Toyota Group
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The Toyota Group (トヨタグループ Toyota Gurūpu) 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[citation needed], although it does not contain a major bank.
- Toyota Industries Corporation (founded in 1926)
- JTEKT Corporation (1935)
- Toyota Motor Corporation (1937)
- Toyota Auto Body, Co. Ltd. (1940)
- Aichi Steel Corporation (1940)
- Kanto Auto Works, Ltd. (1945)
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation (1946)
- Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (1949)
- Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (1949)
- Denso Corporation (1949)
- Toyota Boshoku Corporation (1950)
- Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd. (1953)
- Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (1960)
- Toyota Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (2001)
- Toyota Financial Services Corporation (2000)
- Daihatsu Motor Co (1907; Toyota owns 51% of the company since 1999.)
- Hino Motors (diesel trucks and buses. 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 Subaru 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 Industries (UAAI) - a joint venture between Toyota Australia and GM-Holden (1989 to 1996)
- New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) - a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors (1984 to 2010)
- Primearth EV Energy Co (PEVE) - a joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic (1996 to present)
[edit] Further reading
- Kamon, S.; Hemry Rosovsky (1992). The Political Economy of Japan. 3: Cultural and social dynamics. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 215–216. http://books.google.de/books?id=uAOrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA216&dq=toyota+group&hl=de&ei=zclUTp3uBs7tOae7jYwG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=toyota%20group&f=false.
- Costanzo, L. A.; MacCay, R. B. (2009). Handbook of research on strategy and foresight. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. pp. 386–390. ISBN 978 1 84542 963 8. http://books.google.de/books?id=v6Q3KjdT7m4C&pg=PA386&dq=toyota+group&hl=de&ei=zclUTp3uBs7tOae7jYwG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=toyota%20group&f=false.
- Hino, S. (2006). Inside the mind of Toyota: management principles for enduring growth. New York: Productivity Press. p. 229. http://books.google.de/books?id=rAlcjg0QhGkC&pg=PA237&dq=toyota+group&hl=de&ei=zclUTp3uBs7tOae7jYwG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=toyota%20group&f=false.
