The Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc. (TCRDL) (in Japanese: 豊田中央研究所, Toyota Chuou Kenkyuusho) is the research institute of the Toyota group. The facility is located in Nagakute, near Nagoya in Aichi, Japan. The facility was established in November 1960 with a capital of 500 million Yen. 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.
The stockholder companies of TCRDL are:
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- Aichi Steel Corporation
- Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd
- Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
- Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Denso Corporation
- Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
