Corporate history and development

Together with our parent companies, TDDK looks back on a corporate history of nearly 95 years since “Toyoda Automatic Loom Works” had been founded by Sakichi Toyoda in Japan.

1998

• October: business formation as a joint venture of Toyota Industries Corporation and Denso Corporation
• November: construction start of building phase 1 (production)

2000

• April: start of production – the first compressor is delivered to our customers
• September: Grand Opening Ceremony

2001

• March: construction start of building phase 2 (production)

2002

• November: start of production at the 2nd production line

2003

• March: start of production at the housing machining lines

2005

• May: construction start of building phase 3 (die casting)
• October: start of production at further machining lines

2006

• March: start of production at the die casting lines
• December: annual production exceeds 2 million compressors for the first time

2007

• October: production of the 10-millionth compressor
• December: installation of roof solar plant – at that time largest of its kind in Europe

2008

• February: start of production at the 3rd assembly line
• December: start of production at further machining lines

2009

• September: production of the 15-millionth compressor

2011

• April: production of the 20-millionth compressor
• October: topping out ceremony of building phase 4 (logistics)

2012

• July: topping out ceremony of building phase 5 (production)

2013

• September:  start of production at the clutch lines

2014

• February: production of the 30-millionth compressor
• February: start of production at the 4th assembly line

2015

• March: certification according to ISO 50001 standards

2016

• June: production of the 40-millionth compressor

2017

• December: start of production of 6S pulley/clutch assembly

2018

• April: certification according to IATF standards
• August: production of the 50-millionth compressor

2019

• October: prodction extension of pulley/clutch assembly

2020

• March: Corona shutdown

2021

• September: 20+1 years anniversary