.

The Theiss Brothers sales corporation and distributor of 07/1959
Australia - in contract seal (present day Theiss Toyota corporation)(Imported by the Theiss Brothers, http://www.toyota.com.au/toyota/even...7_1592,00.html , http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/T...37/1958SWB.jpg)

08/15/1959 Eleven models which exclude coronas 30,000 – 70,000 Yen reductions.

09/30/1959 Automobile marketing, it invests to the Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. (http://www.chiyoda-fire.co.jp)

10/19/1959 Loading “C” type Diesel engine of small sizes line onto Crown.

12/28/1959 Achievement of 100,000 annual outputs.

04/01/1960 coronas are changed the model and launching (the “PT 20” style)

07/01/1960 stout are changed the model and launching (the “RK 45” style)

08/04/1960 Signing to the loan contract worthy of twelve million dollars with Export-Import Bank of Washington. (present day "Export-Import Bank of the United States" http://www.exim.gov/ )

08/15/1960 Chubu TOYOTA lift establishment as industrial vehicle speciality selling agents.

08/26/1960 main building completion

08/28/1960 REO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REO_Motor_Car_Company ) Cooperation (in December of the same year CKD (CKD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_knock_down ) exportation start, at the beginning of the domestic production passenger car in September CKD assembly/sales to REO Mexico)

11/09/1960 Toyota central research institute establishment the comprehensive research institute organization, Research basic technology of TOYOTA system each company. In this way, even the technical development organization of TOYOTA that included the long-term basic research as a/the group advanced largely.

1960 Achievement of 100,000 units of interior sales for past 11 years.

12/13/1960 General public offerings to "Publica" of nickname of the general public car decision. (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rf7k-inu...a/pubrica.html)

[JohnnyC]

02/01/1961 Vehicle headquarters starts (Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc. established)( http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/60_p5_L.jpg)

03/1961 Passenger car exports to the United States is temporarily abandoned.

04/01/1961 Automobile marketing, as a car allocation base of
Tokyo area Tsunashima vehicle dispatch center completion.

04/1961 Opening the Chubu Japanese car Mechanics' School

06/30/1961 Publica sale (“UP 10” type, flat twin “U” type engine installed) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Publica, http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...html%26hl%3Den , http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/history/image/60_p1_L.jpg ) ( Publica being designed: http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr..._06/photo1.jpg )

06/1961 Deciding the company-wide introduction of TQC (Total Quality Control) (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr...ep_oct_05.html)

08/11/1961 Fukio Nakagawa (pictured on the left: http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr..._05/photo2.jpg) is inaugurated as the president to the chairman.

09/08/1961 Kasuga factory (present day Kasuga center) completion.

12/1961 In order to develop cost controls company-wide, prime cost meeting start.

12/1961 One million units exported achieved.

02/01/1962 Export headquarters starts.

02/1962 The Toyopet car and distributor of south Africa - in contract seal (present Toyota marketing corporation)

02/24/1962 Union and labor-management declaration sealed

03/1962 Servicing store standardized accounting , main point.

04/27/1962 Jig types gauge, manufacturer spirit Yutaka meeting starts.

06/08/1962 Publica Rika Van (UP 16 V) released (http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...html%26hl%3Den)

06/19/1962 With the Delta Motor Corporation and CKD assembly of Philippines cooperation (1984 March cooperation cancellation) (http://www.sadtler.de/GEKNIPST/GEKNI...eknipst_2.html)

06/1962 South African comp. to start producing motor assemblies (Present day: Toyota South Africa Manufacturing Company http://www.toyota.co.za/ )

10/01/1962 To change Crown, sale (RS 40 type)( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJgBfLu8ID0) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-CROWN1962.JPG)

10/1962 Establishment of the Toyota motor Thai corporation. (http://www.toyota.co.th/red/en/ , http://www.toyota.co.th/red/en/history.asp )

11/1962 The Australian Motor Industries, Inc. of Australia (AMI corporation) with CKD export contract seal (present day AMI Toyota corporation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...tor_Industries ) The export to Australia had hovered, sluggish , but the AMI corporation and the tiara (export name of the corona) concluding assembly sale contract, it started production from 1963 April, expanded to the Toyota largest export market.

12/1962 Crowns this year of sample, one export sent to Denmark.

[JohnnyC]

01/04/1963 Company Policy announced

01/04/1963 Establishing the Toyota Nagoya education center

01/04/1963 Establishing the Toyota Tokyo education center

02/01/1963 Automobile purchasing financing systems "car - loan" starts.

02/01/1963 Exportation department section starts

03/01/1963 New model car guarantee periods substantial extension (new model car guarantee period of all the models from 3 months or 10 thousand km, in 1 year or 20 thousand km)

03/06/1963 Board of Managing Directors starts.

Executing the contributory plan classified by function of
03/13/1963 officials.

03/25/1963 Planning office starts and the promotion of TQC are done.

04/01/1963 Small buses (“RK 170 B” type) sales (precursor of the modern Coaster) (http://cutlass70.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2004/Byroad1.html)

04/01/1963 Dyna redue release “RK170” (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rf7k-inu...ta/kogata.html)

05/03/1963 First Japanese grand prix races Crown, Publica, class victory (http://www.2000gt.net/Competition/Heros/GPJapon63.jpg, also : http://www.2000gt.net/Competition/Heros/Heros.php )

07/01/1963 Publica deluxe (UP 10 -D type) sales. (From Answers.com: In 1963 Toyota added a new Deluxe trim level, denoted internally as "type UP10D", which featured such "luxuries" as reclining seats, heater or radio, as well as some chrome decors (the previous base model was now called Standard).

07/27/1963 Automobile marketing, the Melbourne office representative starts.

09/1963 Sale of “DA 80 C type” cab-over type large-sized truck.

10/21/1963 Stout (“RK 40” type) sales

10/21/1963 Publica convertible (“UP 10 S” type) sales (http://www.motormagazinesha.co.jp/me...h/toyota_4.jpg)

11/01/1963 Sale of “DC 80 C” type cab-over type 4 ton trucks

Entry into production assembly factory of the Toyota motor Thai corporation on 02/10/1964.

03/13/1964 America Tiara 1900 sample export and toward America export reopening car sales. (http://www.manager-magazin.de/img/0,1020,176233,00.jpg)

04/20/1964 Crown eight (VG 10 type) sales (http://homepage3.nifty.com/naoda/cweb/ce.html)

07/01/1964 Canada Canadian Motor Industries corporation (CMI
corporation) with distributor - in contract seal (present Toyota Canadian corporation)

09/01/1964 Inauguration of QC Promotion Headquarters.

09/05/1964 Changes to Coronas, sale (RT 40 type) (http://www.tilt-rotor.com/2004/JapnT...CoronaRT40.JPG) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ1MKDLnpzo )

Executing 09/14/1964 New model Corona 100,000 km (62,137.1 miles) continual traveling publicly tested.

09/1964 large-sized trucks, sales (“DA 100” type)

Changes to 12/1964 large-sized buses, sales of (“DB 100” type)

[JohnnyC]

02/12/1965 Full-scale export to Canada, first batch of 115 units shipping of the Crown

04/01/1965 Toyota Sports 800 (UP 15) production starts (nice site: http://www.rstreet.us/yotahachi/ , http://grandjdm.com/wp-content/uploa...ts800-1-01.jpg )

04/02/1965 Corona America (“UP 43” L-type) to export samples
The new corona completed to the United States to resume export of the cars. Toyota cars will be sold in the United States plans to shift the center of the market is growing exponentially. ]

04/27/1965 Export-Import Bank of Washington loan 1.1 million dollar loan agreement signed

07/01/1965 Corona hardtop (RT 50) release (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...tepho/rt40.jpg)

08/1965 British motor import comp. and distributors agreement signed (present day: Toyota GB) ( link: http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyo...=1280x1024c32& )

09/1965 Start of production Costa Rica

10/25/1965 New “M”-type six-cylinder engine developed for crown
( from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_M_engine : The first M was a 2.0 L (1988 cc) version produced from 1965 through 1988. It was a 2-valve SOHC engine. Cylinder bore and stroke was square at 75 mm (2.95 in). Output was 110 hp (82 kW) at 5600 rpm and 116 ft•lbf (157 Nm) at 3800 rpm.)

11/06/1965 Kamisato plant start to begin construction. Casting from the machining, with a pair of ranging consistent engine production to make our country's first specialized engine plant.

11/10/1965 Deming Application Prize Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming_Prize) Corporate mention quality control, cost reduction efforts, the Corona facelift. These results review coordinating the Deming Prize awarded. (http://www.managementwisdom.com/weddechofqua.html)

11/12/1965 Corona 5-door sedan (RT 56) release (Japan's first Fastback) (http://www.turbocreations.com/corona...srt56fastback/)

01/1966 Korean automobile industry and CKD assembly agreement.

01/16/1966 Launching of Comprehensive Planning Office

04/05/1966 Publica facelift (UP 20) to the production (http://www.club-k.co.nz/Publica.htm)

07/23/1966 establishement of (present day: toyota rent-a-car Tokyo)

09/01/1966 All 50,000 Toyota cars sales contest conducted

09/24/1966 Takaoka plant construction. Corolla production building. December 7, completed in a ceremony conducted. (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/co...ept/index.html)

10/15/1966 Automobile Engineering Hino, Hino Automobile Engineering, business alliance. (http://www.hino.co.jp/e/) (http://www.hino.co.jp/e/01/1_06.htm)

11/05/1966 Corolla (KE 10) (http://www.tilt-rotor.com/2004/JapnT...orollaKE10.JPG) production

11/25/1966 All-Toyota quality control competition.

11/1966 East Fuji factory, Automotive proving ground completed.

12/01/1966 Used cars nationwide unified implementation of the guarantee system

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

They had a quality control competition..... in '66!!!!! No wonder they are the best!!!

Lovin' the history Johnny, thank you for all the hard work!!!

[foxfab]

I strongly dislike mis-information on the Internet. So in an effort
to clarify a few errors, I would like to share this. I am open to any
additions or corrections.
Rich

Toyota Logos

In 1936 Toyoda Loom Works held a public competition for a new logo
design for their new vehicles. There were 27,000 entries and the
winning design led to a name change as well as new logo. Toyota was
born. The streamlined katakana characters were made with eight
strokes, a number that connotes luck and prosperity in Japanese
culture. Those unfamiliar with Japanese writing sometimes call this
the "T37" or "teq" logo. It is no longer presently used on products,
but is still used corporately. The trademark on what we in the U.S.
call the "old" logo is still active.

Toyota started selling cars in the United States in 1957, but this
start was slow and tenuous. Less than 300 vehicles were sold the
first year in America. Toyota did not register their logo with the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for about ten years, finally doing
so in 1967. They filed trademarks on the Toyota logo as well as the
Crown and Corona all on June 9, 1967. Curiously the TEN electronics
and radios owned by Toyota filed for a U.S. trademark on the TEN name
back in 1964, the radios had been using that name since 1961.

Toyota introduced a new logo to help differentiate itself from the
newly released Lexus luxury line in 1989 and add focus in a world
market place. This new mark "consists of three ovals: the two
perpendicular center ovals represent a relationship of mutual trust
between the customer and Toyota. These ovals combine to symbolize
the letter "T" for Toyota. The space in the background implies a
global expansion of Toyota's technology and unlimited potential for
the future." (Toyota). This is the logo seen today on all Toyota
vehicles.

On January 25, 2006 Toyota introduced logo for celebrating its 50th
anniversary in the United States. The logo is a gilded ingot
symbolizing the company's golden anniversary and features a stylized
50 encircling a globe prominently displaying North America.

Other trivia:
The word corolla describes the ring of petals in a flower (like a
crown). Toyota adopted the Corona name for its 1966 small saloon, and
the Corolla "crown" emblem was in use until about 1990. In 2006 the
name was given up in the European market, but the Corolla name will
live on in other markets, including Japan.

TEN Electronics: First use February 8, 1961. Trademark filed February
17, 1964
Corona: First use September 17, 1955. Trademark filed June 9, 1967
Crown: First use June 26, 1964. Trademark filed June 9, 1967
Corolla: First use November, 1966. Trademark filed May 20, 1968
Sprinter: First use April 5, 1968.
Celica: First use September 28, 1970.
Carina: Trademark filed May 24, 1971.

Sources:
Toyota http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/vision/tr...ov_dec_04.html
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. http://www.toyota50th.com/release1.asp
USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) http://www.uspto.gov/

Rich Street

[JohnnyC]

good info

is he talking about Fujitsu Ten Limited?

http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_herst...ompany_id=7324

[JohnnyC]

02/13/1967 Toyota USA moves to new premises Torrance, CA .
02/1967 New Zealand start producing Motor Assemblies

03/1967 New York city office inauguration

04/01/1967 Parts warranty of two years or 50,000 km guarantee starts

04/07/1967 Peru, Toyota's assembly plant production starts

05/12/1967 “GY 10” released ( what is the GY-10?)

05/16/1967 2000 GT (“MF 10” type) released

07/25/1967 Nagoya Toyota export base Wharf to complete

07/1967 Toyota starts technical conference

09/13/1967 Crown remodel release (“MS 50” type) ( Toyota Crown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Launched in 1967, the engines were much the same as the previous generation, but additional equipment was included. Higher specification export models used the 2.3 litre 2M engine. This series saw the first 2-door hardtop. In export markets it also spawned common station wagon, rare pickup, and very rare double cab pick-up models.”)


10/02/1967 Hi-Ace (“10 PH” type) (The History of Toyota Hiace)

11/09/1967 Daihatsu Automobile Engineering, contract agreement set, international benefit to be reached. (Daihatsu's 100th Anniversary )

11/15/1967 Mini-Ace (“100 UP” type) starts (�â”Å)

11/1967 Toyota Century (“VG 20” type) starts (http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_...3_10_1_4_2.jpg) (from TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM “A step above the Crown Eight with its completely new design, was an internationally competitive luxury car, a prestige saloon. Named to commemorate the 100 years since Sakichi Toyoda's birth and the Meiji Era's centennial, it displayed unbelievable performance and Japan-like styling. It weighed more than 1.7 tons, had a high-performance, 3.0-liter V8 engine and was capable of reaching speeds of 170km/h. Its weight and smooth ride concealed the high-performance engine it possessed.”)

02/1968 Malaysian Motor Company production started.

03/21/1968 Hyrax (“RN 10” type) starts (the hilux? That is the rn10 )

04/1968 Taiwanese company and CKD assembly agreement reached

04/1968 New Zealand companies to production start (present day Toyota New Zealand: Toyota New Zealand - Home )

05/01/1968 Corolla Sprinter (“KE 15” type ) starts (Openads) (From: TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM “Diversifying needs did not only apply to high-class car; makers were also active in creating new models to satisfy the strong demand for a family car. The Corolla Sprinter appeared among the many car types as a two-door coupe with a fastback style. Its sporty style and small 1.1-liter engine achieved speeds of up to 160km/h, and it was available at the low price of ¥587,000. It was a car capable of satisfying even the sports car enthusiast. Sales were accordingly brisk.”)

07/01/1968 Miyoshi plant start (From Nishikamo District, Aichi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Nishikamo (西加茂郡; -gun) is a district located in Nishimikawa Region in Aichi, Japan. The district once covers the northern and western parts of the city of Toyota and the town of Miyoshi. Due to the mergers held in 2005, all but the town of Miyoshi merged into the city of Toyota.”)

08/10/1968 Kamisato warehouse completed (present day Kamisato Center)

09/21/1968 Corona Mark II released (“RT 60” type ) (TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM)

10/25/1968 American Toyota convention in Tokyo

10/1968 Portugal Salvador Caetano, and CKD export contracts signed (Europe's first knockdown start production Toyota - Rock in Rio Lisboa )

12/03/1968 Achieve an annual production of 100 million units

[foxfab]

Just found this:

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER Data Library

The Toyota Crown was first released in Japan in the mid-1950s when Toyota was working fast to build a domestic sales network to handle the demand.
It was in such circumstances that from 1956 on, as part of Toyota's strategy the company decided on what was called the Land Cruiser strategy for foreign markets. Given the fact that its performance could hold its own against rival models such as the Willys Jeep and Land Rover, Toyota decided it was the right time to expand in foreign markets, and whenever the opportunity presented itself Toyota was there with the Land Cruiser right out front. The Land Cruiser helped Toyota establish a bridgehead, and the idea was to follow with sales of passenger cars.
In this way with expansion into foreign markets, Toyota gained competitive strength by making the necessary changes and improvements through model changes, thereby effectively extending its export sales channels. Whereas the BJ-type Land Cruiser was originally built for military use, its design in time was modified to serve industrial expansion in peacetime, partly for the purpose of stimulating domestic demand for Toyota vehicles. Then in 1955, alongside production of the BJ-type Land Cruiser the 20-series made its debut.

The engine in the early model FJ20 was an F-type engine with a compression ration of 6.8 and an output of 105ps. However, by the later models in the series the compression ratio had increased to 7.5, and the output to 125ps.

At first, the B-type engine that was installed in the BJ25 was produced alongside the F-type gasoline engine (3,878cc, 105HP) that went into the FJ25, for which the prototype had been completed in 1948. When the B-type engine was phased out of production, leaving only the FJ-type. The wheelbase on this chassis was made a bit shorter, and the drive power improved, the 3-plate springs were replaced by 4-plate springs developed for the Crown (the BJ-type Land Cruiser had 9-plates), thereby making it a more comfortable ride.
The FJ25 was positioned as the standard of the FJ20-series for the domestic market, but in all there were 10 variations available from FJ20 through FJ29. There were two variations on the wheelbase, 2,285mm and 2,430mm, and along with the FJ26, 27, 29, and others, there was also the 4x2 Land Cruiser made for the National Police Agency. In 1958 the wheelbase was extended to 2,650mm, and a van body FJ35V was introduced.
After the increase of demand during the Korean War, Japanese automakers were invited to bid to meet further demand for military vehicles by supplying the U.S. Army Procurement Agency in Japan (APA). For this reason, in 1957, test vehicles supplied by Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, and Mitsubishi, ranging from compact to large-sized trucks were gathered at the Aberdeen proving ground on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland for a comparative test run. This test was overseen from Toyota by Chief Engineers Inagawa and Iritani. The result of the test run was that the Toyota 750kg capacity truck (2FQ15L) and the 2.5-ton capacity diesel truck (2DW15L) were adopted for procurement. The performance of the FJ25L was not bad, but unfortunately it was fated to not be selected for procurement.
However, by this time the superiority of the Land Cruiser had been acknowledged by the U.S. military, and as a confidence builder, this was all that was needed to convince Toyota that the time was right to expand in the American market.


The leaf springs are larger than those on the Toyota BJ, and both pivot and shackle are stronger. The anchor bracket of the leaf spring is fixed to the frame with a rivet. Welding technology at the time was not that reliable.

The development theme for the 20-series was a new style with more driving comfort. As a result, it didn't have much in common with the Toyota BJ, instead showing more soft lines in the body styling. These major changes in the chassis frame created a basic design, which through the transition to the 40-series remained unchanged for 29 years.
To improve the riding comfort first the springs in the suspension were changed. The leaf springs in the front and rear were lengthened and the number of plates reduced to 4 to create a softer cushion. In addition, rubber bushings were added to the pivot and shackle in order to dampen the vibration transmitted to the cabin. Moreover, the inner channel of the side frame was extended, and the number of closed structure members was increased. The frame itself was strengthened so that the vibrations from the suspension would be absorbed rather than transmitted to the body.


Compared to the Toyota BJ-type it has a more spacious interior, and the steering column has been moved more to the outside. The air-conditioner is made by Nippon Denso. The heater is located below it to the left.

The FJ28V has a wheelbase that is 145mm longer than that of the FJ25. This model also comes with a 3rd seat that was installed in the luggage area. The roof is made of steel, with reinforced plates on the inside. The window area is rather small.

Along with greater riding comfort, the interior of the vehicle was also made more comfortable. It was larger for one thing, and by remounting the engine 120mm forward the cabin could be extended by 200mm. The steering column was moved 10mm to the outside, which also gave more width and spaciousness to the cabin. These changes made it possible to move the parking brake lever from where it was on the passenger seat side in the Toyota BJ to a new position closer to the driver's seat. This was an improvement in operability as well.
From the earliest models of the 20-series, the engine, transmission, transfer, and even the final drive gear were all basically the same unit throughout. Minor changes were made in the gear ratios of the 1st and 2nd gears favoring high speed driving, and a synchromesh mechanism was added to the 3rd and 4th gears. At the time synchromesh transmissions were being added rapidly not only to passenger cars but also to trucks.
With these changes the 20-series was made available in 2 types, a short wheelbase of 2,285mm and a long wheelbase of 2,430mm. Compared to the 2,400mm of the Jeep BJ, the short version had improved maneuverability, and while the long version was only slightly longer it had a higher loading capacity. Using just these two chassis, from the BJ to the FJ, the 20-series went through a number of body variations.

[foxfab]

Worldwide
Annual
Production Total
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
90 87 121 457 585 1,028 2,887 3,016 3,770 3,323 4,305

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
3,990 5,136 7,881 12,639 8,906 11,919 18,307 23,510 30,013 39,263 38,848

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
38,682 52,992 68,978 83,939 108,697 118,560 115,250 116,215 127,739 129,525 124,308

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
114,974 135,989 95,874 93,377 103,323 91,955 105,254 130,431 136,910 131,043 123,132

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
119,393 184,018 213,243 231,186 200,967 191,568 174,431 201,380 270,168 293,641 315,056

2006 Total
310,822 5,273,101 (units)