Type Limited company Products automotive parts Founded May 1947 | Industry Automotive Website [1] | |
Key people Seizo Yamaguchi, President Headquarters Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan | ||
Toyo Seat Co., Ltd. is an automotive company based in Japan, founded in May 1975. In January 1998, the company expanded to the United States as Toyo Seat USA Corp. Further sites had been established in China (1992), Philippines (1998) and Hungary (2002).
Beside soft tops for convertibles and roofmodules, Toyo Seat produces automobile seats, mechanical products, automotive exhaust pipes, door trims, train seats, steel office furniture, health equipment, and other products.
At the end of 2006 Toyo Seat had about 900 employees and a turnover of 43.2 billion USD.
Current production of roofmodules
Toyo Seat currently is producing roofmodules for the Mazda MX5 Mark 3 (2005), Honda S2000 Roadster, Nissan Fairlady Z (known in Europe as Nissan 350Z Roadster), Toyota Camry, Toyota MR-S and Toyota Solara.