IWATA, July 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective July 15, 2017.
■Organizational reforms
Technology Center
The organization of the “Technology Center” will be changed to strengthen electric mobility technology and product development functions.
- The electric motorcycle development functions of the “Advan
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Saitama City have today reached the following agreement regarding joint initiatives to promote the “E-KIZUNA Project.”Details of the initiatives are to be determined through discussions between the two parties, and announced accordingly.Both parties will also continue to work on new initiatives necessary to advance this project.
1. Focal Cooperation Items■Looking into
IWATA, June 29, 2017 -Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it has designated July 1- the anniversary of the company’s founding - as “Brand Day”to encourage Group employees worldwide to feel a closer connection to the Yamaha brand. The Brand Day concept has been formulated with the aim of strengthening internal branding, so that each and every employee can feel increased underst
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the six riders chosen to attend the final Yamaha VR46 Master Camp of 2017, run in cooperation with Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy and set to take place from July 24th – 28th.
The young riders for this fourth edition of the Master Camp training and development programme are all currently racing YZF-R3s in the new FIM Supersport 300 World Champi
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By building products with a high standard of quality that move and inspire people, Yamaha Motor strives to offer value and Kando* that surpasses customer expectations and makes us a brand that people always look to for something new. To achieve this mission, Yamaha constantly works to raise customer satisfactio
IWATA, June 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective June 15, 2017.
Abbreviations; ・CS = Customer Service・SCM = Supply Chain Management
YART Yamaha Official EWC Team rider Kohta Nozane will participate in Round 4 of the Endurance World Championship (EWC) at the Slovakia Ring on June 23–24, continuing his role as a member of the YART Team. As this falls on the same race weekend of Round 5 of the All Japan Road Race Championship, Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team rider Michael van der Mark will replace Nozane as the rider of the YA
IWATA, June 7, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today its all-new flagship cruiser-class model, the Star Venture, powered by a 1,854cm3 air-cooled V-twin engine, which will launch in North America this August.
The Star Venture is designed to satisfy the increasing demand for long-distance touring models that combine comfort, riding enjoyment and reliability. The standard Sta
IWATA, June 1, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will launch the YSi-V 12M TypeHS2 high-end hybrid automated optical inspection (AOI) system from August 1. As the successor to the YSi-V 12M TypeHS, this new very high-speed specification model features increased speed and precision, as well as enhanced specular component inspection capacity/performance.
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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is excited to announce that two Yamaha factory teams will enter this year’s 40th “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race. The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will return to challenge for their third consecutive Suzuka victory alongside full-time Endurance World Championship (EWC) challengers, the factory-supported YART Yamaha Official EWC Team. The legendary event is the f
IWATA, May 26, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the Cygnus Ray ZR scooter and the YZF-R3 sports model - sold for the young male demographic by Yamaha Motor's India subsidiary, India Yamaha Motor Private Limited (IYM) - have been awarded the India Design Mark (I Mark)* sponsored by The India Design Council. These honors mark the sixth year in a row - every year since
Yamaha is proud to celebrate a momentous landmark in its successful motorcycle racing history, having secured its 500th Grand Prix win at the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Yamaha is proud to celebrate a momentous landmark in its successful motorcycle racing history, having secured its 500th race win at the Le Mans Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit in France.
The Yamaha Factory R
Yamaha Industrial RobotsLeading Factory Automation with Creative Ideas and Technology
The level of attention focused on robots and robotics has been growing around the world in recent years. Today, we see robots designed in the likeness of humans or animals that we can converse with, that can bring us drinks or even play games with us. Then there are robots like drones that survey or obser
IWATA, May 12, 2017-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, 2017 were 386.0 billion yen, (an increase of 3.1 billion yen or 0.8% compared with the same period the previous fiscal year), and operating income was
IWATA, May 10, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has sent an engineer to "Team KUROSHIO"- a collaboration team bringing together Japanese industry, academia, and government - which is taking on the challenge of the "Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE" 4,000m deep-seabed exploration race. To provide the best possible support for the team, Yamaha Motor conducted an open i
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the six riders chosen for the first of two Yamaha VR46 Master Camp events to be held in 2017. The riders will take part in the third edition of the Master Camp rider training and development programme, run in cooperation with Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy.
The eligible area for nominees for the highly-coveted spots on this year’s roster was e
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, Yamaha Motor) and YAMABIKO CORPORATION (hereinafter, YAMABIKO) have agreed to form an alliance regarding the joint development and commercialization for agricultural chemical spraying systems using multi-rotor drones.
Yamaha Motor, which manufactures and sells unmanned helicopters for spraying agricultural chemicals, and YAMABIKO, which manufactures a compre
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, Yamaha Motor) and enRoute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter enRoute) have recently started discussions for a business alliance in the industrial drone business.
Both companies aim to conclude a business agreement in August, and utilize each of their products and business know-how for 1) Global expansion of the industrial drone business including spraying pesticides etc
Yamaha’s Endeavors in MotorsportFurthering Technology and Skills While Sharing the Joy of Victory
The 2017 motorsport season got underway with the adventure that is the world-renowned Dakar Rally. This season, Yamaha Motor continues to field factory teams in series like the MotoGP World Championship and the Motocross World Championship’s MXGP class while working closely with its bases around th
IWATA, April 14, 2017 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective April 15, 2017.
Abbreviations;・NPM = New Personal Mobility・LMW = Leaning Multi Wheel