Yokohama Rubber Company

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The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
Native name
横浜ゴム株式会社
Yokohama Gomu Kabushiki gaisha
Company typePublic K.K.
TYO: 5101
IndustryManufacturing
FoundedOctober 13, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-10-13)
Headquarters
Hiratsuka
,
Japan
Key people
Masataka Yamaishi [jp] (President, Chairman of the Board)
ProductsTires, wheel, golf equipment
Brands
  • Advan
  • BluEarth
  • Geolandar
  • IceGuard
  • Parada
  • PRGR
  • S.drive
RevenueIncrease US$5.93 billion (2022)
Increase US$483.69 million (2022)
Increase US$325.38 million (2022)
Number of employees
27,222 (as of December 2021)
Websitewww.y-yokohama.com
Yokohama fender, produced as a part of the company's series of maritime industry products.
Yokohama Advan racing tires

The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited (横浜ゴム株式会社, Yokohama Gomu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturing company based in Hiratsuka, Japan.[1] The company was founded and began on October 13, 1917, in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and BFGoodrich. In 1969, the company expanded to the United States as Yokohama Tire Corporation. It primarily produces tires, rims and golf equipment.

The company has two manufacturing facilities in the United States: one in Salem, Virginia, and another in West Point, Mississippi.[2]

  1. ^ "Yokohama Rubber Co to buy Alliance Tire Group for $1.2 billion". The Economic Times. March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Made in the USA". Yokohama Tire Corporation. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020.