The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited Decides Changes in Senior Management
February 13, 2014
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The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited decided changed in senior management at the meeting of board of directors held on February 14, 2014. The changes will formally be approved after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 28, 2014. The company promoted Takao Oishi, Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer as Director and Managing Corporate Officer; Hideto Katsuragawa, Director and Managing Corporate Officer as Director and Corporate Officer and Tetsuya Kuze, Director and Managing Corporate Officer as Director and Corporate Officer. The company appointed Shigeo Komatsu, Managing Corporate Officer as Director and Managing Corporate Officer and Naozumi Furukawa, Chairman of ZEON Corporation, Corporate Auditor of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. as Director. The company appointed Akio Yamada, Senior Advisor of Jones Day as Corporate Auditor. The company promoted Yasushi Kikuch, Corporate Officer as Managing Corporate Officer. The company appointed Masataka Yamaishi, Yasuhiro Kurokawa and Masaki Noro as Corporate Officers. The company announced retirement of Kinya Kawakami, Director and Managing Corporate Officer. The company announced the retirement of Naozumi Furukawa, director. The company announced the retirement of Koichi Tanaka, Senior Managing Corporate Officer, Kazuya Nakazawa, Corporate Officer and Koichi Tsuruno, Corporate Officer. Yokohama Rubber plans to establish the following new management after the general meeting of
shareholders to be held on March 28, 2014.
The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited is one of the world's leaders in manufacturing and marketing tires. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production of tires (81.3%): for private vehicles, buses, heavy trucks, mining and civil engineering engines, etc.;
- manufacturing of polymer and rubber products (17.3%): high pressure pipes, conveyor belts, seismic products, marine hoses, aircraft products, golf products, etc.;
- other (1.3%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (42.2%), Asia (14.6%), North America (26.6%) and other (16.6%).
THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 
