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Toyota Selects Four Overseas Subsidiaries for Sustainable Plant Activities

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 December 2007, 09:00 CST

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the designation of four overseas production subsidiaries as model plants for carrying out 'sustainable plant' activities.

The four plants are in addition to Toyota Motor Corporation's (TMC) Tsutsumi Plant in Japan, at which TMC has been carrying out such activities since July. 'Sustainable plant' activities emphasize the role of nature in creating production sites that harmonize with their natural surroundings.

TMC aims to create and operate such production sites by achieving groundbreaking environmental performance by introducing innovative technology and kaizen activities, by reducing CO2 by using renewable energy, including biomass and natural energy sources, such as solar power and wind power, and by contributing to the local community and conserving the environment by planting trees at plants.

The model plant chosen for the Americas is Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi (TMMMS). This is a cutting-edge plant currently under construction in the US state of Mississippi intended to begin operation around 2010. In addition to introducing an innovative line, TMMMS is also actively promoting tree-planting activities as part of an effort to live in harmony with the environment and the local community.

In Europe, the two model plants are Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK and Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF), while in Asia the model plant is Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT). In particular TMT's Ban Pho Plant, which became operational in January 2007, was constructed with the aim of being an innovative plant in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of its production technology and environmental response.

Source: Datamonitor

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