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  • A Unique Approach Accelerating the Shift to Smart Factories Yamaha Motor Newsletter (Aug. 4, 2021 No. 90)

    Making factories smarter by using digital data to transform the work processes at manufacturing sites, improve quality, and enhance productivity is a movement underway at manufacturing and production facilities across a wide range of industries.
    Yamaha Motor is no exception and is moving forward with its own smart factory initiatives by incorporating proprietary technologies. In this issue, w

  • Crutchlow to join PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team for next three races

    July 29, 2021—PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team welcomes Cal Crutchlow to the Malaysian squad as stand-in for Franco Morbidelli while the Italian rider continues his recovery from left knee surgery.
    Crutchlow will take part in the two Grands Prix in Austria, held at Spielberg, and the BritishGP at Silverstone – his home race.
    Crutchlow is no stranger to Yamaha MotoGP machinery, having start

  • Yamaha Motor Reviews Environmental Plan 2050 Targets - Aiming for carbon neutrality over the entire product life cycle by 2050 -

    IWATA, July 19, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has reviewed the CO₂ emission reduction targets in the Yamaha Motor Group Environmental Plan 2050 (hereinafter referred to as ”Environmental Plan 2050”) first formulated in 2018, and has set a new goal of aiming for carbon neutrality throughout all of its business activities, including across the life cycles of

  • Katsuyuki Nakasuga Claims Record-Setting Tenth Career All Japan Road Race Championship Premier-Class Title

    July 19, 2021—On July 18, 2021, Round 5 of the 2021 All Japan Road Race Championship was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, as the 53rd Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga took the win in Race 2 in dominating style with his YZF-R1, thereby clinching the tenth JSB1000 premier-class title of his career.
    Since Nakasug

  • New Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes at Yamaha Motor

    IWATA, July 14, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has resolved to implement the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective Thursday, July 15, 2021.
     
    1. Quality Assurance Center
    ■The Land Mobility Quality Assurance Section will be reorganized with the aim of strengthening the quality assurance system and improving the speed of market response.

  • The First All-New SuperJet in 30 Years Yamaha Motor Newsletter (July 7, 2021 No. 89)

    The SuperJet is Yamaha’s brand-new stand-up personal watercraft (PWC), and while these watercraft retain a strong core following for the fun they provide once mastered, stand-up PWCs in general do not comprise a large proportion of the market’s overall demand. Driven by the firm belief that such a uniquely Yamaha model should never disappear from the WaveRunner lineup, the SuperJet was redesigne

  • Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Signs New Two-Year Contract with Yamaha in WorldSBK

    July 2, 2021—Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to announce a new two-year contract extension for FIM Superbike World Championship title contender and multiple race-winner Toprak Razgatlıoğlu.After a strong first season aboard the Yamaha R1 in 2020, where Razgatlıoğlu won on his first outing at Phillip Island and scored two further victories on his way to fourth in the series standings, the Turkish

  • Yamaha Motor and ShinMaywa Sign Joint Research Agreement for Next-Generation Small Aircraft

    Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; President, CEO and Representative Director: Yoshihiro Hidaka) and ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. (Headquarters: Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan; President and CEO: Tatsuyuki Isogawa) have signed an agreement for the joint research of next-generation small aircraft.
    Under this agreement, Yamaha Motor will explore avenues fo

  • Yamaha and Maverick Viñales agree to part ways in 2022

    June 28, 2021—Yamaha and Maverick Viñales have mutually decided to terminate their current 2021-2022 agreement at the close of this season.
    Following Maverick Viñales’ request, Yamaha have agreed to put an early end to their current two-year contract. Currently in their fifth season together, they mutually decided to go their separate ways after this year.
    Both parties have committed to put

  • Yamaha Motor Establishes and Expands Robotics Business in Suzhou, China - Strengthening sales and service system, aiming for further business expansion -

    IWATA, June 24, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce that China based Yamaha Motor IM (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (YIMS), will have its headquarters relocated to a new office building in the same Suzhou Industrial Park. Personnel will be increased, and a new showroom will be set up in the same premise to showcase a wide range of products in the robotics business. The compan

  • Yamaha Motor Releases New i-Cube10 (YRH10) Hybrid Placer - Complete redesign yields 50% greater mounting accuracy and production capability than previous models -

    IWATA, June 16, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will release its new i-Cube10 (YRH10) hybrid placer on July 1, 2021, which has both surface mounter functions for electronic components and a die bonder for wafer components.
    The i-Cube10 (YRH10) was developed as the successor to the long-selling i-CubeIID (YHP-2D), known for its space-saving design as well as excellent productiv

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, June 14, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective June 15, 2021
     
    Personnel Changes in Group Companies
    (Name) (New position) (Current position) TATEISHI, Shunji Yamaha Motor （China） Co., Ltd. and President of Sichuan Huachuan Yamaha Motor Parts Manufacturing

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