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TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LTD     July 2002
PASSENGER CAR PLANT
Location Burnaston, Derbyshire
Models Produced Avensis 4-door / 5-door / wagon-
Corolla 3-door / 5-door
Site Area 2.35 million m²
Investment £1.1billion
Production Start 16 December 1992
Volume Targets Phase I : 100,000 cars/year
Phase II : 220,000 cars/year (forecast target 2002)
2001 Production 156,000 units (Avensis : 111,000 and Corolla : 45,000)
Forecast 2002 : 220,000 units
Manufacturing Processes Pressing of body panels, welding, painting, plastic mouldings, assembly
Employees 3,282
ENGINE PLANT
Location Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
Engines Produced 1.0l, 1.4l, 1.6l, 1.8l engines with VVT-i
Site Area 0.48 million m²
Investment £400m
Production Start 08. Sep 92
2001 Production 173,000 units
Manufacturing Processes Machining, assembly, testing, aluminium casting
Employees 622
TMUK FACTS
Purchasing Activities £875 million
Senior Management Dr Shuhei Toyoda, Chairman
Alan Jones, Managing Director
Bryan Jackson, Deputy Managing Director
Kenji Kushida, Deputy Managing Director
Hiroshi Nakamura, Deputy Managing Director

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING POLAND Sp.zo.o (TMMP)

June 7, 2002

Location Walbrzych, Dolnoslaskie Province, 500km southwest of Warsaw
Parts Produced 1.0-liter gasoline engines; manual transmissions for vehicles with 1.0 liter to 1.8 liter engines
Investment 400 million euros
Establishment September 10, 1999
Capacity Engines: 250,000 units/year
Manual transmissions: 550,000 units/year
Product lineup Manual transmissions for the TMUK (Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK) Corolla and Avensis, the TMMF (Toyota Motr Manufacturing France) Yaris and the TMMT (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey) Corolla—starting with production for the TMMF Yaris in April 2002 (250,000 units) (annual capacity)
 Engines 1-liter gasoline engines for TPCA (Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech) new-model cars—scheduled to start at the end of 2004 (250,000 units)
 Transmissions Manual transmissions for TPCA new-model cars—scheduled to start at the end of 2004 (300,000 units)
Employees At present : 130 
Approx. 1,000 at peak production
President Toshitaka Kageyama

CAETANO I.M.V.T. S.A. FACT SHEET

February 2002

Location Ovar, Portugal
Models Produced Dyna, Hiace, Optimo
Investment 28.4 million Euro
Ownership TMC 27% - Others 73%
Employees Approx. 400
Commence Operations 1971
Site Area 293 501 m²
2001 Production 4058 
(vs 4524 units in 2000)

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING TURKEY, Inc. (TMMT)

February 2002

Location Sakarya, Turkey
Site area / floor space 824,000m2 / 131,000m2
Establishment July 1990 (formely TOYOTASA; renamed TMMT in October 2000)
Ownership 90% Toyota Motor Corporation
10% Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Production Start Sep 94
Investment 425million USD (as of 2001)
Start of Exports February 2002
Production Capacity Current capacity : 100,000 units/year
1999 production : 9,000 units
2000 production : 14,000 units
2001 production : around 3,000 units
Forecast 2002 : over 40,000 units
Models Produced Corolla 4 door sedan
Corolla wagon (line-off August 2002)
Employees 1050
Senior Management Chairman : Mr Osamu Obata
President : Mr Koji Kobayashi

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING FRANCE SAS

July 2002

Location Activity Park of the South Escaut Valley, Valenciennes, Nord Prefecture
Plant Site Total surface area of site: 233 hectares
Total surface area of plant: 130,000 m²
(+ approx. 30,000m² for plant extensions)
Parking area for new vehicles : 40 hectares
Establishment October 1998
Investment 610 million euro
(+ approx. 100 million euro for plant extensions)
Production Start January 31, 2001 (vehicle production)
(engine assembly start : April 25, 2002)
Production/Assembly 62,000 vehicles were produced in 2001 (production start Jan. 2001)
Forecast (vehicle production):
130,000 vehicles in 2002
180,000 vehicles per year 
(at the beginning of 2003)
Forecast (engine assembly):
180,000 engines (in 2003) : gasoline (from 2002) and diesel (from 2003)
Models/Engines Vehicle Production :
Yaris 3 and 5 door
Engine Assembly :
1.0l. VVT-i gasoline engine (from April 2002)
1.3l VVT-i gasoline engine (from July 2002)
1.4l diesel D-4D engine (from beginning of 2003)
Employees Approximately 2,200. About 300 more market dependable positions may be created by the end of year 2002.
Senior Management Toshiharu Takasu, President
Didier Leroy, Vice President, Manufacturing
Claude Boulle, Vice President, Administration
Mamoru Sakamoto, Vice President, Administration
Shigeru Teramoto, Coordinating Officer, Manufacturing

TOYOTA PEUGEOT CITROËN AUTOMOBILE CZECH (TPCA)

January 2002

Location Kolin, Czech Republic, 60km east of Prague
Details of Operation Vehicle manufacturing plant (press, body, paint and assembly processes)
Plant Site Total surface area of site: 120 hectares
Investment Approx. €1.5 billion (50/50 joint venture Toyota/PSA Peugeot Citroën)
Production Start Construction to start around September 2002
Production to start in 2005
Production Capacity 300,000 units
Models Produced Small cars designed for the European market positioned below current entry-level models to be fitted with the latest 1.0-liter gasoline engines and 1.4-liter diesel engines
Employees Approximately 3,000
Senior Management Mr Masatake Enomoto, President TPCA
Mr Jacques de Raismes, Vice-President TPCA

 


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