[3][4] The expanded plant built by John Holland was opened by Prime Minister Paul Keating.

It exported cars to Brunei, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

[8] In February 2014 Toyota announced the plant would close after it decided it would cease production in Australia.

[11][12] The site was redeveloped with the former manufacturing building converted into a redevelopment facility which included vehicle design and testing studios, training rooms, a mock sales dealership, auditorium and 400 person bistro.

[13][14][15] In 2024 Toyota began assembling and distributing stationary hydrogen fuel cell power generators at Altona.