Toyota Australia Altona Plant | |
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Built | 1978 |
Location | Altona North, Victoria, Australia |
Coordinates | 37°50′08″S 144°49′52″E / 37.83556°S 144.83111°E |
Industry | Motor vehicle assembly |
Products |
Holden Apollo Holden Nova Toyota Aurion Toyota Avalon Toyota Camry Toyota Corolla |
Employees | 2,500 (2014) |
Area | 75 hectares |
Address | Grieve Parade |
Owner(s) | Toyota Australia |
Defunct | 3 October 2017 |
The Toyota Australia Altona Plant was a Toyota Australia manufacturing facility in the Melbourne suburb of Altona North.
The Toyota Australia Altona Plant opened in 1978, as Toyota's first engine plant outside of Japan. [1] [2] Panel production began in 1983, before full vehicle production commenced in July 1994 with manufacture of the Corolla transferred from Port Melbourne followed in January 1995 by the Camry. [3] [4] The expanded plant was opened by Prime Minister Paul Keating. [5]
Altona also manufactured the badge engineered Holden Apollo and Holden Novas. It exported cars to Brunei, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. [6] [7]
In August 2012, Altona competed its one millionth vehicle for export. [7] In February 2014 Toyota announced the plant would close after it decided it would cease production in Australia. [8] [9] This occurred in October 2017. [10] [11]
The site was redeveloped with the former manufacturing building converted into a redevelopment facility which included vehicle design and testing studios, training rooms, a mock sales dealership, auditorium and 400 person bistro. [12] [13] [14] In 2024 Toyota began assembling and distributing stationary hydrogen fuel cell power generators at Altona. [15]