Takashi Shimizu, President & CEO of Toyo Tires, recently spoke at a year end press conference. “Looking back on 2024, we need to maintain a strong awareness of our origins, continue to reform, and make full use of the flexibility and suppleness that are characteristic of our company. For 2025, we will strive to return to the basics, and strengthen...
Toyo Tires President & CEO Takashi Shimizu was awarded the Medal with Blue Ribbon in the 2023 Autumn Medal of Honor. The Medal was given in recognition of his promotion of business management that contributes to the mobility society through the production and sale of automotive tires and parts, and his contribution to the development of the rubber industry as...
The Japanese Rubber Workers Union Confederation (JRC), an organization of labor unions in rubber companies, has submitted its demands for the improvement of living standards for the spring season of 2023. As of March 8, 50 unions had submitted their demands, according to a survey conducted by JRC. According to the survey, 39 unions submitted an average wage increase (weighted...
Japan Rubber Weekly recently sat down for a New Year’s interview with Takashi Shimizu, president of Toyo Tires, who took office as chairman of the Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA) in May 2022. With regard to the JRMA, a nationwide, all-product association of the rubber products manufacturing industry with more than 90 members ranging from large companies to small and...
Toyo Tires held on Dec. 14 an opening ceremony at its newly built automobile tire production plant in Indija, Serbia. The ceremony was attended by the company’s president Takashi Shimizu, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Serbia Takahiko Katsumata, and other guests. Approximately 120 people attended the ceremony. “In this commemorative year of the 140th anniversary of...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) President Takashi Shimizu spoke recently about his company’s plans for 2022. On top of boosting productivity at its leading plant in the U.S., Shimizu said here that Toyo Tires intends to make effective use of its Malaysian base – a global hub for the company – while keeping a close eye on the circumstances and logistics...
