Toyota Industries is the machine maker from which Toyota Motor Corporation developed, founded on 18 November 1926 by Sakichi Toyoda to build automatic looms. Its automobile department was spun off in 1937, and it still assembles vehicles under contract for Toyota Motor Corporation, including the RAV4. It is the largest forklift maker in the world by revenue. In 1952 it began making press dies for automobiles, and in 1953 its Kyowa plant started assembling automobiles and producing engines.
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The company was founded on 18 November 1926
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is a Japanese machine maker
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is a Japanese machine maker
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Toyota Industries Corporation (株式会社豊田自動織機, Kabushiki gaisha Toyota Jidō Shokki, literally "Stock Company Toyota Automatic Loom") is a Japanese machine maker.
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