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Year	Theme
1960	Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (Toyota CRDL) established in Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan. (Capital: 500 million yen)
1971	Mass-Production Technology of Semiconductor Strain Gauges
1972	Thermo-Reactive Deposition and Diffusion Process (TRD Process)
1973	Field Study of Air Pollution in Nagoya City
1975	Exhaust Gas Purification System Oxygen Sensor
1980	Weft Insertion System for Air-Jet Loom
1980	20th Anniversary of the Establishment of Toyota CRDL: Expanded and Transferred to Nagakute-cho in the suburbs of Nagoya City. (Capital: 3 billion yen)
1983	Noise Level Predicting and Reducing Computer Code (ACOUST/BOOM^®)
1984	Injection Molding Technology for Ceramics
1989	Nylon-Clay Hybrid (NCH)
1991	Flow Measurement of Torque Converter Using a Laser Doppler Velocimeter
1993	New Mesoporous Material (Folded Sheets Mesoporous material : FSM)
1994	Nox Storage-Reduction Type 3-way catalyst and Rh-Free Catalyst QR Code^®
1995	High-Performance and Cost-Effective TiB Reinforced P/M Titanium Material Composite
1997	CAE Analysis for Engine In-Cylinder Flow and Combustion Shear Flow Stage Reaction Control Technology (Rubber Recycling) Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor for Hybrid Vehicles (IGBT)
1999	Mobile Antenna System for Communication Satellite Development of Novel Combustion System for Direct Injection Gasoline Engine
2000	Toyota Unveils Cyber Humanoid Body for Research of Accident injuries (THUMS^®)
2001	Ultrahigh Density Powder Compaction
2002	Compression Ignition Combustion with Exhaust Gas Recirculation Control
2003	Optical Communication Module Using a Light-Induced Self-Written Technology
2004	Analysis on the Agglomeration Inhibition Mechanism of Platinum Particles in Automotive Catalysts
2005	On-Board Estimation Technology of Vehicle Weight
2006	Facial Image Processing Technology
2007	Stereo Vision for Obstacle Detection
2008	π-conjugated amorphous carbon film (PAC)


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