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Toyota : European Manufacturing
European Plants:
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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