Toyota Group
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The is a conglomerate
company that work together and mostly share the Toyota brand. The primary companies in the group are Toyota Industries Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation
. It is also considered by many to be a keiretsu
, although it does not contain a major bank.
Affiliates or partially owned companies:
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...
company that work together and mostly share the Toyota brand. The primary companies in the group are Toyota Industries Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
, , , commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.The company was founded by...
. It is also considered by many to be a keiretsu
Keiretsu
A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. It is a type of business group. The keiretsu has maintained dominance over the Japanese economy for the greater half of the twentieth century....
, although it does not contain a major bank.
- Toyota Industries CorporationToyota IndustriesToyota Industries Corporation is a Japanese machine maker. Originally a manufacturer of automatic looms, it is the company from which Toyota Motor Corporation developed.-History:...
(founded in 1926) - JTEKT CorporationJTEKTJTEKT Corporation is a Japanese multibillion corporation created on January 2006 upon the merger of two companies: Koyo Seiko Co. and Toyoda Machine Works....
(1935) - Toyota Motor Corporation (1937)
- Toyota Auto Body, Co. Ltd. (1940)
- Aichi Steel CorporationAichi Steel; ) is a Japanese steel manufacturer. It is a member of the Toyota Group.-External links:* *...
(1940) - Kanto Auto WorksKanto Auto Works; is a Japanese automobile body manufacturer. It is a member of the Toyota Group.-External links:* *...
, Ltd. (1945) - Toyota Tsusho CorporationToyota TsushoToyota Tsusho Corporation , , based in Nagoya and Tokyo, is a sōgō shōsha , a member of the Toyota Group. It is one of the largest trading companies in Japan, and the 6th largest in the world...
(1946) - Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.Aisin Seiki Co., also known as Aisin , is a Japanese corporation which develops and produces components and systems for the automotive industry. Aisin is a Fortune Global 500 company, ranked 347 on the 2007 rankings....
(1949) - Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (1949)
- Denso CorporationDENSOis a global automotive components manufacturer headquartered in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Established December 16, 1949 as , in 1996 the company became DENSO Corporation worldwide...
(1949) - Toyota Boshoku CorporationToyota BoshokuToyota Boshoku Corporation is a Japanese corporation. It is a member of the Toyota Group of companies. The Toyota Boshoku Corporation has recently entered into the North America market via Toyota Boshoku America...
(1950) - Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd. (1953)
- Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.The Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc. is the research institute of the Toyota Group. It cooperates with Toyota Group and Toyota Technological Institute. The facility is located in Nagakute, near Nagoya in Aichi, Japan. The facility was established in November 1960 with a...
(1960) - Toyota Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (2001)
- Toyota Financial ServicesToyota Financial ServicesThe business known as Toyota Financial Services covers more than 30 countries and regions, including Japan. Financial services operations are coordinated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation , Toyota Financial Services Corporation , which has overall responsibility for the...
Corporation (2000) - Daihatsu Motor Co (1907; Toyota owns 51% of the company since 1999.)
- Hino MotorsHino Motors-External links:Global* * * Overseas offices****.*.***.*.* - Philippines**...
(diesel truckTruckA truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...
s and busBusA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es. Toyota owns 50.5% of the company since 2001.) - Toyofuji Shipping Co. (Shipping company for Toyota vehicles overseas)
Affiliates or partially owned companies:
- Kyoho kai group - Auto parts company - 211 companies.
- Kyouei kai group - Logistic/facility company - 123 companies.
- Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., manufacturer of SubaruSubaru; is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of the boxer engine layout popularized in cars by the Volkswagen Beetle and Porsche 911, in most of their vehicles above 1500 cc as well as...
automobiles. (Toyota owns 16.5% of the company.) - Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Toyota owns 5.9% of the company.)
- Misawa Homes Holdings, Inc. (Toyota owns 13.4% of the company.)
- United Australian Automobile IndustriesUnited Australian Automobile IndustriesUnited Australian Automobile Industries was a firm founded in Australia in 1989 as the result of an agreement between Holden and Toyota. For Holden, it replaced the earlier Holden-Nissan joint venture that had existed since 1983.UAAI produced three vehicles: the Holden Apollo, Holden Nova and...
(UAAI) - a joint venture between Toyota Australia and GM-HoldenHoldenGM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...
(1989 to 1996) - New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.NUMMINew United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. was an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, opened in 1984 and closed in 2010. On October 27, 2010 it reopened as a 100% Tesla Motors-owned production facility, known as the Tesla Factory...
(NUMMI) - a joint venture between Toyota and General MotorsGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
(1984 to 2010) - Primearth EV Energy Co (PEVE) - a joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic (1996 to present)