Research & Development
TCM has extensive R&D facilities that help us develop award winning products and innovative and pioneering products.
Our research investment is involved with every aspect of product design and production techniques. Here are some of the headline areas into which we invest tens of millions of dollars every year.
- Ergonomics for comfort, safety and driveability
- Environmental and emissions testing and development
- Engine performance
- Mechatronics: practice centred on mechanics, electronics, control engineering, computing and molecular engineering (from nanochemistry and biology)
- Electronics
- And research into materials handling solutions and operational best practices
At our R&D centres we have state-of-the-art facilities for product and materials testing including a test track for vehicle weighing up to a massive 1000 tonnes.
Quality control
Quality is embedded at the heart of our business – a trait you’d expect from a Japanese manufacturer.
But it goes deep through our organisation; into the supply chain and right to your front door with our network of trained local dealers. TCM implements programmes aimed at making all employees and agents responsible for overall product quality as well as being aimed at boosting the quality and effectiveness of the entire production system.
Before your trucks are delivered TCM carries out a wide range of rigorous tests, including crush tests, load tests and gradeability tests to ensure superior product performance and safety.
