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1917
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| Established as “YOKOHAMA Rubber Manufacturing” in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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| 1919 | |
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| Start of Tyre Production at Hiranuma Plant, Yokohama
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| 1921 | | Japan 's first cord tyre was successfully manufactured
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| 1929 | |
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| Start of Tyre Production at Turumi Plant, Yokohama
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| 1944 | | Mie plant started tyre production
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| 1951 | |
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| Hiratsuka Factory started operations
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| 1954 | | Launching of Japan´s first tubeless tyre
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| 1963 | |
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| Corporate name changed to “The YOKOHAMA Rubber Co., Ltd.”
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| 1964 | | Completion of Shishiro Plant
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| 1967 | | Launch of Radial Tyre for Passenger Car “Ford GT Special”
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| 1969 | | YOKOHAMA Tire Corporation established as a sales company in Los Angeles, United States
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| 1974 | | Onomichi Plant started production of tyres
Ibaraki Plant started operations
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| 1978 | |
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| Launch of High Performance Radial Tyres for Passenger Cars < ADVAN HF >
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| 1981 | | Release of Tubeless Radial Tyres for Trucks and Buses
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| 1983 | | YOKOHAMA Rubber supplied official tyres for the first Macau Grand Prix
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| 1986 | |
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| D-PARC (Daigo Proving Ground and Research Center) comprehensive tyre testing facility opened
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| 1988 | | YOKOHAMA Reifen GmbH established as a sales company in Germany
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| 1989 | | T*MARY (Takasu Motoring and Researching Yard) specialized winter test course opened
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| 1991 | |
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| R&D Center RADIC (Research and Development Integrated Center) Completed at the Hiratsuka Plant
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| 1995 | | YOKOHAMA Tire Division became the first Japanese tyre manufacturer to be ISO9001 certified
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| 1998 | | Start of operations by YOKOHAMA Tire Philippines, Inc.
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| 2003 | | Start of production at Hangzhou YOKOHAMA Tire Plant in China
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| 2004 | | “ADVAN Sport” the new flagship sport tyre, was adopted for BENTLEY Continental GT
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| 2005 | |
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Europe representative office in Dusseldorf, Germany, became a subsidiary to oversee and coordinate European marketing
- YOKOHAMA Establishes Tyre Sales Company in Russia
- Started tyre production for trucks and buses at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
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| 2006 | |
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YOKOHAMA started to supply tyres to the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
- YOKOHAMA Rubber Announces New Management Plan: Grand Design 100
- Established Yokohama India Private Limited as subsidiary in India
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| 2007 | | "YOKOHAMA Forever Forest" (a project to plant trees at all YOKOHAMA plants around the world) kicked off with a tree-planting ceremony at Hiratsuka Factory
YOKOHAMA supplied official tyres for the Macau Grand Prix for the 25th consecutive year
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| 2008 | |
- YOKOHAMA Tyre Vietnam Inc. held opening ceremony
- Establish YOKOHAMA Asia Co., Ltd., as purchasing, marketing and technical service company, established in Bangkok, Thailand
- YOKOHAMA Rubber Latin America Comercio Ltda. as a new overseas subsidiary, was established in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Held opening ceremony for Suzhou Yokohama Tire Co.,Ltd. and started production in China
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| 2009 | |
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| Opening Ceremony of the Tire Test Center of Asia held in Thailand
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| 2010 | |
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| YOKOHAMA Nurburgring Shop Opening Ceremony held in the "ring boulevard" at the famous Nurburgring Track
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