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  • Yamaha Motor: Production Adjustments & Temporary Closures due to COVID-19 Pandemic

    IWATA, May 15, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has determined that all business locations, factories, and offices in Japan will have an additional temporary closure at the same time for the five days between June 8 and 12. The only exceptions to the suspension are the Hamamatsu Robotics Building and the Miyakoda Building (both of these robotics-related facili

  • Yamaha Motor Launches New RCXiVY2+ Vision System - Capable of Detecting Irregular Shaped Objects; also Applicable to Food, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Clothing -

    IWATA, May 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will launch the RCXiVY2+ vision system, which features a new “blob detection” enabling picking, presence recognition, and high-speed counting of multiple workpieces for irregular shaped objects such as foodstuffs and clothing, on June 1. As the successor to the existing iVY2, in addition to new functionality this

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, May 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel change, effective May 15, 2020
     
    Change in duties of General Managers
    (Name) (New position) (Current position) AOTA, Hajime General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning & Finance Center, and CEO and M

  • Yamaha Motor Launches Support Software for RCX3 Series Robot Controller - New Functions Significantly Reduce Robot System Setup Time -

    IWATA, May 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will launch the RCX-Studio 2020 support software for the RCX3 Series of robot controllers on May 14, 2020. This new product adds new functions such as a 3D simulator and program templates (automatic sample generation) to the existing RCX-Studio Pro software, and also features usability enhancements.
    RCX-Stu

  • Yamaha Motor: Relocation & Expansion of China Robotics Business Locations - Upgrading Sales/Service Structure in Fast-Growing South China, Expanding Business and Building Medium-Term Management Plan Platform -

    IWATA, May 12, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that Yamaha Motor IM (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (YIMS) will be moving its Shenzhen Branch to the Longhua District and, within it, open a new showroom including a comprehensive display of a wide range of product lines. Established in 2013, YIMS handles sales of surface mounters and industrial robots in the Chinese market. YIMS wi

  • Yamaha Motor: Providing Support for COVID-19 Medical Front Lines

    Yamaha Motor would like to express its deepest sympathies to all of those who have lost loved ones as a result of the global COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. We would also like to show our support for those currently battling with the virus, and hope that all patients recover as soon as possible.
    IWATA, May 1, 2020—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has, in order to assist with the

  • The Real Adventure – Chasing Dreams Beyond the Horizon Yamaha Motor Newsletter (April 30, 2020 No. 80)

    Debuting at EICMA in 2018 and already a 2020 winner of international design awards like the iF Design Award and Red Dot Award, the all-new Ténéré 700 is the latest addition to a long line of motorcycles that carry on Yamaha’s Spirit of Adventure, a value born and bolstered in the grueling Paris–Dakar Rally.
    The development theme for the model had the project team return to those very roots,

  • Yamaha Motor: Effects of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

    IWATA, April 24, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is working based on the policies laid out by respective governments to prevent the spread of COVID-19, with the health and safety of customers, members of local communities, and employees as its highest priority. Based on the requests and guidance from the respective central and local governments of the countries which the Company ope

  • Yamaha Motor Announces Production Adjustments and Temporary Business Closure in Response to COVID-19

    IWATA, April 24, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will temporarily close all business locations, factories, and offices in Japan for five days, from May 18 to 22. The only exceptions to this temporary closure are the Hamamatsu Robotics Building and the Miyakoda Building, two robotics-related facilities based in Kita Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
     

  • New Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes at Yamaha Motor

    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

  • Announcement of the results of Tender Offer for the shares of Yamaha Motor Robotics Holdings Co., Ltd. (Securities code 6274)

    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

  • Yamaha Motor: Production Adjustments due to COVID-19 Pandemic

    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
     

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