Dec. 22, 1992
NEW TOYOTA PLANT BEGINS PRODUCTION IN KYUSHU
Toyota City―The first Mark II passenger car rolled off the line today at Toyota's newest assembly plant in Fukuoka Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu. This marks the first time Toyota has built a domestic car outside its home area of Aichi Prefecture in central Japan. The new plant is expected to help the company respond flexibly to market demand and reduce overall working hours.
Although production was originally slated for between early 1993 and spring, close cooperation with local governments and swift progress in construction, equipment installation, test operation, and inspection enabled Toyota to begin plant operations earlier than expected.
The ¥150-billion Miyata plant has been designed to harmonize with the needs of the workers, local community, and environment. Featuring a state-of-the-art press plant, body plant, paint shop, plastics plant, parts plant, and final assembly facilities, it offers a modern working environment and economical, flexible automation equipment.
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. is set to build and ship about 500 cars by the end of this year. Production is expected to reach a pace of 100,000 units annually by the middle of February 1993. The company plans to start preparations for a continuous two-shift production system next fall, depending on the state of the economy and sales performance of the Mark II. Eventually, production at the Miyata plant could reach about 200,000 units annually.
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.
- Address
- #1 O-aza Kamiaruki Aza-Hirayama Miyata-cho, Kurate-gun, Fukuoka 823
- Establishment
- February 8, 1991
- Business description
- Development, design, manufacturing, and marketing of automobiles and auto parts
- Capital
- ¥45 billion (TMC 100%)
- Board of directors
- Eiji Toyoda, chairman (honorary chairman, Toyota Motor Corp.);
Katsuro Nakamura, president;
Yuzuru Mamizuka, senior managing director
- Land area Date of land
- Approximately 149 hectares
- acquisition
- March 26, 1991
- Type of plant
- Passenger-car assembly plant
- Production model
- Mark II
- Production capacity
- 200,000 units per year in future
(100,000 units per year by mid-February 1993)
- Total building area
- 250,500m2
- Start of plant construction
- April 25, 1991
- Investment value
- Approximately ¥150 billion
- Work force
- 2,300 by fall of 1993
(continuous two-shift, 1,300 employees at annual output of 100,000)
Plant facilities
- Plastics plant
- Steel structure (SS), one story, 14,700m2, 18m in height
- Unit plant (parts)
- SS, one story, 16,800m2, 11m in height
- Press plant
- SS, one story, 34,400m2, 23m in height
- Body plant
- SS, one story, 36,800m2, 23m in height
- Painting shop
- SS, two stories, 64,000m2, 29m in height
- Assembly plant
- SS, one story, 61,600m2, 14m in height
- Head office
- SS, three stories, 4,500m2, 14m in height
- Other
- SS, one story, 9,300m2
- Power center
- 8,400m2
