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General Information about TMMT
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) is one of Toyota's vehicle production bases in Europe. Located in Adapazari – Turkey, TMMT manufactures Corolla Verso and Auris models.
Majority of the production is exported to over 30 countries, which are located mainly in Europe.
TMMT, owned by Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (%90), and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (%10), has a total investment of € 1 Billion, and currently employs more than 3,000 people.
Dedicated to best quality production with the contribution of all members, TMMT applies the Toyota Production System (TPS) to its manufacturing processes from the very first day of the start of its operation.
Today, with an annual production capacity of 150,000 units, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) is one of the ten biggest overseas manufacturing operations of Toyota, and one of the biggest manufacturing companies of Turkey.
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TMMT Milestones: |
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| July, 1990 |
Establishment as Toyotasa |
| May, 1992 |
Groundbreaking ceremony |
| September, 1994 |
Start of production with 7th generation Corolla Sedan |
| October, 1995 |
Start of 7th generation Corolla Wagon production |
| November, 1996 |
Awarded ISO 9001 certification |
| August, 1998 |
Start of 8th generation Corolla Sedan production |
| June, 1999 |
Awarded ISO 14001 certification with zero non-conformances |
| June, 2000 |
100 000th vehicle manufactured |
| October, 2000 |
Re-structuring, and the establishment of TMMT |
| January, 2002 |
Start of 9th generation Corolla Sedan production |
| February, 2002 |
Start of exportation |
| August, 2002 |
Start of 9th generation Corolla Wagon production |
| March, 2003 |
Start of double shift operation |
| February, 2004 |
Capacity increase from 100,000 to annual 150,000 units |
| February, 2004 |
Start of the new Corolla Verso production |
| May, 2004 |
The new Corolla Verso awarded 5 stars by Euro-NCAP |
| December, 2005 |
500 000th vehicle manufactured |
| February 2007 |
Start of the Auris Production |
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