Tianjin-FAW-Toyota engine plant reaches 2 million mark

Tianjin-FAW-Toyota Engine Co., Ltd. (TFTE), an engine-manufacturing joint venture of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and China FAW Group Corporation (FAW), recently reached cumulative production of two million engines, said TMC on September 1.

In 1996, TMC, through a joint venture with Tianjin Automobile Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., established Tianjin Toyota Motor Engine Co., Ltd. (TTME), its first engine production base in China.  Production of “A” engines began in 1998, and in 2003, a joint venture with FAW was formed, with the establishment of TFTE following in 2006.  On May 16, 2011, TFTE marked its 15th anniversary.