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official distributor agreement in 1963 . tme oversees the wholesale sales and marketing of toyota and lexus vehicles parts and accessories and toyota s european manufacturing and engineering operations . toyota directly and indirectly employs around 80 000 people in europe and has invested over 7 billion since 1990 . toyota s operations in europe are supported by a network of 31 national marketing and sales companies across 56 countries a total of around 3 000 sales outlets and nine manufacturing plants 1 sales edit toyota s european sales peaked in 2007 at 1.23 million units . in 2012 the company aims to sell 835 000 units up from 822 000 units in 2011 . 2 operations edit the tme head office is located in brussels belgium and houses key activities for toyota and lexus in europe . it also acts as the nerve centre for all european operations including the principal areas of manufacturing & engineering and marketing & sales activities . supporting facilities edit established in 1987 the toyota technical centre in zaventem belgium is home to toyota motor europe s research & development r & d purchasing and production engineering activities . early in 2006 toyota inaugurated the expanded technical centre . in 2007 an additional 35 000 m were added to house the expanded european design and engineering functions . the toyota training centre in zaventem provides training to service instructors and engineers from all of toyota s european distributors . located in derbyshire the european global production centre is a hub for the teaching of best practices and training of production staff and supervisors from all over europe . toyota s accessory and service centre in brussels houses after sales conversion and accessories activities . functions include overall coordination of toyota s aftersales service operations investigation of technical matters in the field car body and paint training accessories development and planning as well as vehicle conversion . created in 2000 in nice france toyota europe design development ed concentrates on design concepts for the european market including advanced design design competition production support for european models and design research information . it replaced the brussels based toyota european office of creation epoc . 3 le rendez vous toyota in paris is a venue for internal and public events . manufacturing centres edit toyota motor manufacturing uk ltd. toyota motor manufacturing france s.a.s. toyota motor manufacturing poland sp . z o.o. toyota motor industries poland sp . z o.o. toyota caetano portugal sa toyota motor manufacturing turkey toyota peugeot citro n automobile czech toyota motor manufacturing russia parts logistics centres edit toyota parts centre europe diest belgium toyota parts centre south of france le pouzin france toyota parts centre denmark middelfart denmark toyota parts centre norway drammen norway toyota parts centre austria vienna austria toyota parts centre finland vantaa finland toyota parts centre spain madrid spain toyota parts centre great britain lutterworth england toyota parts centre deutschland k ln germany toyota parts centre ireland dublin ireland toyota parts centre poland warsaw poland toyota parts centre portugal porto portugal toyota parts centre greece athens greece toyota parts centre czech republic krupka czech republic vehicle logistics centres edit zeebrugge vehicle logistics centre zeebrugge belgium grimsby and derby vehicle logistics centre grimsby and derby england valenciennes vehicle logistics centre valenciennes france malm vehicle logistics centre malm sweden hanko vehicle logistics centre hanko finland adapazari vehicle logistics centre adapazari turkey kolin vehicle logistics centre kolin czech republic paldiski vehicle logistics centre paldiski estonia sagunto vehicle logistics centre sagunto spain other facilities edit toyota motorsport gmbh cologne germany environmental activities edit in 2008 toyota began its european sustainable plant activities at two manufacturing companies in france and the united kingdom . the activities are to emphasize the role of nature in creating production sites that harmonize with their natural surroundings . tmmf valenciennes france and tmuk burnaston and deeside uk will ramp up efforts in europe by serving as the industry benchmark for the sustainable production of vehicles and engines . each plant will pilot activities to help realise 2010 environmental targets including a 25 % reduction in water use by toyota s european manufacturing network . successful activities will be adopted as standards by toyota plants globally . 4 references edit toyota motor europe corporate website toyota in europe http www.ft.com cms s 0 c462a7f4 66e8 11e1 9d4e 00144feabdc0.html axzz1za499fmn toyota yaris and yaris verso d 4d . toyota . november 2001 . retrieved 2011 07 13 . toyota motor europe press release sustainable plant activities in europe external links edit official site toyota motorsport 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