Toyo Tire & Rubber : Changes to Organizational Structure; Assignment of Directors and Corporate Officers; Other Personnel Changes

Changes to Organizational Structure; Assignment of Directors and Corporate Officers; Other Personnel Changes

Osaka, Japan - December 14, 2016 - TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President: Takashi Shimizu), announces the following changes to the organizational structure, the assignment of Directors and Corporate Officers, and other personnel changes.

1. Organizational Structural Changes:

2. The Company is changing its Group Headquarters structure from the existing division by business category to one organized by operational function, as follows:

3. The planning and management functions are integrated into Corporate Headquarters. The following units will be re-established within Corporate Headquarters: Corporate Planning Division; Product Planning Division; Administrative Division; Corporate Purchasing Division and SCM Division.

4. The Quality Assurance Division and Compliance & Legal Division are re-established under Quality Assurance & Compliance Headquarters.

5. The Production Engineering Division and Environment & Safety Enhancement Division are re-established under the Environment, Safety & Production Engineering Headquarters.

6. The Production Division is re-established under Production Headquarters.

7. Central Research Center, R&D Division No.1 and R&D Division No.2 are re-established under R&D Headquarters.

8. Original Equipment Sales Division, Domestic Sales Division and Overseas Sales Division are re-established under Sales Headquarters.

9. The North American Business Development Dept. is established to further strengthen the North American business.

10. Global Project Development Dept. is established to expand business globally.

11. Changes of Directors and Corporate Officers (Effective January 1, 2017)

    Name	New Position	Former Position	Continuing Position
    Takashi Shimizu	*General Manager, Seismic Isolation Rubber Division	*President *Representative Director *Chief Risk Management Officer *Chief Compliance Management Officer
    Koichi Ono	*Head, Quality Assurance & Compliance Headquarters	*Group Executive Officer, Tire Business *Head, Administrative Division	*Director *Senior Corporate Officer *Deputy General Manager, Seismic Isolation Rubber Division
    Masaji Ishino	*General Manager, Seismic Isolation Rubber Division *General Manager, Global Project Development Dept.	*Group Executive Officer, DT Business *General Manager, DT Planning Division *Chairman, Toyo Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. *Chairman, Wuxi Toyo- Meifeng Rubber Products Co., Ltd.	*Director, *Senior Corporate Officer
    Tetsuo Tatara	*Head, Environment, Safety & Production Engineering Headquarters; *General Manager, Environment & Safety Enhancement Division	*General Manager, Fundamental Technology Center *General Manager, Production Engineering Center *General Manager, Central Research Center *Overviewing Tire Production Division *Tire Business Group Headquarters	*Director *Senior Corporate Officer
    Yasushi Takagi	*Head, Sales Headquarters *General Manager, Overseas Sales Division *Chairman, Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	*General Manager, Original Equipment Division, Tire Business Headquarters *Deputy General Manager, Seismic Isolation Rubber Division	Senior Corporate Officer

    Name	New Position	Former Position	Continuing Position
    Tamotsu Sakuramoto	*Head, Corporate Headquarters *General Manager, SCM Division *Deputy General Manager, Seismic Isolation Rubber Division	*General Manager, RE Division, Tire Business Headquarters *Head, DT Sales Division, DT Business Group Headquarters	Senior Corporate Officer
    Shinji Tanabe	*Senior Corporate Officer *Head, Overseeing Production Headquarters *Chairman, Toyo Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. *Chairman, Wuxi Toyo-Meifeng Rubber Products Co., Ltd.	*Corporate Officer *General Manager, Tire Production Division, Tire Business Group Headquarters *Head, DT Production Division, DT Business Group HQ	*Chairman, Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd. *Chairman, Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.
    Masao Takiwaki	*General Manager, Compliance & Legal Division	*General Manager, Compliance & Legal Center	*Corporate Officer *Chief Compliance Officer
    Tadashi Ogawa	*General Manager, Original Equipment Sales Division	*General Manager, DT Sales Division, DT Business Group Headquarters	*Corporate Officer
    Hidefumi Uematsu	*General Manager, Domestic Sales Division	*President, Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.	*Corporate Officer
    Masayuki Kanai	*Overseeing R&D Headquarters	*General Manager, Tire R & D Division, Tire Business Group Headquarters	*Corporate Officer
    Tatsuo Mitsuhata	*Head, North American Business Development Dept.	*General Manager, Tire Planning Division, Tire Business Group Headquarters *Chairman, Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	*Corporate Officer

12. Personnel Changes (Effective January 1, 2017)

    Name	New Position	Former Position	Continuing Position
    Satoru Moriya	*General Manager, R&D Division No.1	*General Manager, O.E. Tire Development Dept. *General Manager, O. E. Tire Technical Service Dept.
    Toshiya Kimura	*General Manager, Production Division	*General Manager, Sendai Plant
    Naoki Nishikawa	*General Manager, Sendai Plant	*President, Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd. *President, Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.
    Hiroshi Ohno	*General Manager, R&D Division No.2	*General Manager, DT R&D Division
    Tetsuo Shimomura	*General Manager, Central Research Center	*President, Toyo Advanced *Technology Incorporated
    Kiyotaka Sugiyama	*General Manager, Production Engineering Division	*General Manager, Electric System & Control Dept. *President, Orient Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Tamotsu Mizutani	*General Manager, Product Planning Division	*General Manager, R.E. Tire Development Dept.

13. Personnel Changes of Subsidiary Companies (Effective January 1, 2017)

Name	New Position	Former Position	Continuing Position
Kenji Kubo	*President, Toyo Tire Canada Inc. *President, Nitto Tire Canada Inc.	Tire Overseas Sales Planning Dept.
Kenichi Yamabe	*President, Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.	*President, Chubu Area Sales Company, Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya Doi	*President, Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd.	*General Manager, Production Dept., Sendai Plant
Yosiyuki Nomura	*President, Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.	Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.

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