Toyota Group

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, 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)
• Toyota Motor East Japan – formed in 2012 by the merger of Kanto Auto Works (1945), Toyota Motors Tohoku and Central Motors* Toyota Tsusho Corporation (1946)
• Toyota Tsusho (1946) – trading company (sogo shosha) supporting global operations of Toyota Group companies; 33% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor
• 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)
• Toyota Housing Corporation (2003) – residential construction
• Red Entertainment - video game developer
• Hudson Soft - Japanese video game developer
• Tenyo - toy manufacturer

Affiliates or partially owned companies

• Tesla Motors – American electric vehicle maker, partnered with Toyota to create the second-generation Toyota RAV4 EV. (Toyota owns 10% of the company.)
• 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)
• Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) – a joint venture between Toyota (51%) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (49%) (1964 to present)

Further reading

• Kamon, S.; Hemry Rosovsky (1992). The Political Economy of Japan 3: Cultural and social dynamics. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 215–216. 
• Costanzo, L. A.; MacCay, R. B. (2009). Handbook of research on strategy and foresight. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 386–390. ISBN 978 1 84542 963 8. 
• Hino, S. (2006). Inside the mind of Toyota: management principles for enduring growth. New York: Productivity Press, 229. 

External links

• Toyota Industries official site
• Toyota Motor official site
• Toyota Central Research and Development official site
• Toyota Communication Systems official site
• Toyota Financial Services official site
• JTEKT official site
• Toyota Auto Body official site
• Aichi Steel Corp. official site
• Kanto Auto Works official site
• Toyota Tsusho Corp. official site
• Aishin Seiki Co. official site
• Denso Corp. official site
• Toyota Boshoku official site
• Toyoda Gosei official site
• Towa Real Estate official site (Japanese)
• Toyota: Group and Suppliers (Japanese)