The Toyota factory in Tahara

Tahara is an industrial city located in Aichi, founded on August 20, 2003 as a result of the merger of Akabane and later obtained city status. Then, on October 1, 2005, the city of Atsumi merged with the city of Tahara.

And it should be noted that in this city is the second largest Toyota car plant in Japan, since it is the headquarters of the Toyota Motor Corporation that specializes in models Lexus y Celica. All Lexus models are manufactured at this plant, as well as many Toyota models for the domestic and international markets.

It is a highly computerized and robotic plant and produces the Lexus brand of vehicles such as the Lexus LS, Lexus LS Hybrid, Lexus GS, and Lexus IS models. Several Toyota vehicles gathered there, as well as the RAV4 and 4Runner. awards.

It is one of the most sophisticated plants in the world and has won for quality of production and attention to detail. This was awarded by JD Power and Associates. And so much is its technicality that employees before entering work have to go through a shower in the air to remove dust.

And, they must be aware of the hard work they have with more than 4000 details of all the cars produced. Allim the plant creates a Lexus every 87 seconds or 675 Lexus models per day. Workers are required to exercise and perform other physical activities such as holding and holding golf balls in their hands. That is why they maintain the necessary standards to produce defect-free vehicles.

One important detail: New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman visited the plant in the 1990s, and described the experience as an example of globalization in his 1999 bestselling book, "The Lexus and The Olive Tree." In the book, Friedman detailed the precise installation of rubber windshield seals by robots from the factory, along with human quality checks which speaks of Japanese high technology.