BookTitleToyota Tsusho 70-Year History

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Toyota Tsusho 70-Year History

Overseas Sales Department for 54 countries with small-scale exports to ToyotaTsusho, which became responsible for functions such as marketing, services, andagency guidance.5 Business Development of the Industrial Materials & ProductsDivisionFormation of the Industrial Materials & Products DivisionIn September 1991, Toyota Tsusho reorganized its Automotive PartsDepartment, Industrial Materials Department, and Construction Department intothe Materials & Construction Division, and its Energy Department and ChemicalDepartment into the Energy & Chemicals Division. In October 1993, the TokyoEnergy and Chemicals Department was added to the Energy & ChemicalsDivision, and in March 1994 the Construction Department was moved from theMaterials & Construction Division to the Metals Division and reorganized into theMaterials Division.In March 1995, the Energy Department and the Chemicals Department wereabsorbed by the Materials Division, and the name was changed from the MaterialsDivision to the Industrial Materials Products Division following the organizationalchange of November 1999. The further establishment of the Industrial MaterialsPlanning Section resulted in a five-department, one-section structure.Expansion of the Automotive Accessories BusinessIn 1992, Toyota Tsusho established the Auto Parts Development Group,followed, in 1994, by the Auto Parts Trade Group and, in 1996, by the CarAccessories Group based on the growth of the car interior sector. In 1997, ToyotaTsusho established the Toyota Kako Bisai Plant as a specialized factory for autoparts.In 1996, Toyota Tsusho started its seat-replacement business, launched theTEC LINE brand, and began developing an aftermarket. The company also beganimporting and selling the Italian aluminum wheel brand TGF.Industrial Materials Department ExpansionThe Industrial Materials Department was handling the three sectors of wood,paper and pulp, and mineral products. The wood sector expanded its industrialuse of timber from forest-planted trees, which are considered to be a uniquelyinexhaustible natural timber resource. In the paper and pulp sector, Toyota Tsushostably supplied packaging materials and cardboard for TMC and other ToyotaGroup companies, and subsequently began recycling waste paper.In the mineral products sector, Toyota Tsusho stably supplied secondary castingmaterials, and aimed to expand exports to ASEAN (Association of SoutheastAsian Nations) and the U.S., where TMC and parts manufacturers had expandedtheir production bases. In response to the trend toward using aluminum, whichcontributes to resource conservation, Toyota Tsusho developed a proposalfor auxiliary materials for aluminum casting and, in collaboration with TMC,developed a molten aluminum furnace.Toyotsu Sekiyu Hanbai KK gas stationIncreased use of plastics in automotive partsHistory101