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Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二, Toyoda Eiji, 12 September 1913 – 17 September 2013)[1] was a Japanese industrialist. He was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as president and later, as chairman. [2] He was succeeded as the president of Toyota by Shoichiro Toyoda.
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, the man who led Toyota from its formative years to a worldwide manufacturing empire, has passed away at the age of 100 years and five days. His career at Toyota spans the time from the Toyoda AA to the second-gen Lexus LS400, but he is most known for developing Toyota’s just-in-time manufacturing technique that has since been adopted by every automaker around the world, from ...
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The death of Eiji Toyoda on September 17, 2013 made multiple headlines, which called him the “Creator of the Toyota Export Giant,” “Driver of Toyota’s Global Expansion,” “Car Family Scion Who Developed the Corolla and the Lexus.”. The American business press never really understood his real achievement — fostering the evolution ...
Sep 17, 2013 · The word came from Japan early Tuesday: Eiji Toyoda, a member of the family that founded the Toyota Motor Company, had died, at age 100. It was no surprise that he had lived that long. Toyoda's ...
Sep 17, 2013 · He was 100. Toyoda, a cousin of Toyota's founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, died Tuesday of heart failure at Toyota Memorial Hospital in Toyota city, central Japan, Toyota said in a statement. Eiji Toyoda ...
Sep 17, 2013 · TOKYO (AP) — Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota's founding family who helped create the super-efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was 100. Toyoda, a cousin of the Japanese automaker's founder Kiichiro Toyoda, died Tuesday of heart failure at Toyota Memorial Hospital in Toyota city, central Japan, Toyota said in a statement. Eiji Toyoda served as president from 1967 to 1982 ...
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Aug 23, 1999 · 7 minute read. ED REINGOLD. August 23, 1999 12:00 AM EDT. Eiji Toyoda smiles as he recalls the early days: When I went to Detroit in 1950, we were producing 40 cars a day. Ford was making 8,000 ...
