Toyota employees win Medallions for Excellence in 5 categories at 48th WorldSkills Competition
Seven Toyota competitors entered seven categories at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, and the company says they earned Medallions for Excellence in five of them.
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What Happened
At Toyota Motor Corporation, seven competitors took part in seven categories at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, held from September 23 to 26 in Shanghai, China. Toyota says its contestants won Medallions for Excellence in five categories. The competitors came from Toyota operations in India, the United Kingdom and Japan, covering Toyota Motor Corporation itself plus two group manufacturing companies. The fields ranged from IT network systems administration and cloud computing to CNC milling, electronics, car painting and mechatronics.
- Kojiro Nishimura — IT Network Systems Administration, Logistics & Information Production Engineering Div.
- Osuke Oyaizu — Cloud Computing, Toyota Monozukuri Development Div.
- Yuto Yamada — CNC Milling, Technical Development & Prototype Div.
- Yusei Kameda — Electronics, Mobility Safety Platform Development Div.
- Shiyota Sugata — Car Painting, Design Management Div.
- Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Ltd. — Mechatronics: DEEPU MUDIGEREPALYA SRINIVASA and JAYANTH KARIYAPPA
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd. — Mechatronics: EMILY BETTRIDGE and ELIZABETH HOPKINSON
The 48th WorldSkills Competition is held in Shanghai, China.
Toyota announces that its employees won Medallions for Excellence in five categories.
Why this matters
The result puts the spotlight on Toyota's in-house skills base — the technicians and engineers who develop and build its vehicles — rather than on any product. The medallion winners came from operations in Japan, India and the United Kingdom, so the recognition spans Toyota's overseas manufacturing footprint as well as its home market. It is also a signal to the wider industry about how Toyota trains and showcases its workforce.
Terms in This Story
- Mechatronics
- An engineering discipline that combines mechanical systems with electronics and computer control.
- CNC Milling
- Computer numerical control milling: cutting metal parts into precise shapes with computer-guided machine tools.
- Cloud Computing
- Using remote, internet-connected servers to store data and run software instead of local machines.
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