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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| July 1953 |
Opens Itami Plant for motor vehicle tire manufacturing (Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture)
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| May 1955 |
Lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| Dec 1961 |
Sets up the Central R&D Laboratories (currently the Corporate Technology Center) in Hyogo
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| July 1966 |
Establishes its first tire sales subsidiary, Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. (currently Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.) in U.S.
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| Apr 1971 |
Opens Akashi Plant in Hyogo for pollution control devices and industrial rubber products manufacturing (Kako, Hyogo Prefecture)
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| Feb 1974 |
Acquires capital in Vaculug Australia Ltd. (currently Toyo Tyre and Rubber Australia Ltd.)
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| Sep 1975 |
Establishes Toyo Reifen GmbH (currently Toyo Tire Europe GmbH) tire sales subsidiary in Europe as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation
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| Feb 1979 |
Establishes a comprehensive business partnership with Nitto Tire Co., Ltd.
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| Apr 1986 |
Opens the Automotive Parts Technical Center in Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture
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| Oct 1996 |
Merged with Ryoto Tire Co., Ltd.
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| Feb 2001 |
Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts (U.S.A.), Inc. in Kentucky, U.S.A., for anti-vibration rubber parts manufacturing and sales
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| Nov 2001 |
Opens Toyo Technical Center (currently the Tire Technical Center) in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture
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| Jan 2003 |
Establishes Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation
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| June 2004 |
Establishes Toyo Tire North America, Inc. (currently Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc.) in Georgia, U.S.A., for tire manufacturing
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| Sep 2004 |
Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China, for anti-vibration rubber parts manufacturing
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| Jul 2005 |
Establishes Toyo Tyre (UK) Ltd. in Rushden, U.K and Toyo Tire Benelux B.V. in Roosendaal, Netherlands
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| Apr 2006 |
Integrates Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd. and Chubu Soflan Co., Ltd. to establish Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd.
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| Nov 2006 |
Acquires Toyo Tire Italia S.p.A in Collesalvetti, Italy
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| Apr 2007 |
Integrates 10 tire subsidiaries to establish Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.
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| May 2008 |
Concludes business and capital alliance agreement with Bridgestone Corporation
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| June 2008 |
Opens the Iberia representative office in Madrid, Spain Establishes Toyo Tire North America OE Sales LLC in California, U.S.A.
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| Oct 2008 |
Establishes Toyo Tire RUS LLC in Moscow, Russia
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| Apr 2010 |
Establishes Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd., a subsidiary in Jiangsu, China, for passenger and light truck tires manufacturing
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| Dec 2010 |
Completes acquisition of Silverstone Berhad, the motor vehicle tire manufacturer and seller in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| Apr 2011 |
Establishes Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd(Current, Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn Bhd), for passenger and light truck tires manufacturing
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| Jun 2011 |
Completes acquisition of Shandong Silverstone Luhe
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| Dec 2011 |
Establishes sales subsidiary company for automotive anti-vibration rubber products Toyo Rubber Chemical Products (Thailand) Limited in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand
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| Dec 2012 |
Changes name of tire production subsidiary Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in Perak, Malaysia to Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn Bhd
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| Oct 2013 |
Establishes sales subsidiary company for automotive anti-vibration rubber products Toyo Automotive Parts de Mexico S.A. de C.V
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| Dec 2013 |
Opens the Corporate Technology Center (Hyogo) as part of its relocation project of Central Research Center (the former Technical Research Center, Osaka)
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| Dec 2017 |
Divests chemical industrial products business (excluding seismic isolation rubber for construction) and rigid polyurethane foam business
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| Nov 2018 |
Capital and business alliance agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation
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| Dec 2018 |
Divests flexible urethane foam business
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| Jan 2019 |
Changes trade name to Toyo Tire Corporation
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