Toyo Tire & Rubber Company
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|location_country = Japan
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{{nihongo|'''Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.,Ltd. '''|東洋ゴム工業株式会社|Tōyō Gomu Kōgyo Kabushiki-gaisha}} ({{tyo|5105}}) 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.
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==Timeline==
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>August
1945</span></p>
</td>
[[Image:T M&D.jpg||thumb|300px|right|A typical Toyo Mud and Snow tire, The Toyo Open country A/T.]]
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>August
1947</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
first truck tire exported.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>July
1953</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Itami Manufacturing Complex is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>May
1956</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Ayabe
Toyo Rubber Co., Ltd. is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>October
1959</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Soflan Co., Ltd. is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>December
1961</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Central R&D Laboratories (now the Technical Research Center) is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>1963</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Car
tires are exported to the United States for the first time.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>March
1964</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Chubu
Soflan Kakoh Co., Ltd. (now Chubu Soflan Co., Ltd.) is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>September
1964</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Hyogo Plant is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>March
1965</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Tohoku
Toyo Rubber Co., Ltd. (now the Sendai Plant) is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>July
1966</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber becomes the first Japanese tire manufacturer to establish a
U.S. subsidiary (Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp.).</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>April
1971</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Akashi Plant is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>June
1971</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Giant Tire Co.,Ltd(presently Nippon Giant Tire Co.,Ltd) estabilished.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>February
1974</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Vaculug Australia Ltd. (now
Toyo Tyre and Rubber Australia Ltd.)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>March
1974</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Fukushima Rubber Co., Ltd.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>April
1974</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Soflan Technical Center is opened at the Hyogo Plant.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>July
1974</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>T.G.K.
Seals Co., Ltd. (now T.G.K. Co., Ltd.) is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>July
1974</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Tire
Testing Course opened in Miyazaki Prefectur, Japan--the first of its kind
built by a Japanese tire manufacturer.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>September
1975</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Reifen GmbH established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>February
1979</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber forms a comprehensive business partnership with Nitto Tire
Co., Ltd.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>February
1979</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Ryoto
Tire Co., Ltd. (now the Kuwana Plant) is established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>March
1982</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Alliance
agreement with Continental AG concluded.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>January
1982</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire Canada Inc. established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>June
1983</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Fukushima Plant is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>September
1983</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Technological
partnership agreement with General Tire(presently Continental North America
Inc.)concluded.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>April
1986</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Automotive Parts Technical Center is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>November
1986</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Nippon
Giant Tire Co.,Ltd. established.(J.V.company with Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company.)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>March
1987</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>New
Pacific Industry Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture with Cheng Shin
Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. In the Republic of China</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>August
1988</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Dynamic
Simulation Optimized Contour Theory (DSOC) is announced as a new design
theory for truck and bus tire.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>November
1988</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>GTY
Tire Company is established as a joint venture.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>October
1989</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
High-Polymer Processing Technology Center is opened at the Fukushima Plant</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>February
1990</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Banden Nederland B.V. established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>January
1993</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Tire
Testing Course opened in Saroma, Hokkaido</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>June
1993</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Rubber(Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. established.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>July
1995</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Tranpath MP minivan tire is launched as a the first product in the Tranpath
series.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>January
1996</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Toyo Tire &
Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>December
1998</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
Itami Manufacturing Complex is closed.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>September
1999</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber forms a business partnership with Kinugawa Rubber
Industrial Co., Ltd.,</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>April
2000</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
East Japan Automotive Parts Technical Center is opened.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>December
2000</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>T-Mode
is announced as a new basic design systems for tires.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>February
2001</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Automotive Parts (U.S.A.), Inc. is established in Kentucky, U.S.A.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>November
2001</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>The
main building at the Toyo Technical Center is completed.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>August
2002</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Petrel Tire
(Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (China).</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>October
2002</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>A major
shopping mall, Diamond City Terrace, is opened on the site of the former
Itami Manufacturing Complex.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>January
2003</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture in Shanghai,
China</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>May
2003</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Rubber Chemical & Industrial Products (HK) Limited is established in Hong
Kong, China.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>June
2004</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Tire North America, Inc. is established in Georgia, U.S.A., as a tire
manufacturing base.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span>September
2004</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span>Toyo
Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. is established in Guangzhou, China</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
===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
====Established====
August 1, 1945
====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
==External links==
*{{en icon}} [http://www.toyojapan.com/ TOYO TIRES GLOBAL]
*{{ja icon}} [http://toyotires.jp/ TOYO TIRES (Japan)]
*{{en icon}} [http://www.toyo.com/ TOYO TIRES (USA)]
*{{en icon}} [http://www.toyotires.ca/ TOYO TIRES (Canada)]
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