New Model Introductions, Production, Sales, and
Exports
Business Development, Plants, and
Facilities
SB truck
SA compact passenger car racing with express
train
100,000th Toyota vehicle produced
domestically
1940
・ Toyoda Seiko, Ltd. (currently Aichi Steel Works, Ltd.)
established.
・ Toyoda Physical and Chemical Research Institute
established.
・ Production of AE passenger car started.
1941
・ Toyota Machine Works Co., Ltd. established.
・ Production of KB truck started.
1942
・ Production of AC passenger car and KC truck
started.
1943
・ Tokai Hikoki Co., Ltd. (currently Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.)
established.
1945
・ Toyota Shatai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Toyota Auto Body Co.,
Ltd.) established.
1946
・ Kanto Electric Auto Manufacturing, Ltd. (currently Kanto Auto
Works, Ltd.) established.
・ Production of BM truck, SB small truck, and SA
compact passenger car started.
・ 100,000th Toyota vehicle
produced domestically.1947
1948
・ Nisshin Tsusho Co., Ltd. (currently Toyota Tsusho Corporation)
established.
・ Production of SD compact passenger car started.
1949
・ Nagoya Rubber Co., Ltd. (currently Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.)
established.
・ Nippondenso Co., Ltd. (currently DENSO
CORPORATION) established.
§ Entries in blue refer
to Toyota overseas operations.
