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The History of our Company

Year	History
1960	Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (Toyota CRDL) Established in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. (Capital: 500 million yen)
1980	20th Anniversary of the Establishment of Toyota CRDL: Expanded and Transferred to Nagakute in the suburbs of Nagoya. (Capital: 3 billion yen)
1985	Development Research lab. Completed.
1992	2nd Research Lab. Completed.
2009	Toyota Beamline in SPring-8 Constructed.
2010	50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Toyota CRDL.

Representative Research Results

Year	Theme
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
1975	Oxygen Sensor
1980	Weft Insertion System for Air-Jet Loom
1982	T-10 Robot
1983	Noise Level Predicting and Reducing Computer Code (ACOUST/BOOM^®)
1984	Injection Molding Technology for Ceramics
1987	Sound Quality of Car Interior Engine Noise
1990	Nylon-Clay Hybrid (NCH)
1993	New Mesoporous Material (Folded Sheets Mesoporous material : FSM)
1993	NOx Storage-Reduction Type 3-way Catalyst and Rh-Free Catalyst
1994	QR Code^®
1994	Slip Control Method for AT Lock-up Clutch
1994	Vehicle Antenna System for Mobile Satellite Communication
1995	High-Performance and Cost-Effective TiB Reinforced P/M Titanium Material Composite
1997	Shear Flow Stage Reaction Control Technology (Rubber Recycling)
1997	Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor for Hybrid Vehicles (IGBT)
1999	Development of Novel Combustion System for Direct Injection Gasoline Engine
2000	Toyota Unveils Cyber Humanoid Body for Research of Accident Injuries (THUMS^®)
2000	GUM ＭETAL^®　 Published in Science 2003
2001	Visible-Light Active Photocatalyst　 Published in Science 2001
2001	Ultrahigh Density Powder Compaction
2002	Technology of Oxygen Storage Material with High Thermal Resistance　(ACZ)
2002	An Ordered Mesoporous Organosilica Hybrid Material with Crystal-Like Wall　Structure　 Published in Nature 2002
2003	Estimation and Control Technology for Vehicle Dynamics Management
2004	Ultrahigh-Quality Silicon Carbide Single Crystals　 Published in Nature 2004
2004	High Performance Lead-free Piezoelectric Materials　 Published in Nature 2004
2004	DLC-Si Coating Technology
2005	Inertial Force Sensing System for Mobility Robots
2006	Facial Image Processing Technology - Estimation of Face Direction -
2008	A Unified Theory on Tooth Geometry and Applications of Hypoid Gear
2009	Pedestrian Detection for Night View System
2010	Noble Metal Sintering Suppression Technology in Exhaust Catalyst


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