Announcement of Personnel Changes
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
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
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.
Developme
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 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. (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
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
Yamaha Training Schools (YTS) are open to young people in India who otherwise wouldn’t have the means or opportunity to study or receive vocational training, and they provide training and instruction for them to become certified motorcycle technicians. These schools are being opened throughout India and youn
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