Established in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture with a joint investment from Yokohama Cable
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (current Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.) and BF Goodrich, of the United States

Renamed tire and industrial products trademark to "Yokohama"

Hama Chemical Co., Ltd. established
 
Corporate name changed to The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Research Center completed
 
Yokohama Tire Corporation established in the United States

Yokohama Tyre Australia Pty Ltd established

D-PARC (Daigo Proving-Ground and Research Center) comprehensive tire testing facility completed

Yokohama Reifen GmbH established

T*MARY (Takasu Motoring and Researching Yard) specialized winter test course established

R&D Center RADIC Completed at the Hiratsuka Plant

Specific action standards for environment protection clarified and Environmental Action Plan formulated

PRGR Co. Ltd. established

Yokohama Aeroquip becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Yokohama

Yokohama Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a company for producing windshield sealants and assembling hydraulic hoses, established in Thailand

Hiratsuka Tire Plant obtains ISO 9001 certification

New plant for windshield sealants in the U.S. state of Kentucky built
 
New plant for sealing materials at Ibaraki Plant completed

Tire production and sales companies established in Vietnam

Mishima Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification, and efforts are undertaken to obtain certification at all plants by the end of 1999

Shinshiro Plant and Hiratsuka Tire Plant received TPM Excellence Award

Mie Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification, and efforts undertaken to obtain certification at all plants by July of the same year  

Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc. obtained ISO 9002 one year after the start of operations
Yokohama Hydex Company obtained QS 9000, the quality specification for the U.S. Big Three auto makers, and ISO 19001 certification

ISO 14001 obtained at all domestic plants

Yokohama Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. obtained QS 9000 and ISO 9002

YH AMERICA Inc. obtained QS 9000.

Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc. obtained ISO 14001.

The Yokohama Rubber Co, Ltd. and Continental AG formed strategic alliance

Zero Emission activities aimed a reducing the amount of industrial waste at landfill sites started

Yokohama Hydex Company’s Hiratsuka business site and its Nagano Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification

Grand Design, a long-term business strategy, formulated

YH AMERICA Inc. obtained ISO 14001

Yokohama Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. obtained ISO 14001

Four domestic production sites achieve zero emissions

Yokohama Rubber to Establish Its Base for Truck/Bus Radial Tire Production in Thailand; Operation Scheduled to Begin in April 2005

Yokohama Rubber’s New Belgian Tyre Sales Company to Start Operations

Yokohama Rubber to Set up New Company to Manufacture and Market Passenger Car Sealant in China

Yokohama Rubber to Create an Integrated Hose Production/Assembly/Distribution Business by Absorbing

Yokohama Rubber to Establish a High-pressure Hose Assembly and Sales Subsidiary in China

Yokohama Rubber Establishes Wholly Owned Tire Sales Subsidiary in Korea

Yokohama Establishes Tire Sales Company in Russia

Yokohama’s Europe Office to Become Subsidiary, Oversee Coordinate European Marketing

Yokohama Rubber to Build Thai Plant for Passenger Car and Light Truck Tires

Yokohama Subsidiary Officially Opens Thai Truck and Bus Tire Plant

Joint Venture Company to Produce and Sell Conveyor Belts in China

New Company to Control Tire and MB Operations in China

Yokohama Rubber’s Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Secures ISO 14001 Certification Production and Sales Base in China for Passenger-Car Radial Tires

Yokohama Rubber Announces New Management Plan: Grand Design 100

Yokohama Rubber to Strengthen European Marketing in Truck and Bus Tires through Collaboration with Leading Retreader

Yokohama Rubber to Establish Subsidiary in India Upward Revision of Forecasts for First Half of Fiscal 2007