Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (TCRDL) (in Japanese: 豊田中央研究所, Toyota Chuou Kenkyuusho) is the research institute of the
Toyota Group. It cooperates with Toyota Group and
Toyota Technological Institute (TTI). The facility is located in Nagakute, near
Nagoya in
Aichi,
Japan. The facility was established in November 1960 with a capital of 500
millionYen. Currently, there are about 1000 employees conducting both fundamental and applied
research in a large variety of topics for the Toyota group and other partners. The current president is Ishikawa, and the current capital is 3
billion yen.