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Company Profile |
Company History |
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Company History
| 1952 | December | In order to facilitate smoother sales and transportation of vehicles, the transportation department of Toyota Motor Corporation spun off and established Toyota Rikuso Co., Ltd. with a capital of 5 million yen, and established its head office in Sasashimacho, Nakamura Ward, Nagoya. |
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| 1953 | January | Began business activities. |
| 1959 | March | Began car carrier transportation. |
| 1962 | April | Began service vehicle maintenance operations. |
| December | Began sea transportation with PCC ships. | |
| 1967 | January | Changed the company name from Toyota Rikuso Co., Ltd. to Toyota Transportation Co., Ltd. |
| 1970 | November | Relocated the head office to Motomachi, Toyota City. |
| 1972 | August | Became a Designated Automobile Maintenance Facility. |
| 1973 | March | Opened the Kamigo Vehicle Maintenance Center. |
| 1982 | March | Began used vehicle and rental vehicle transportation operations. |
| 1983 | December | Received authorization to provide security services. |
| 1984 | December | Began vehicle parts packaging operations. |
| 1987 | January | Introduced a logistics information management system. |
| 1992 | September | Began parts transportation operations to remote areas of Japan. |
| November | Introduced an operation management system that uses in-vehicle devices. | |
| 2000 | January | Began car carrier leasing operations. |
| 2002 | September | Began wrap guard application operations. |
| October | Established new guiding principles. | |
| December | Celebrated the 50th anniversary of our founding. | |
| 2003 | January | ISO 14001 certification acquired by the Kamigo Vehicle Maintenance Center. |
| July | Held Toyota Transportation’s 50th anniversary commemorative concert. | |
| August | Began capital participation in Tianjin Fengtian Logistics Co., Ltd. (TFL). | |
| October | Opened the Wakinosato Shokawa Training Institute in Takayama, Gifu. | |
| December | Began capital participation in Toyota Transport (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (TTT). | |
| 2004 | July | Introduced TLEP (the Toyota Transport Group Logistics Education Program). |
| November | Opened the Shinmoji Vehicle Distribution Center. | |
| 2005 | March | Won Toyota Motor Corporation’s Cost Improvement Excellence Award. |
| August | Began transporting Lexus vehicles. | |
| November | Toyota Transportation’s first large innovative vessel Toyofujimaru entered service. | |
| December | Won the 2005 Japan Quality Award. | |
| 2006 | July | Established Toyota Transportation Tohoku Center Co., Ltd. |
| August | Established Toyota Lujie Transportation Co., Ltd. (TLT). | |
| October | Toyota Longpass Express, run by JR*, began operations. * JR: JAPAN RAILWAY |
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| December | Established Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Transportation Co., Ltd. (GTT) | |
| 2008 | August | Commissioned for auditing service for Daihatsu Motor’s imported vehicles. |
| 2010 | February | Established Toyota Logistics Kishor India Pvt. Ltd. (TLKI). |
| April | Merged three subsidiaries in the Chubu region into Toyota Transportation Chubu Co., Ltd. | |
| Merged two subsidiaries in the Kanto region into Toyota Transportation Kanto Co., Ltd. | ||
| 2012 | September | Opened the Miyagi Logistics Center. |
| December | Celebrated the 60th anniversary of our founding. | |
| 2013 | June | Established Toyota Transport Furlong Argentina S.A. (TTFA). |
| 2015 | April | Introduced a transport instruction and management system (VLC) that utilizes smartphone technology. |
| July | Opened the Hiroshima Logistics Center. | |
| 2017 | September | Established PT. Toyota Logistra Pingloka Indonesia (TLPI). |
| 2020 | June | Opened painting plant in the Kamigo Vehicle Maintenance Center (Began the Painting Business). |
| 2022 | December | Celebrated the 70th anniversary of our founding. |
