jid shokki type public company traded as tyo 6201 nag 6201 industry auto & truck parts founded 1926 founder sakichi toyoda headquarters kariya aichi key people akira imura chairman tetsuro toyoda president products textile machinery automobiles materials handling equipment electronics devices etc. revenue 12.35 billion number of employees 39 500 parent toyota group subsidiaries aichi corporation tokaiseiki toyota industry kunshan toyota industry automotive parts kunshan toyota industries north america toyota material handling group toyota industries europe kirloskar toyota textile machinery bangalore india etc. website www.toyota industries.com toyota industries corporation kabushiki gaisha toyota jid shokki is a japanese machine maker . originally a manufacturer of automatic looms it is the company from which toyota motor corporation developed . it is the world s largest manufacturer of forklift trucks measured by revenues . 1 contents 1 history 2 current business 3 investor information 4 see also 5 notes 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1926 as toyoda automatic loom works ltd. by sakichi toyoda the inventor of a series of manual and machine powered looms . the most impressive of these was the 1924 toyoda automatic loom type g a completely automatic high speed loom featuring the ability to change shuttles without stopping and dozens of other innovations . at the time it was the world s most advanced loom delivering a dramatic improvement in quality and a twenty fold increase in productivity . 2 in 2007 this machine was registered as item no. 16 in the mechanical engineering heritage of japan as a landmark achievement that advanced the global textile industry and laid the foundation for the development of the toyota group . 2 in 1933 the company established its automobile department led by kiichiro toyoda the eldest son of sakichi toyoda . this department was spun off as toyota motor co. ltd. in 1937 and is now known as toyota motor corporation . toyota industries is one of 13 core companies of the toyota group . the company owns 5.55 % of toyota motor and is the largest shareholder excluding trust revolving funds . as a countermeasure against hostile merger and acquisition attempts toyota motor currently holds 23.5 % of common stock of its parent company toyota industries . current business edit forklift toyota industries is active in five business areas automotive materials handling electronics logistics and textile machinery . toyota branded forklifts from toyota industries share the same logo as toyota automobiles from toyota motor corporation and are manufactured at the toyota industrial equipment manufacturing tiem facility in columbus indiana for the us market . toyota industries corporation is under contract from toyota motor corporation for the production of the toyota vitz yaris and the toyota rav4 . the company manufactures automotive engines for use in toyota brand automobiles such as avensis corolla crown and land cruiser . in 2000 toyota industries acquired the swedish based forklift truck corporation bt industries 3 alongside bt s subsidiaries u.s. based the raymond corporation 4 and the italian cesab . 5 combined with toyota industries materials handling division this created the largest forklift company in the world toyota material handling corporation . in october 2012 toyota industries acquired cascade corp. a maker of parts for the lift trucks industry for a price of 728 million . 6 investor information edit the company s shares are traded on the tokyo stock exchange under symbol 6201 . t. see also edit st liquid crystal display toyota group toyota industries s.c. toyota jido shokki rugby union club toyota material handling u.s.a. inc. notes edit toyota motor affiliate to buy cascade for 759 million . bloomberg . 23 october 2012 . retrieved 23 february 2013 . a b non stop shuttle change toyoda automatic loom type g in japanese . the japan society of mechanical engineers . bt we manufacture and supply counterbalance trucks warehouse trucks and lifters . bt industries . 2007 12 28 . archived from the original on 2007 12 28 . retrieved 2013 04 03 . cs1 maint unfit url link forklifts and lift trucks warehouse management and material handling solutions . raymondcorp.com . retrieved 2013 04 03 . welcome to cesab material handling europe . cesab . retrieved 2013 04 03 . toyota industries to buy cascade for 728 mln . reuters . 22 october 2012 . external links edit toyota forklifts in hebrew company website in japanese company website in english retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toyota industries & oldid 740961718 categories toyota factoriesforklift truck manufacturerstextile machinery manufacturerstoyota group1926 establishments in japancompanies based in aichi prefecturecompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangehidden categories cs1 japanese language sources ja cs1 maint unfit url navigation menu personal tools not logged 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