Toyota Australia Altona Plant
Automobile manufacturing facility in Victoria
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The Toyota Australia Altona Plant was a Toyota Australia manufacturing facility in the Melbourne suburb of Altona North.
- Grieve Parade
- Altona North, Victoria, Australia
| Toyota Australia Altona Plant | |
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| Built | 1978 |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′08″S 144°49′52″E |
| Industry | Motor vehicle assembly |
| Products | Holden Apollo Holden Nova Toyota Aurion Toyota Avalon Toyota Camry Toyota Corolla |
| Employees | 2,500 (2014) |
| Area | 75 ha (190 acres) |
| Owner | Toyota Australia |
| Defunct | 3 October 2017 |
History
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 built by John Holland was opened by Prime Minister Paul Keating.[5][6]
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.[7][8]
In August 2012, Altona competed its one millionth vehicle for export.[8] In February 2014 Toyota announced the plant would close after it decided it would cease production in Australia.[9][10] This occurred in October 2017.[11][12]
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.[13][14][15] In 2024 Toyota began assembling and distributing stationary hydrogen fuel cell power generators at Altona.[16]