Toyo_Tire_&_Rubber_Company
Toyo Tire & Rubber Company
is a tire company based in Japan. The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the United States as Toyo Tire Corporation. In 1999, Nitto Tire North America was established. Today, it is one of the largest tire companies in the world.
Timeline
1945 |
Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. is established. |
1947 |
first truck tire exported. |
1953 |
Itami Manufacturing Complex is opened. |
1956 |
Toyo Rubber Co., Ltd. is established. |
1959 |
Soflan Co., Ltd. is established. |
1961 |
Central R&D Laboratories (now the Technical Research Center) is opened. |
|
tires are exported to the United States for the first time. |
1964 |
Soflan Kakoh Co., Ltd. (now Chubu Soflan Co., Ltd.) is established. |
1964 |
Hyogo Plant is opened. |
1965 |
Toyo Rubber Co., Ltd. (now the Sendai Plant) is established. |
1966 |
Tire & Rubber becomes the first Japanese tire manufacturer to establish a U.S. subsidiary (Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp.). |
1971 |
Akashi Plant is opened. |
1971 |
Giant Tire Co.,Ltd(presently Nippon Giant Tire Co.,Ltd) estabilished. |
1974 |
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Vaculug Australia Ltd. (now Toyo Tyre and Rubber Australia Ltd.) |
1974 |
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Fukushima Rubber Co., Ltd. |
1974 |
Soflan Technical Center is opened at the Hyogo Plant. |
1974 |
Seals Co., Ltd. (now T.G.K. Co., Ltd.) is established. |
1974 |
Testing Course opened in Miyazaki Prefectur, Japan--the first of its kind built by a Japanese tire manufacturer. |
1975 |
Reifen GmbH established. |
1979 |
Tire & Rubber forms a comprehensive business partnership with Nitto Tire Co., Ltd. |
1979 |
Tire Co., Ltd. (now the Kuwana Plant) is established. |
1982 |
agreement with Continental AG concluded. |
1982 |
Tire Canada Inc. established. |
1983 |
Fukushima Plant is opened. |
1983 |
partnership agreement with General Tire(presently Continental North America Inc.)concluded. |
1986 |
Automotive Parts Technical Center is opened. |
1986 |
Giant Tire Co.,Ltd. established.(J.V.company with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.) |
1987 |
Pacific Industry Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture with Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. In the Republic of China |
1988 |
Simulation Optimized Contour Theory (DSOC) is announced as a new design theory for truck and bus tire. |
1988 |
Tire Company is established as a joint venture. |
1989 |
High-Polymer Processing Technology Center is opened at the Fukushima Plant |
1990 |
Banden Nederland B.V. established. |
1993 |
Testing Course opened in Saroma, Hokkaido |
1993 |
Rubber(Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. established. |
1995 |
Tranpath MP minivan tire is launched as a the first product in the Tranpath series. |
1996 |
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Toyo Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. |
1998 |
Itami Manufacturing Complex is closed. |
1999 |
Tire & Rubber forms a business partnership with Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., |
2000 |
East Japan Automotive Parts Technical Center is opened. |
2000 |
is announced as a new basic design systems for tires. |
2001 |
Automotive Parts (U.S.A.), Inc. is established in Kentucky, U.S.A. |
2001 |
main building at the Toyo Technical Center is completed. |
2002 |
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Petrel Tire (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (China). |
2002 |
shopping mall, Diamond City Terrace, is opened on the site of the former Itami Manufacturing Complex. |
2003 |
Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture in Shanghai, China |
2003 |
Rubber Chemical & Industrial Products (HK) Limited is established in Hong Kong, China. |
2004 |
Tire North America, Inc. is established in Georgia, U.S.A., as a tire manufacturing base. |
2004 |
Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. is established in Guangzhou, China |
Company
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. Locations Head Office 1-17-18 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-8661, Japan Phone: +81-6-6441-8801 Tokyo Head Office Mejiro Nakano Bldg., 2-17-22 Takada, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8544, Japan Phone: +81-3-5955-1200Established
August 1, 1945Paid-In capital
23,974,627,991 yen (as of March 31, 2007) Number of Employees 3,254 (as of March 31, 2007) Management BOARD OF DIRECTORS Yoshio Kataoka* Yasuo Onodera* Kazuo Nagai Yutaka Ebuchi Kenji Nakakura Kenji Takada Takuya Kakuno Susumu Nishihata
- Representative Director
CORPORATE AUDITORS Kazuo Fujita* Kazunari Maeda Yasutaka Hosoi Shuji Tsuyuki
- Standing Corporate Auditor
Note: Kazunari Maeda, Yasutaka Hosoi, and Shuji Tsuyuki are the outside auditors specified in Article 2-16 of the Japanese Corporate law. CORPORATE OFFICERS Yoshio Kataoka* Yasuo Onodera* Shozo Kibata Kazuo Nagai* Yutaka Ebuchi* Kenji Nakakura* Kenji Takada* Mitsuaki Hashiyama Takuya Kakuno* Susumu Nishihata* Hiroshi Shibata Masaharu Yoshimoto Masanori Kan Atsushi Tasaka Takafumi Ichikawa Hidehiko Takahashi Akira Nobuki President and Chief Executive Officer Senior Managing Executive Officer Senior Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer ADVISORS EMERITUS Junji Tsumura(Chairman, Board of Directors, Toyobo Co., Ltd.)
- Concurrent with directorial position
Lines of Business Manufacturing and marketing of car tires, industrial rubber and synthetic resin products, soft and rigid polyurethane products, waterproof sheets, anti-vibration rubber for automotive parts, seat cushions, and sporting goods
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