Announcement of Personnel Changes
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
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
IWATA, April 12, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that local Group company Yamaha Motor Taiwan co., Ltd (hereinafter, YMT) has now produced its ten-millionth motorcycle since the company’s establishment in 1987.
YMT was established in 1987 as a local subsidiary of Yamaha Motor for motorcycle production in Taoyuan City of northern Taiwan, and mainly produces scooters f
IWATA, April 3, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that its XSR900 motorcycle has been chosen as the “Best of the Best” in the globally-renowned Red Dot Award*: Product Design 2017 competition.
This marks the fifth consecutive year since 2012 that Yamaha Motor products have received this award, and the third product selected for the “Best of the Best” honor after the MT-
Yamaha Engineer's smiles Moving You:Vol. 10 Skill India: Schools for India’s Dreamers
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Yamaha Motor DesignBringing New Dimensions to Ideas, Forms and Monozukuri
Since its founding, Yamaha Motor has placed particular importance on design in its quest to be a Kando* Creating Company, aiming to create a distinct corporate presence by building products with a high standard of quality that move and inspire people. Alongside original and innovative ideas, concepts and technologies
IWATA, March 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will enter the CeBIT 2017 event running for the five days of March 20 to 24 in Hannover, Germany as an exhibitor. On display will be Yamaha’s Z:LEX YSM20 surface mounter, the FAZER R G2 industrial-use unmanned helicopter capable of automated flight and the HARMO electric boat propulsion system, all aimed at demonstrating how Yamaha uses
IWATA, March 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes.
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;・SUNWARD INTERNATIONAL, INC.: Export of expendable parts, tools, facility maintenance equipment, raw materials, import of parts for boats and sailing yachts, etc., motorcycle and automobile tires, etc.・Yamaha Motor Support & Service Co., Ltd.:Heal
IWATA, March 1, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the JW Business Division, which works with electric power units for wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs etc., has acquired certification for the international standard "ISO 13485: 2003*1"” for quality management systems in the medical equipment field.
This certification was assessed by the "TÜV SÜD*2" - headquarte
IWATA, February 28, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that it has completed construction of the new Hamamatsu IM Base (located in Toyooka-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture) for the IM Business Unit, which undertakes the development, manufacture and sales of surface mounters and industrial robots. The building has been under construction since April 2015 with the goal
IWATA, February 22, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) conducted an inauguration ceremony today for the Yamaha Motor Innovation Center (originally known as the New Design Building), which will become the focal point for cutting-edge design initiatives that drive product design development and new innovation.
The facility, which was completed in December 2016, has five floors, an archite
New Corporate Video: “At Yamaha, This is What We Do.”
IWATA, February 21, 2017—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces the global release of a new corporate video entitled “At Yamaha, This is What We Do.” The video depicts through CGI things that Yamaha might look to do or create someday in the future and the kinds of worlds that could be possible as a result.
https://youtu.be/QcvT8gS
Yamaha Industrial-use Unmanned HelicoptersExpanding from Selling Products to Selling Solutions
Over the last few years, we have been seeing what is now being called the “aerial industrial revolution,” rising from the prevalence of primarily electric-powered multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles commonly known as drones. They are expected to play increasingly wide-ranging roles in areas such
IWATA, February 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) (hereafter “Yamaha Motor”) announced today that its XSR900 motorcycle and the &Y01 electrically power-assisted wheelchair that performs music designed in collaboration with Yamaha Corporation (hereafter “Yamaha”) have received the internationally-prestigious “iF Design Award 2017.”*Both awards are in the product category, and this
IWATA, February 14, 2017 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective February 15, 2017.
Changes in duties of Group Companies
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;・Yamaha Motor Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.: Manufacture and sales of motorcycle electrical parts inThailand・Yamaha Motor Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.: Manufacture of motorc
Consolidated business resultsIWATA, February 9, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announces results for the current consolidated accounting year. Net sales were 1,502.8 billion yen, a decrease of 128.3 billion yen (7.9%) compared with the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 108.6 billion yen, a decrease of 21.7 billion yen (16.7%), ordinary income was 102.1 billion yen, a decrease
Yamaha Clean Water Supply System (YCW)Spreading the Joy of Clean Water One Community at a Time
In recent years, businesses aimed at the “bottom of the pyramid” (BoP) low-income demographic in developing countries (about 70% of the world’s population) have shown signs of expansion, but Yamaha Motor has been taking on such endeavors in Asia, Central & South America and Africa since the 1
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, President: Hiroyuki Yanagi, hereafter “Yamaha”) and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, President: Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, hereafter “Fuji Heavy Industries”) have reached agreement, and have concluded a contract regarding the transfer of technological assets of selected multi-purpose engines and the capital s
IWATA, December 1, 2016 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that local Group company Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (hereafter “YMPH”) has produced its one-millionth motorcycle today since the company’s establishment. To mark this event, the Batangas Province-based YMPH held a memorial ceremony attended by Katsuhito Yamaji, Senior Executive Officer and General Manager Manufactur
IWATA, November 9, 2016 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announces that the various weight-reducing technologies used in Yamaha’s sport motorcycles have been awarded the 51st Oyamada Memory Prize by the Japan Institute of Light Metals (JILM). The award was recently presented at a ceremony on November 5, 2016.
Established in 1951 with the aim of promoting the science and technology of light
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