General Information
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkiye is one of Toyota's vehicle production bases in Europe. Located in Arifiye /Sakarya - Turkiye, Toyota Turkiye manufactures Corolla and Toyota C-HR models. Majority of the production is exported to around 150 countries.
Toyota Turkiye, owned by Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (%90), and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (%10), has a total investment of 2,5 Billion Euro, and currently employees more than 5,000 people.
Dedicated to best quality production with the contribution of all members, Toyota Turkiye applies the Toyota Production System (TPS) to its manufacturing processes from the very first day of the start of its operation.
Today, Toyota Turkiye is Toyota's highest volume factory in Europe, with an annual production capacity of 280,000 units. The company is also Turkiye's second largest exporter and one of the largest manufacturing companies.
Toyota Turkiye Milestones;
| 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 Toyota Turkiye |
| January, 2002 | Start of 9th generation Corolla Sedan production |
| February, 2002 | Start of Export |
| August, 2002 | Start of 9th generation Corolla Wagon production |
| March, 2003 | Start of 2 shift operation |
| February, 2004 | Capacity increase from 100K to annual 150K units |
| February, 2004 | Start of the new Corolla Verso production |
| May, 2004 | New Corolla Verso awarded 5 stars by Euro-NCAP |
| Dec, 2005 | 500.000th vehicle manufactured |
| February 2007 | Start of the Auris production |
| February 2009 | Start of new generation Verso |
| March 2009 | 1.000 000th vehicle manufactured |
| June 2013 | Start of 11th generation Corolla production |
| October 2014 | 20th production anniversary |
| February 2016 | Announcement of Toyota C-HR production by TMMT |
| September 2016 | Start of 3 shift operation |
| October 2016 | Start of Toyota C-HR production |
| September 2017 | 2.000.000th vehicle manufactured |
| January 2019 | Start of 12nd generation Corolla production |
| May 2019 | New Corolla awarded 5 stars by Euro-NCAP |
| September 2019 | 25th anniversary of production |
| June 2020 | TMMT wins J.D. Power Gold Plant Quality Award (Africa and Europe) |
| November 2021 | 3.000 000th Vehicle manufactured |
| October 2023 | 1 000 000th vehicle manufactured |
| November 2023 | 2nd Generation Toyota C-HR Production / PHEV (Chargeable C-HR Hybrid) |