On 1 July 2012, three Toyota subcontractors Central Motors, Toyota Motors Tohoku, and Kanto Auto Works combined into one company, with all manufacturing facilities and assets of the three former companies to now be known as Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.[3] [4] Due to the merger of the three former companies, the corporate headquarters has been established at the previously known company Central Motors, located in Ohira (Miyagi).[1] There are just over 1,500 employees at the Central Motors location.