In the 2000s, it absorbed the vehicle manufacturing operations of sister companies Araco and Gifu Auto Body.

In 1951, the company became the first Japanese manufacturer in producing a truck body made completely of steel.

[9] In November 1959, it created a vehicle conversion subsidiary, Kariya Painting (later renamed Tokai Utility Motor).

The production percentage of passenger cars and other light vehicles would increase for the company during the following years.

[17] Toyota Auto Body would continue developing and producing one-box design vans.

[19] In the 1970s, Toyota Auto Body was one of the first companies in using quality function deployment (QFD), paralleling the initial developments from Yoji Akao at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

[20] In 1992, the company established Toyota Body Seiko, an auto parts subsidiary, and began investments to increase the production of one-box vehicles, as the rest of its passenger car business was in decline.

[22] By the mid-1990s, Toyota Auto Body ventured into the production of high-end one-box passenger vans derived from the HiAce.

In 1995, it started producing the Granvia, a HiAce-based semi-bonneted van made to comply with European safety regulations.

[26] In the fiscal year ended March 2007, Toyota Auto Body achieved its largest production volume, with about 745,000 vehicles produced during the period.

[32] In the early 2020s, the company opened specialty stores for customising and selling accessories of its produced vehicles.

[39] The Inabe plant is the main minivan production hub of Toyota Auto Body.

[45] The present Toyota Auto Body Research and Development subsidiary has a 5,719 m2 building and 403 employees.

[47] Toyota Auto Body has subsidiaries in Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, China and the United States.

The Taoyuan-based[49] Taiwanese affiliate is called Chun Shyang Shin Yeh (Industry) (Chinese: 春翔欣業; pinyin: Chūn Xiáng Xīn Yè)[50] and was established in 1997.

The joint venture produces pressed parts, vehicle doors and suspension components for Toyota cars.

[50] In Thailand, Toyota Auto Body's first Thai operations began in February 1978, producing stamped parts for Hilux pickups.

In 1995,[58] it established, along with other Toyota subsidiaries, Sugity Creatives, an Indonesian joint venture[59] headquartered in Cikarang Bekasi[60] and aimed at producing resin components for cars.

[48] As for China, Toyota Auto Body has a 65%-owned Chinese joint venture, Tab Minth Mobility Equipment, to "sell assistive components".

[48] The rest of the Toyota Auto Body's overseas affiliates are wholly owned subsidiaries.

[48] As of 2022[update] vehicles assembled by Toyota Auto Body include: the Alphard, the Vellfire, the Voxy, the Noah, the Land Cruiser, the HiAce, the RegiusAce, the GranAce, the Coaster, the electric vehicle COMS, the Lexus LX and LM.

[7] The company firstly made sheet metal work for Toyota, soon adding vehicle interior parts (including seats) and auto bodies.

In 1959, after receiving a big order of military vehicles from Toyota, it associated itself with the latter,[82] producing bodies for light trucks[82][83] such as the Dyna and the Stout.

That year, Toyota consolidated all Land Cruiser assembly in Japan into Arakawa Auto Body Industries.

[86] In January 1996, Toyota launched a civilian version of the BXD10 military vehicle called BXD20 (Mega Cruiser), and it was assembled by Gifu Auto Body.

[28] That year, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Auto Body[5][28] through stock swap.