Aug 1945 |
Toyo Rubber Industrial, established, strengthened and developed by Toyo Boseki (today known as Toyobo) in order to develop the rubber industry, merged with Hirano Rubber Manufacturing; Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. Established |
May 1949 |
Lists on the Osaka Stock Exchange |
Jul 1953 |
Opens Itami Plant for motor vehicle tire manufacturing (Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture) |
May 1955 |
Lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Dec 1961 |
Opens the Central R&D Laboratories in Ibaraki City, Osaka (relocates to Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture in December 2013) |
Jul 1966 |
Establishes its first tire sales subsidiary, Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. (currently Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.) in U.S. |
Feb 1974 |
Acquires capital in Vaculug Australia Ltd. (currently TOYO TYRE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD) |
Sep 1975 |
Establishes Toyo Reifen GmbH (currently Toyo Tire Holdings of Europe GmbH) tire sales subsidiary in Europe |
Feb 1979 |
Establishes a comprehensive business partnership with Nitto Tire Co., Ltd. |
Apr 1986 |
Opens the Automotive Parts Technical Center in Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture |
Oct 1996 |
Merged with Ryoto Tire Co., Ltd. |
Nov 2001 |
Opens Toyo Technical Center (currently the Tire Technical Center) in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture |
Jan 2003 |
Establishes Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation |
Jun 2004 |
Establishes Toyo Tire North America, Inc. (currently Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc.) in Georgia, U.S.A., for tire manufacturing |
Sep 2004 |
Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China, for anti-vibration rubber manufacturing |
Apr 2007 |
Integrates domestic 10 tire subsidiaries to establish Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd. |
May 2008 |
Concludes business alliance agreement with Bridgestone Corporation |
Oct 2008 |
Establishes Toyo Tire RUS LLC in Moscow, Russia |
Apr 2010 |
Establishes Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd., a subsidiary in Jiangsu, China, for passenger and light truck tires manufacturing |
Apr 2011 |
Establishes Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in Perak, Malaysia for motor vehicle tire manufacturing |
Jun 2011 |
Acquires the motor vehicle tire manufacturer and seller in Shandong, China, and changes its name to Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd. |
Dec 2013 |
Relocates R&D Center from Ibaraki City, Osaka to Kawanishi City, Hyogo and changes its name to Corporate Technology Center |
May 2017 |
Relocates its headquarters to Itami City, Hyogo from Nishi-ku, Osaka |
Nov 2018 |
Concludes a capital and business alliance with Mitsubishi Corporation |
Jan 2019 |
Changes trade name to Toyo Tire Corporation |
Jan 2019 |
Opens North America R&D Center in Georgia, U.S.A. |
Oct 2019 |
Establishes Toyo Tire Serbia LLC Beograd(currently Toyo Tire Serbia LLC) in Indjija, the Republic of Serbia, for tire manufacturing |
Nov 2019 |
Opens European R&D Center in Willich, Germany |
Dec 2024 |
Establishes Toyo Tire Sales and Marketing Europe LLC Indija in Indjija, the Republic of Serbia, for sales subsidiary in Europe |