History
Sakichi Toyoda’s invention of the automatic loom type G in 1924 led to the formation of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works which rapidly became one of the leading suppliers of weaving machines worldwide.
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Now known as Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) the original company has grown to one of the biggest producers of textile machinery, automotive components, materials handling equipment and other products.
Between 1980 and 2004, TICO installed 109’000 water jet looms and 73’400 air jet looms worldwide, in addition to over 11 million spindles on spinning frames and 7’318 roving frames.
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Back in 1989, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works entered into a collaborative agreement with Sulzer Rüti for the development and manufacture of a new air jet weaving machine type. Series production of the result of this collaboration – the JAT600 on TICO’s markets and the L5200 for those tended to by Sulzer Rüti began in 1992. Over the next decade the machines were improved in terms of performance, wider application range, reduction in running and maintenance costs and higher automation, with subsequent models being the JAT610, L5300 and JAT710/L5400.
In February 2004 however, TICO had to terminate the longstanding agreement with Sulzer Rüti, leading to the formation in June 2004 of Toyota Textile Machinery Europe AG (TTME) for looking after its customers and building new business in Europe, Turkey, Iran, Middle East, Africa, Central/South America and Canada. At the same time, a second company, Toyota Máquinas Têxteis do Brasil Ltda, as part of TTME’s organisation has been set up in São Paulo, Brazil.