Changes to Organizational Structure; Assignment of Directorsand Corporate Officers; Other Personnel Changes
Osaka, Japan – December 14, 2016 – TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President: TakashiShimizu), announces the following changes to the organizational structure, the assignment ofDirectors and Corporate Officers, and other personnel changes.
1. Organizational Structural Changes:
1) The Company is changing its Group Headquarters structure from the existing division bybusiness category to one organized by operational function, as follows:a. The planning and management functions are integrated into Corporate Headquarters.
The following units will be re-established within Corporate Headquarters: Corporate
Planning Division; Product Planning Division; Administrative Division; Corporate
Purchasing Division and SCM Division.
b. The Quality Assurance Division and Compliance & Legal Division are re-establishedunder Quality Assurance & Compliance Headquarters.
c. The Production Engineering Division and Environment & Safety Enhancement Division
are re-established under the Environment, Safety & Production EngineeringHeadquarters.
d. The Production Division is re-established under Production Headquarters.
e. Central Research Center, R&D Division No.1 and R&D Division No.2 are re-establishedunder R&D Headquarters.
f.

Original Equipment Sales Division, Domestic Sales Division and Overseas Sales
Division are re-established under Sales Headquarters.

2) The North American Business Development Dept. is established to further strengthen theNorth American business.
3) Global Project Development Dept. is established to expand business globally.

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Changes of Directors and Corporate Officers (Effective January 1, 2017)
Former Position

Continuing Position

Takashi*General Manager, Seismic*President

Shimizu

Isolation Rubber Division*Representative Director

Name

New Position*Chief Risk ManagementOfficer*Chief ComplianceManagement OfficerKoichi*Head, Quality Assurance &OnoCompliance Headquarters*Group Executive Officer, TireBusiness*Head, Administrative Division

Masaji*General Manager, SeismicIshino

Isolation Rubber Division

DT Business*General Manager, Global*General Manager,

Project Development Dept.

*Group Executive Officer,*Director*Senior Corporate Officer*Deputy General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division*Director,*Senior Corporate Officer

DT Planning Division*Chairman, Toyo Automotive
Parts (Guangzhou) Co.,Ltd.
*Chairman, Wuxi ToyoMeifeng Rubber ProductsCo., Ltd.
*General Manager,

Tetsuo*Head, Environment, SafetyTatara& Production Engineering

Fundamental Technology

Headquarters;

Center*General Manager,
Environment & Safety
Enhancement Division*Director*Senior Corporate Officer*General Manager,Production
Engineering Center*General Manager, Central
Research Center*Overviewing Tire Production
Division*Tire Business GroupHeadquarters*General Manager, OriginalYasushi*Head, Sales Headquarters

Takagi*General Manager,

Equipment Division, Tire

Overseas Sales

Business Headquarters

Division*Deputy General Manager,*Chairman, Toyo Tire

Seismic Isolation Rubber(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Division

Senior Corporate Officer

Name

New Position

Former Position

Continuing Position

Tamotsu*Head, Corporate*General Manager, RESenior Corporate Officer

SakuramotoHeadquarters*General Manager, SCM
Division

Division, Tire BusinessHeadquarters*Head, DT Sales Division, DT*Deputy General Manager,Business Group

Seismic Isolation Rubber

Headquarters

Division
Shinji*Senior Corporate Officer*Corporate Officer

Tanabe*Head, Production*General Manager,Headquarters*Chairman, Toyo Automotive
Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
*Chairman,

Masao
TakiwakiTire Production Division,Tire Business Group(Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.

*Head, DT Production
Division, DT Business

Products Co., Ltd.

Group HQ

Compliance & Legal Division

Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd.
*Chairman, Toyo Tire

Headquarters

Wuxi Toyo-Meifeng Rubber*General Manager,*Chairman, Toyo Tire

*General Manager,
Compliance & Legal*Corporate Officer*Chief Compliance Officer

CenterTadashi*General Manager, Original

Ogawa

Equipment Sales Division*General Manager,*Corporate Officer

DT Sales Division,
DT Business GroupHeadquarters

Hidefumi
Uematsu
Masayuki*General Manager, Domestic
Sales Division*Head, R&D Headquarters

Kanai*President, Toyo Tire

*Corporate Officer

Japan Co., Ltd.
*General Manager,*Corporate Officer

Tire R & D Division,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters

TatsuoMitsuhata*Head, North American*General Manager,

Business Development

Tire Planning Division,

Dept.

Tire Business GroupHeadquarters*Chairman, Toyo Tire
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

*Corporate Officer

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4.

Personnel Changes (Effective January 1, 2017)Name
New Position
Former Position
Satoru*General Manager,*General Manager, O.E.
MoriyaR&D Division No.1
Tire Development Dept.
*General Manager, O. E.
Tire Technical Service
Dept.
Toshiya*General Manager,*General Manager,
KimuraProduction Division
Sendai Plant
Naoki*General Manager,*President, Toyo Tire
Nishikawa
Sendai Plant
Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd.
*President, Toyo Tire
(Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi*General Manager,*General Manager,
Ohno
R&D Division No.2
DT R&D Division
Tetsuo*General Manager, Central
ShimomuraResearch Center
Kiyotaka
Sugiyama*General Manager,
Production Engineering
DivisionTamotsuMizutani*General Manager,
Product Planning Division

Continuing Position*President, Toyo Advanced*Technology Incorporated*General Manager, Electric
System & Control Dept.
*President, Orient
Machinery Co., Ltd.

*General Manager, R.E.
Tire Development Dept.

Personnel Changes of Subsidiary Companies (Effective January 1, 2017)Name
New Position
Former Position
Continuing Position
Kenji*President, Toyo Tire
Tire Overseas Sales
Kubo
Canada Inc.
Planning Dept.
*President, Nitto Tire
Canada Inc.
Kenichi*President, Toyo Tire
*President, Chubu AreaYamabe
Japan Co., Ltd.
Sales Company, Toyo
Tire Japan Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya*President, Toyo Tire
*General Manager,Doi
Zhangjiagang Co., Ltd.
Production Dept.,
Sendai Plant
Yosiyuki*President, Toyo Tire
Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co.,
Nomura(Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.
Ltd.

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