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Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二, Toyoda Eiji, 12 September 1913 – 17 September 2013) 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]
Sep 17, 2013 · TOKYO — Eiji Toyoda, who as a member of Toyota Motor’s founding family and an architect of its “lean manufacturing” method helped turn the automaker into a global powerhouse and changed the face...
Sep 17, 2013 · But Eiji Toyoda, who served as the car company's president from 1967 to 1982, gets much of the credit for creating the modern version of Toyota. Without his persistence, Toyota would not have...
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, the Japanese industrialist credited with giving Toyota Motor its most defining characteristics – global reach and a uniquely effective production system – has died at the age of 100.
Eiji Toyoda guided Toyota Motor Company into the global automotive market. Born in 1913 in Nagoya, Japan, Toyoda attended the University of Tokyo and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1936.
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, a member of Japanese automaker Toyota's founding family who helped create the super-efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was 100.
Sep 17, 2013 · 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, engineering Toyota’s growth into a global automaker.
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.’s expansion in the United States as the automaker’s longest-serving president, died Sept. 17 in Toyota City, Japan. He was 100.
Sep 17, 2013 · Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.’s expansion in the U.S. as the automaker’s longest-serving president, has died. He was 100.
Sep 17, 2013 · Back in 1950, Eiji Toyoda visited a Ford plant to learn how Americans made cars. The visit by a member of Japan’s foremost manufacturing family changed the way Toyota Motor Corp. produced cars,...
