Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroën negotiate a partnership to manufacture compact cars.
In 2002, two large multinationals, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Toyota Motor Corporation, forged a joint venture – TPCA, Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile Czech, s.r.o. In the same year, the two partners laid the cornerstone of a shared manufacturing plant in Kolín-Ovčáry. On February 28, 2005, the facility began manufacturing compact city cars, dubbed the “Kolín Triplets” – the Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 107, and Citroën C1.
The investment into the facility amounted to over 25 billion crowns and created thousands of jobs in the Kolín region. Since the launch of production in 2005, close to four million cars have rolled off the line and into the hands of satisfied customers in Europe and beyond.
Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroën negotiate a partnership to manufacture compact cars.
A partnership agreement is signed in Brussels. Czech authorities are officially informed of the selection of Kolín for the construction of a joint manufacturing facility.
Signing of a joint venture agreement between Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroën. Cornerstone is laid in Kolín-Ovčáry.
Opening ceremony for the TPCA plant.
The production of the first generation model is launched.
Model innovation – first facelift. The one million mark of manufactured cars reached.
Second facelift.
The two million mark of manufactured cars reached.
Second generation of cars.
The three million mark of manufactured cars reached.
First facelift.
Plant expansion and four billion crown investment into new technologies, including hybrid solutions.
We become Toyota.
Start of production of Toyota Yaris.
Aygo 3rd generation production started
Four million cars
| 1st generation 2005 – 04/2014 |
2nd generation 05/2014-2021 |
Total 2005-2021 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Aygo | 786 398 | 679 474 | 1 465 872 |
| 107/108 | 819 054 | 428 070 | 1 247 124 |
| C1 | 784 322 | 401 085 | 1 185 407 |
| Total | 2 389 774 | 1 508 629 | 3 898 403 |
| 2021 – now | |
|---|---|
| Yaris STD | 41 083 |
| Yaris HSD | 185 943 |
| Aygo X | 175 388 |
| Total | 402 414 |
Dr. Robert Kiml, President
Robert Kiml has been involved with Toyota in Kolín since the production of the first cars began. Between 2004 and 2016, he gained experience in various managerial positions and in managing the production of engines and transmissions at Toyota in Poland.
Since 2017, he has overseen all administrative operations at the Kolín plant, and five years later, he became its Vice President of Production.
He also holds the position of Vice President in the Association of the Automotive Industry of the Czech Republic.
Kiml
President
Aoki
President
Aoki
President
Gonzalez
Executive Vice-President
Aoki
President
Gonzalez
Executive Vice-President
Aoki
President
Brochard
Executive Vice-President
Aoki
President
Brochard
Executive Vice-President
Koide
President
Varela
Executive Vice-President
(- 10/2016)
Koide
President
Varela
Executive Vice-President
Koide
President
Varela
Executive Vice-President
Koide
President
Le Guyader
Executive Vice-President
Tachihara
President
Le Guyader
Executive Vice-President
Tachihara
President
Le Guyader
Executive Vice-President
Tachihara
President
Million-Rousseau
Executive Vice-President
Takahashi
President
Million-Rousseau
Executive Vice-President
Takahashi
President
Million-Rousseau
Executive Vice-President
Takahashi
President
Guibert
Executive Vice-President
Takahashi
President
Guibert
Executive Vice-President
Takae
President
Chantossel
Executive Vice-President
Enomoto
President
Chantossel
Executive Vice-President
