Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Company
| Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Co. Ltd. |
| founding | 1998/2005 |
| Seat | Chengdu , People's Republic of China |
| Number of employees | 4562 |
| Branch | Automotive industry |
| Website | www.sftm.com.cn |
| As of December 31, 2011 | |
Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor is an automotive company from the People's Republic of China .
description
Sichuan Toyota Motor was founded in 1998 as a joint venture . Two sources specify November 1998. Toyota was involved on the one hand and either Sichuan Luxing Checheng Manufacturing or Sichuan Special Auto Works on the other . Both partners held 50% of the shares. Two other sources claim that Sichuan had 50%, Toyota 45%, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation the remaining 5%. From December 2000 buses such as the Toyota Coaster and from October 2003 passenger cars such as the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado were assembled. Another source mentions cars from September 2003 onwards. The brand name was Toyota .
In 2002, China FAW Group acquired 80% of the original Sichuan company and changed its name to Chengdu FAW Auto Liability . A source specified October 2002. The joint venture was renamed Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor either at that time, in 2005 or in April 2005. The seat is in Chengdu .
Notwithstanding, Toyota states that the new company was founded in July 2005 through a merger with Changchun FAW Fengyue Auto .
Since May 2006 the brand name FAW with the addition Sichuan Toyota or with the addition Toyota.
At the end of 2011, 4562 people were employed.
Other Toyota companies in China include Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Company with FAW, GAC Toyota Motor and GAC Toyota Engine with the Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group .
Web links
- Company website (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
- ↑ a b Wacław Pozar (General): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN 1734-2945 .
- ↑ a b c Information from Toyota: Overview of Overseas Production Affiliates: China (English, accessed on July 12, 2020)
- ↑ a b c d e Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
- ↑ Sichuan Toyota Motor established (accessed July 12, 2020)
- ↑ a b c Marek Brzeżański, Robert Jabłoński: Cars of the World. 2008 · 2009. Moto Media Print, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2008, ISBN 978-83-61604-12-9 .
- ↑ Information from Toyota: Sichuan FAW Toyota Increases Production Capacity with Addition of Upscale Land Cruiser Prado VX from June 12, 2006. (English, accessed on July 12, 2020)