Take A Peek At The Daihatsu Kyoto Oyamazaki Plant Factory, Able To Produce One Car Unit This Fast

Daihatsu factory in Kyoto. (Photo: Daihatsu)

Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd is one of the important automotive players in Japan, even has a total of five factories located in four different locations, such as Kyoto Oyamazaki Plant, Shiga Ryuo Plant, Head Quarter Ikeda Plant, and dya factory at Kyushu Oita Plant.

Overall, the five Daihatsu factories in Japan have a total production capacity of up to 940,000 per year in producing Daihatsu brand cars and Toyota groups.

In order to get to know more closely the Japanese brand, Daihatsu gave details of one of its factories in Kyoto, along with details in an official statement received on Wednesday, October 29.

As one of the best manufacturing innovation factories for the Daihatsu group in Japan, the Daihatsu factory facility in Kyoto Oyamazaki Plant is also a form of commitment to carbon neutral.

The factory, located in Kyoto, stands on an area of more than 16 hectares and has an annual production capacity of around 230,000 units or about 24 percent of Daihatsu's total production capacity in Japan. The factory also has production capabilities with around 1 minute of time to meet customer demand.

The production facilities in Kyoto produce 2 models for the Daihatsu and Toyota brands, such as Daihatsu Thor and its collaborative models Toyota Roomy and Subaru Justy, as well as Toyota Probox commercial vehicles for the global Toyota market. In addition, this factory has also produced Daihatsu Midget or known as the 'Bemo', a legendary three-wheeled vehicle that has important historical value in Indonesia.

The Daihatsu Kyoto Oyamazaki Plant factory is a 'mother plant' for the PT Astra Daihatsu Motor factory in Karawang Assembly Plant 2, which was inaugurated in February 2025. There are various innovations, and the SSC concept developed from the Kyoto factory and adapted to a factory in Karawang, by adjusting local environmental characteristics.

In stages of the vehicle production process, Daihatsu started from the Press Shop from Welding (research), where metal parts such as floors, doors, and roofs were united using automated robots to ensure the vehicle structure was sturdy and met global safety standards.

As a final stage, vehicles undergo inspection (quality checks) using digital systems and tablets to ensure consistency and accuracy before the vehicle is sent to the customer's hands.

It is known, the Daihatsu factory in Kyoto has been operating since 1973. Cumulatively, the plant has produced more than 6.8 million units for more than 50 years to date. This production facility has experienced an update in 2022 which aims to increase its modern and still relevant manufacturing competitiveness in the future, a more environmentally friendly production process, as well as increase productivity and be more friendly to employees.

By implementing the concept of SSC (Simple, Slim, and Compact), this factory has a production system designed with high flexibility, more efficient operations, and concise and can be adjusted to production needs in meeting customer needs. The SSC concept is also the fundamental foundation for Daihatsu manufacturing because in addition to being able to optimize hardware that can continue to be developed periodically, it also makes communication pathways between employees more smooth and intense.

In addition to a more efficient production process, this factory is also environmentally friendly because it has better energy management through the use of high-rise buildings, implementation of new painting technology (paint shop) by conducting water conditioning recycling by dry booths, and utilizing solar panel energy. All of these efforts were able to reduce CO2 carbon emissions by 42 percent compared to before this factory update.

In terms of productivity, this factory is also designed to be more friendly to employees. Currently, the process of painting vehicles that previously took place manually has now been replaced by robots, plus several work areas that previously required a lot of movement are now synchronized to make them more efficient.

In the Assembly area, Daihatsu also provides access seats to facilitate the assembly of vehicle interiors and can reduce the operator's workload. In addition, Daihatsu also continues to encourage the use of digitalization in factories with AI assistance (Artificial Intelligence), as well as targeting systems capable of carrying out automatic work control in every predictive process and maintenance that can help take preventive action from an early age. With this series of advantages, Kyoto factories are a convenient workplace for everyone for all ages and gender.

With the concept of an integrated plant or one-stop factory, Kyoto Plant is an example of how the merger of production, logistics, and testing functions into the same location and area can increase work efficiency while maintaining production quality stability.