History
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 |
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Jul 1953 | Opens Itami Plant for motor vehicle tire manufacturing (Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture) |
May 1955 | Lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Dec 1961 | Sets up the Central R&D Laboratories (currently the Corporate Technology Center) in Hyogo |
Jul 1966 | Establishes its first tire sales subsidiary, Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. (currently Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.) in U.S. |
Apr 1971 | Opens Akashi Plant in Hyogo for pollution control devices and industrial rubber products manufacturing (Kako, Hyogo Prefecture) |
Feb 1974 | Acquires capital in Vaculug Australia Ltd. (currently Toyo Tyre and Rubber Australia Ltd.) |
Sep 1975 | Establishes Toyo Reifen GmbH (currently Toyo Tire Europe GmbH) tire sales subsidiary in Europe as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation |
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. |
Feb 2001 | Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts (U.S.A.), Inc. in Kentucky, U.S.A., for anti-vibration rubber manufacturing and sales |
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 |
Jul 2005 | Establishes Toyo Tyre (UK) Ltd. in Rushden, U.K and Toyo Tire Benelux B.V. in Roosendaal, Netherlands |
Apr 2006 | Integrates Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd. and Chubu Soflan Co., Ltd. to establish Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd. |
Nov 2006 | Acquires Toyo Tire Italia S.p.A in Collesalvetti, Italy |
Apr 2007 | Integrates 10 tire subsidiaries to establish Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd. |
Jan 2008 | Establishes Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. in California, U.S.A., for holding company of North American business |
May 2008 | Concludes business and capital alliance agreement with Bridgestone Corporation |
Jun 2008 | Opens the Iberia representative office in Madrid, Spain Establishes Toyo Tire North America OE Sales LLC in California, U.S.A. |
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 |
Dec 2010 | Completes acquisition of Silverstone Berhad, the motor vehicle tire manufacturer and seller in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Apr 2011 | Establishes Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd(Current, Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn Bhd), for motor vehicle tire manufacturer and seller |
Jun 2011 | Completes acquisition of Shandong Silverstone Luhe Rubber & Tyre Co., Ltd., the motor vehicle tire manufacturer and seller in China, and changes its name to Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd. |
Dec 2011 | Establishes Toyo Rubber Chemical Products (Thailand) Limited in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand for anti-vibration rubber manufacturing and sales |
Oct 2013 | Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts de Mexico S.A. de C.V for anti-vibration rubber manufacturing and sales |
Dec 2013 | Opens the Corporate Technology Center (Hyogo) as part of its relocation project of Central Research Center (the former Technical Research Center, Osaka) |
May 2015 | Establishes Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH in Willich, Germany |
Nov 2018 | Capital and business alliance agreement 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 Belgrade in Belgrade, the Republic of Serbia, for tire manufacturing |
Nov 2019 | Opens European R&D Center in Willich, Germany |