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  • Yamaha Motor Opens Orders for YAMAHA 470 CPH - Launch of Newly-Developed International 470 Class Yacht Model -

    IWATA, May 8, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) today announced the development of the YAMAHA 470 CPH new model of international 470 class yacht, with orders being accepted from May 30, 2019.
    Designed in France in 1963, the 470 class is a compact two-person racing yacht. Internationally, the class features in the Sailing World Cup, contested by the world’s elite sailors, and in Ja

  • Dylan Ferrandis Takes Comeback Win to Clinch AMA 250SX West Championship

    May 7, 2019—On May 4, 2019 at the final round of the AMA 250SX West Championship held in Las Vegas, Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis won his first-ever championship aboard his YZ250F. This is the second year in a row for the team to claim the title, with Aaron Plessinger accomplishing the feat last year.
    Ferrandis was born in 1994 in France and competed in the MX2 World C

  • Consolidated Business Results Summary - First Three Months of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2019 -

    IWATA, May 7, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the first quarter.
    Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s consolidated accounting period for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 were 429.3 billion yen, (an increase of 23.8 billion yen or 5.9% compared with the same period the previous fiscal year), and operat

  • Make the Land and Sea Your Playgrounds Yamaha Motor Newsletter (May 6, 2019 No. 71)

    In our last issue, we introduced Yamaha Motor’s Sea-Style marine club for boat rentals in Japan, offering an easy and convenient way for more people to experience and enjoy the boating life.
    In the same spirit, we have recently launched a new motorcycle rental service as well. For licensed riders who don’t yet have their own bike or have sold their bike, this convenient and worry-free

  • New Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes at Yamaha Motor

    IWATA, April 12, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has resolved to implement the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective April 15, 2019.
     
    ■ Organizational Reforms
    Corporate Planning & Finance Center
    In order to further promote the upgrading of the global management and business platforms, the Business Process Innovation Group will become

  • Yamaha Motor Begins Electric Public Personal Mobility Road Trial - Fuel Cell Vehicle Meets New Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle Standards -

    IWATA, April 5, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that testing on public roads of YG-M FC prototype fuel cell vehicle will begin on April 18. Aiming to deliver a seamless vehicle sharing service, the trial will take place on a city-center course in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, including scheduled routes as part of the city's “WA-MO” new transport system.
    Compar

  • Yamaha Motor Awarded India Design Mark for 8th Year Running - Second Award for Indian-Market YZF-R15 Motorcycle -

    IWATA, April 2, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the YZF-R15 motorcycle - produced and sold by Yamaha Motor's India subsidiary, India Yamaha Motor Private Limited (I.Y.M) - has been awarded the India Design Mark (I MARK)* sponsored by The India Design Council. This honor marks the eighth year in a row - every year since the inaugural awards in 2012 - that a Yamaha

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, March 27, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective March 27, 2019.
     
    1. Change in duties of Executive Officers
    (Name) (New position) (Current position) Itaru Otani Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Center Executive Officer, Deputy Chief General Mana

  • Fancy a Weekend Out on the Bay? Yamaha Motor Newsletter (March 26, 2019 No. 70)

    The advent and growth of the “sharing economy” in recent years has brought more efficient lifestyles and social infrastructure by sharing things, spaces, personnel and more through lease-and-lend agreements with individuals or companies.
    This trend has breathed new life and ideas into rental businesses as well, and Yamaha Motor’s “Sea-Style” marine club for boat rentals is among them.

  • Yamaha NIKEN Wins 2019 Red Dot “Best of the Best” Award for Design - Fourth Yamaha Motor product to receive honor -

    IWATA, March 25, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that its flagship Sports LMW*1 NIKEN has been chosen as the “Best of the Best” in the globally-renowned Red Dot Award*: Product Design 2019 competition. The Company has received the Red Dot Award for its products for the last eight consecutive years from 2012, and on this occasion, it has also achieved the fourth Yamaha

  • Yamaha Motor Launches Robonity Series Motorless Single Axis Actuators - High-Rigidity/Accuracy, Compact, Compatible with 8 Key Motor Brands -

    IWATA, March 20, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will launch the Robonity Series1 of slider-type motorless single axis actuators on May 7, 2019. The new actuators are intended for use across a wide range of production processes, such as in automotive parts, electrical and electronic products, medicine, foodstuffs, and cosmetics, for assembly, conveyance, coati

  • Yamaha Motor Invests in Industrial Taiwanese Equipment Manufacturer - Strengthening Robotics Business Competitiveness -

    IWATA, March 20, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that as part of its global industrial robot business strategy, the Company has decided to invest in TOYO Automation Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tainan City, Taiwan. Hereinafter TOYO.) This investment is aimed at the stable supply of low priced, high quality parts from the company to help strengthen the business competitiven

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