IWATA, April 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has resolved to implement the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective April 15, 2020.
■ Organizational Reforms (effective April 15, 2020)
1. Creative Center
The Design Center is being renamed and reorganized as the Creative Center with the aim of creating synergies by bringing together not
April 11, 2020
A resolution was passed at the Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter the “Tender Offeror”) Board of Directors’ meeting held on February 12, 2020, that the company will acquire the common shares (hereinafter “Target Company Shares”) of Yamaha Motor Robotics Holdings Co., Ltd. (Securities code: 6274, listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Co., Inc. (hereinafter
IWATA, April 9, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will carry out production adjustments at the following domestic manufacturing locations. This decision was taken in the light of recent effects on component supply from overseas as well as reduced demand in developed markets such as Europe and North America.
■ Locations and periods concerned
Japan is an island nation blessed by abundant fishing grounds that dot the archipelago’s coasts, providing fresh catches that make their way not only to tables in the local communities, but also to major city centers like Tokyo and Osaka. To make such quick distribution of fresh seafood possible, Japan’s transport industry employs a number of innovative logistics methods.
In February 2020,
IWATA, April 6, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will add the YK610XE-10 (610mm arm length) and YK710XE-10 (710mm arm length) models to the YK-XE Series of SCARA robots. Launching on April 16, the two new models build on the high motion performance and low cost of the current YK-XE Series. Both models deliver high performance - in the shape of 10kg maximum pay
IWATA, March 31, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that its Ténéré 700 motorcycle and YMR-08 industrial drone have both received the globally-prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020. These honors mark the ninth year in a row - every year since 2012 - that a Yamaha Motor product has received a Red Dot Award.
The
Ténéré 700 is an adventure tourer in the bes
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Tier IV, Inc. today announced the launch of eve autonomy, Inc., a joint-venture company based in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, that will develop an autonomous transportation service to help Yamaha Motor and other companies address chronic labor shortages and growing needs for high-mix low-volume production.
Beginning in April, eve autonomy will begin offering easil
IWATA, March 17, 2020—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it has made an additional investment of US$2.5 million in Abundant Robotics - a startup in the United States that develops robotic apple harvesting solutions.
Yamaha Motor started a relationship with Abundant in 2016 with an initial US$250,000 investment. Through discussion about the shape of collaboration movin
IWATA, March 13, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today it will open a new regional headquarters in Thailand’s Nava Nakorn Industrial Zone in March, 2020 to help grow the company’s robotics business in Southeast Asia. A showroom also will be created to exhibit and demonstrate a wide variety of products and solutions. The headquarters and showroom will be located on the premi
IWATA, March 13, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes.
1. Change in duties of General Managers
（Name）
(New position)
（Current position）
MAEGAWA, Toshinari
General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division, Corporate Planning & Finance Center
And General Manager of Business M
IWATA, March 9, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) unveiled on March 7 a nickname landmark installed in the “Yamaha Motor Revs Circle” at the North Exit Square (for which it has acquired the naming rights) of the new Mikuriya Station (Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, opened March 14) on the JR Tōkaidō Line.
The landmark is designed based on a tuning fork motif, as is the Ya
At Yamaha Motor, we employ a “theoretical-value-based production” system at our factories that analyzes every factor and work process involved in manufacturing our products. This is to systematically reduce wasted actions, eliminate inefficient steps, etc., and maximize the efficiency of work deemed to have true value.
However, if the people actually performing the work don’t fully understand
