Toyo Tire & Rubber Company
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Tire
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company based in Japan
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History
The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the United StatesUnited States
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as Toyo Tire Corporation. In 1999, Nitto Tire North America was established.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 1945 | Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. is established |
| August 1947 | The first truck tire exported |
| July 1953 | The Itami Manufacturing Complex is opened |
| May 1956 | Ayabe Toyo Rubber Co., Ltd. is established |
| October 1959 | Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd. is established |
| December 1961 | The Central R&D Laboratories (now the Technical Research Center) is opened |
| 1963 | Car tires are exported to the United States for the first time |
| March 1964 | Chubu Soflan Kakoh Co., Ltd. (now Chubu Soflan Co., Ltd.) is established |
| September 1964 | The Hyogo Plant is opened |
| March 1965 | Tohoku Toyo Rubber Co., Ltd. (now the Sendai Plant) is established |
| July 1966 | Toyo Tire & Rubber becomes the first Japanese tire manufacturer to establish a U.S. subsidiary (Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp.) |
| April 1971 | The Akashi Plant is opened |
| June 1971 | Toyo Giant Tire Co.,Ltd (presently Nippon Giant Tire Co.,Ltd) established |
| February 1974 | |
| March 1974 | Toyo Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Fukushima Rubber Co., Ltd |
| April 1974 | The Soflan Technical Center is opened at the Hyogo Plant |
| July 1974 | T.G.K.Seals Co., Ltd. (now T.G.K. Co., Ltd.) is established |
| July 1974 | Tire Testing Course opened in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan--the first of its kind built by a Japanese tire manufacturer |
| September 1975 | Toyo Reifen GmbH established in Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... , Neuss Neuss Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known... |
| February 1979 | Toyo Tire & Rubber forms a comprehensive business partnership with Nitto Tire Co., Ltd |
| February 1979 | Ryoto Tire Co., Ltd. (now the Kuwana Plant) is established |
| March 1982 | Alliance agreement with Continental AG concluded |
| January 1982 | Toyo Tire Canada Inc. established |
| June 1983 | The Fukushima Plant is opened |
| April 1986 | The Automotive Parts Technical Center is opened |
| November 1986 | Nippon Giant Tire Co.,Ltd. established.(J.V.company with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.) |
| March 1987 | |
| August 1988 | Dynamic Simulation Optimized Contour Theory (DSOC) is announced as a new design theory for truck and bus tire |
| November 1988 | GTY Tire Company is established as a joint venture |
| October 1989 | The High-Polymer Processing Technology Center is opened at the Fukushima Plant |
| February 1990 | Toyo Banden Nederland B.V. established |
| January 1993 | Tire Testing Course opened in Saroma, Hokkaido |
| June 1993 | Toyo Rubber(Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. established |
| July 1995 | The Tranpath MP minivan tire is launched as a the first product in the Tranpath series |
| January 1996 | Toyo Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Toyo Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd |
| December 1998 | The Itami Manufacturing Complex is closed |
| September 1999 | Toyo Tire & Rubber forms a business partnership with Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., |
| April 2000 | The East Japan Automotive Parts Technical Center is opened |
| December 2000 | T-Mode is announced as a new basic design systems for tires |
| February 2001 | Toyo Automotive Parts (U.S.A.), Inc. is established in Kentucky, U.S.A |
| November 2001 | The main building at the Toyo Technical Center is completed |
| August 2002 | Toyo Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Petrel Tire (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (China) |
| October 2002 | A major shopping mall, Diamond City Terrace, is opened on the site of the former Itami Manufacturing Complex |
| January 2003 | Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture in Shanghai, China |
| May 2003 | Toyo Rubber Chemical & Industrial Products (HK) Limited is established in Hong Kong, China |
| June 2004 | Toyo Tire North America, Inc. is established in Bartow County, Georgia U.S.A., as a tire manufacturing base |
| September 2004 | Toyo 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: +81-3-5955-1200
Paid-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