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35 AutoData | September 2018 der model, joined the line. A test track was inaugurated in the same complex of the factory, which reached 48 thousand pro- duced vehicles at the end of the year. Anewproduction recordwas beaten in 2008, 62 thousand units. And 2017 brought the party for the 1 million units produced, almost a quarter of this total was destined for exports to Latin American countries. The factory currently employs 2 thou- sand workers. 1990 Purchase of the Café Dom Bosco property, investment of US$ 150 million. 1996 Beginning of works. Corolla is already sold in Brazil, but imported from Japan. 1998 Inauguration of the factory, bringing the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS) to Brazil. 2000 First expansion of the unit, investment of US$ 300 million. 2004 Opening of the factory’s second shift and inauguration of the test track. Start of production of the SW Corolla Fielder model.. 2008 Record of annual production, 62 thousand units. 2017 Milestone of 1 million Corolla units produced in the factory. Timeline: Toyota Indaiatuba factory. THE EXPLORER Bandeirante, the 4x4, was the first Toyota produced in Brazil, but the one that really opened the brand’s frontiers for the Brazilian customer was the Corolla sedan ported vehicle. In that first year, 1998, there were only two thousand Corolla models manufactured in the plant. In the following year, the quadruple, eight thousand. In 2000, the number doubled once again to 16 thousand units and the factory received US$ 300 million for expansion. In 2003, the second shift was opened and the annual volume reached 41 thousand units. 2004 was a very important year: the station wagon version of Corolla, the Fiel-