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Toyota
The leading Japanese carmaker, pioneer of "lean" production.
On the mapAichi
- Founded
- 1937
- Founder
- Kiichiro Toyoda
- Headquarters
- Toyota (Aichi Prefecture), Japan
- Sector
- Automotive
Toyota is a Japanese carmaker founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda, out of a family loom manufacturing business. It has become one of the largest automakers in the world.
Toyota is renowned for its production system (Toyota Production System), which gave rise to so-called "lean" methods and just-in-time, as well as for popularizing hybrid vehicles with the Prius.
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