Announcement of Changes of Assignment for Corporate Officers, Personnel Changes and Organizational Changes

Osaka, Japan - April 27, 2017 - TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President & CEO: Takashi Shimizu) announces the following Changes of Assignment for Corporate Officers, Personnel Changes and Organizational Changes.

  1. Change of Assignment for Corporate Officers (Effective May 1, 2017)

    Name

    New Position

    Former Position

    Continuing Position

    Koichi Ono

    Advisor(full-time) Of Division General

    Manager, Recall Division, Seismic Rubber Task Force Headquarters, posted to Akashi Plant, Hyogo Manufacturing Complex

    Senior Corporate Officer Compliance Supervisor Vice President,

    Quality Assurance & Compliance Headquarters

    Deputy Division General Manager

    Seismic Rubber Task Force Headquarters

    Shinji

    Tanabe

    Chief Compliance Officer Compliance Supervisor Vice President,

    Quality Assurance & Compliance Headquarters

    Vice President, Production Headquarters

    Senior Corporate Officer

    Michihiro Kawada

    Senior Corporate Officer Deputy Division General Manager,

    Seismic Rubber Task Force Headquarters

    Corporate Officer

    Division General Manager, Recall Division, Seismic Rubber Task Force Headquarters

    Masao Takiwaki

    General Manager,

    Legal Dept., Compliance

    & Legal Division

    Chief Compliance Officer

    Corporate Officer Division General

    Manager, Compliance & Legal Division

  2. Assignment for New Corporate Officers (Effective May 1, 2017)

    Name

    New Position

    Former Position

    Continuing Position

    Yoji Imura

    Corporate Officer Vice President,

    Production Headquarters

    Plant General manager, Kuwana Plant, Production Division

  3. Personnel Change (Effective May 1, 2017)

    Name

    New Position

    Former Position

    Continuing Position

    Yuji

    Miyazaki

    Plant General Manager, Kuwana Plant, Production Division

    Of Plant Administration Dept., temporarily transferred to Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn.

    Bhd.

    Shigemi Ohsuna

    General Manager, Process Design

    Development Dept., R&D Division No.1

    Replacement Tire Development Dept., R&D Division No.1

    Teruaki Baba

    General Manager,

    Tire Testing Dept., R&D Division No.1

    Tire Testing Dept., R&D Division No.1, posted to Kuwana Plant

    Masanori Iwase

    General Manager,

    Tire Testing Development Dept., R&D Division No.1

    Tire Technology Development Dept., R&D Division No.1

    Koji Hiramatsu

    General Manager, Department No.1, Central Research Center

    Tire Materials Development Dept., R&D Division No.1

    Junji Hirose

    General Manager, Department No.2, Central Research Center

    Central Research Center

    Hiroshi Ohno

    Division General Manager, Recall Division, Seismic Rubber Task Force Headquarters

    Division General Manager, R&D Division No.2

    Toshihiko Furuta

    Division General Manager, R&D Division No.2

    General Manager, Rubber Products

    Development Dept., R&D Division No.2

    Toshifumi Sakata

    General Manager, Rubber Products

    Development Dept., R&D Division No.2

    Rubber Products Development Dept., R&D Division No.2

  4. Personnel Change of Subsidiary Company (Effective May 1, 2017)

    Name

    New Position

    Former Position

    Continuing Position

    Kazuma Nishitani

    President,

    Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd.

    Manager,

    Tire Curing Section, Production Dept., Kuwana Plant, Production Division

  5. Organizational Changes (Effective May 1, 2017)

    1. Process Design Development Dept. and Tire Testing Development Dept. is newly established under R&D Division No.1.

    2. Department No.1 and Department No.2 is newly established under Central Research Center.

    3. Coporate Communications Planning Dept.

      Osaka Head office Telephone: +81-6-6441-8803 Facsimile: +81-6-6446-1925 Tokyo Branch office Telephone: +81-3-5822-6621 Facsimile: +81-3-3865-2240

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