IWATA, July 14, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has resolved to implement the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective Thursday, July 15, 2021.
1. Quality Assurance Center
■The Land Mobility Quality Assurance Section will be reorganized with the aim of strengthening the quality assurance system and improving the speed of market response.
The SuperJet is Yamaha’s brand-new stand-up personal watercraft (PWC), and while these watercraft retain a strong core following for the fun they provide once mastered, stand-up PWCs in general do not comprise a large proportion of the market’s overall demand. Driven by the firm belief that such a uniquely Yamaha model should never disappear from the WaveRunner lineup, the SuperJet was redesigne
July 2, 2021—Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to announce a new two-year contract extension for FIM Superbike World Championship title contender and multiple race-winner Toprak Razgatlıoğlu.
After a strong first season aboard the Yamaha R1 in 2020, where Razgatlıoğlu won on his first outing at Phillip Island and scored two further victories on his way to fourth in the series standings, the Turk
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; President, CEO and Representative Director: Yoshihiro Hidaka) and ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. (Headquarters: Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan; President and CEO: Tatsuyuki Isogawa) have signed an agreement for the joint research of next-generation small aircraft.
Under this agreement, Yamaha Motor will explore avenues fo
June 28, 2021—Yamaha and Maverick Viñales have mutually decided to terminate their current 2021-2022 agreement at the close of this season.
Following Maverick Viñales’ request, Yamaha have agreed to put an early end to their current two-year contract. Currently in their fifth season together, they mutually decided to go their separate ways after this year.
Both parties have committed to put
IWATA, June 24, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce that China based Yamaha Motor IM (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (YIMS), will have its headquarters relocated to a new office building in the same Suzhou Industrial Park. Personnel will be increased, and a new showroom will be set up in the same premise to showcase a wide range of products in the robotics business. The compan
IWATA, June 16, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will release its new i-Cube10 (YRH10) hybrid placer on July 1, 2021, which has both surface mounter functions for electronic components and a die bonder for wafer components.
The i-Cube10 (YRH10) was developed as the successor to the long-selling i-CubeIID (YHP-2D), known for its space-saving design as well as excellent productiv
IWATA, June 14, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective June 15, 2021
Personnel Changes in Group Companies
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
TATEISHI, Shunji
Yamaha Motor （China） Co., Ltd.
and President of Sichuan Huachuan
Yamaha Motor Parts Manufacturing
IWATA, June 9，2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272), today announced the signing of a joint development agreement on smart agriculture with Australian startup "The Yield Technology Solutions" (hereinafter "The Yield"). Through this joint development, the company aims to help improve agricultural productivity in the utilization of digital technology and robotics.
The Yield is an Austr
Yamaha Motor developed and released the world’s first electrically power-assisted bicycle (e-Bike) in 1993. At the time, it was the elderly that recognized the value and appeal of this revolutionary new product and purchased it, becoming early adopters. In Japan today, the number of seniors voluntarily relinquishing their driver’s licenses is on the rise, and e-Bikes are drawing greater attentio
IWATA, May 26, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has launched its αlive concept for automotive products and technologies—including a newly developed sound device—will be exhibited at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2021 ONLINE organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. and running from May 26 to July 30.
αlive is Yamaha Motor’s concept for autom
IWATA, May 19, 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will release the new YZF-R7 supersport model, featuring a 689 cm3 engine developed based on Yamaha’s Crossplane Concept* and mounted in a lightweight frame, into Europe and the United States, with a Japan domestic launch scheduled after the winter of 2021.
The
YZF-R7 was developed under the concept of “A Fun Way to Master a Sup
Yamaha Motor (TOKYO: 7272) is a world-leading enterprise manufacturing land-mobility such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and electrically power assisted bicycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, robotics products such as surface mounters and drones, as well as engagement in the finance business. The company's diverse businesses and wide variety of products are built around its proprietary technologies focused on powertrain, chassis and hull, electronic control, and manufacturing technologies. Yamaha Motor operates global development, production and sales networks through 140 subsidiaries and equity-method affiliates in 30 countries and regions, working to realize our Corporate Mission of being s "Kando* Creating Company."
About 90% of consolidated net sales are generated in more than 180 countries and regions outside of Japan.
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