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
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.
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 Manag
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
Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), particularly in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., with our group companies in China, have together provided a donation of 1.5 million yuan through the Shanghai Charity Foundation as part of efforts to help and prevent further spread of the infection.
It is our sincer
IWATA, February 13, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the company has received its seventh successive internationally-prestigious “iF Design Award.” The successful models were the Ténéré 700 motorcycle, and YNF (Yamaha Next Field)-01 low-speed mobility concept model.
The
Ténéré 700 is an adventure tourer in the best traditions of the Ténéré brand, drawing
A resolution was passed at the Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter the “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 “Tokyo Stock Exc
Consolidated Business Results
IWATA, February 12, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the full fiscal year. Net sales were 1,664.8 billion yen, a decrease of 8.4 billion yen (0.5%) compared with the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 115.4 billion yen, a decrease of 25.4 billion yen (18.1%), ordinary income was 119.5 billion yen,
February 7, 2020 – The PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team is excited to start its 2020 MotoGP World Championship campaign, with riders Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo unveiling their 2020 Yamaha YZR-M1 at the team’s home, Sepang International Circuit, on the eve of the official pre-season test at the world-renowned venue.
Franco and Fabio were joined by Team Principal and Sepang Inte
February 7, 2020—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is actively engaged in racing efforts all over the world under its three main principles of raising the value of the Yamaha brand, incorporating technologies and feedback from racing into our products, and promoting the healthy spread of motorcycle racing. The results of those efforts in 2019 included Maverick Viñales placing 3rd overall i
