Toyoda Sakichi
Toyoda Sakichi was born in 1867, invented the Toyoda Power Loom in 1896. He went on to establish Toyoda Automatic Loom Works in 1926.
Power Looms
In 1929, he sold the automatic loom patent to Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd. just a few years before setting up the first Toyoda automobile department. The first Model-A prototype car was created in 1935. That same year, "The Toyota Precepts" were established as a set of guidelines for management of the company. Among these five precepts is the instruction to "always stay ahead of the times through research and creativity." The final precept is "be reverent and conduct your life in thankfulness and gratitude." In 1937 Kiichiro Toyoda founded the automobile company, breaking it free from his father's company.
Model SB Truck
In the 1940's Toyota's steel department split off, the Toyoda Hospital was built, and the company became listed on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges. The truck, pictured here, is the 1947 Model SB which was popular with the American occupation forces.
ENGINE INNOVATION
The 1950's saw a great deal of innovation for the company, including the introduction of the S-type and P-type gasoline engines and the D-type diesel engine. This decade also saw the production of Toyota's first fork-lift. Here, Japanese buyers from Toyoda inspect engines at the Hanover Fair in 1954.
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