Changes to Organizational Structure; Assignment ofCorporate Officer; Other Personnel Changes
Osaka, Japan – December 26, 2016 – TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President: TakashiShimizu), announces the following changes to the organizational structure, the assignment ofCorporate Officer, and other personnel changes.
1. Organizational Structural Changes (Effective January 1, 2017)
The Company is establishing its Departments under Divisions within its Group Headquarters
by operational function, as follows:1) Corporate Headquarters
a. The Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Communications Planning Dept. andInformation System Dept. are re-established under Corporate Planning Division.
b. The Product Planning Dept. and Bland Communications Dept. are established under
Product Planning Division.
c. The Accounting & Finance Dept., Cost Management Dept., Human Resources Dept. andGeneral Affaires Dept. are re-established under Administration Division.
d. The Procurement Dept. and Procurement Administration Dept. are re-established underProcurement Division.
e. The SCM Administration Dept. and Logistics Dept. are established under SCM Division.
2) Quality Assurance & Compliance Headquarters
a. The Quality Assurance Dept. No.1, Quality Assurance Dept. No.2, Standards
Management Dept., Customer Relations Dept., Domestic Technical Service Dept. andInternational Technical Service Dept. are re-established under Quality AssuranceDivision.
b. The Compliance Dept., Legal Dept. and Intellectual Property Dept. are
re-established under Compliance & Legal Division.
3) Environment, Safety & Production Engineering Headquarters
a. The Electric System Dept. and Production Technology Dept. are re-establishedunder Production Engineering Division.
b. The Environment & Health Dept. and Safety & Emergency Management Dept. areestablished under Environment & Safety Division.
4) Production Headquarters
a. The Plant Administration Dept., Sendai Plant, Kuwana Plant and Hyogo Manufacturing
Complex are re-established under Production Division.
b. The Production Management Dept. is directly established under Vice President,Production Headquarters.

5) R&D Headquarters
a. In addition to Central Research Center, O.E. Tire Development Dept., Replacement TireDevelopment Dept., TB Tire Development Dept., Tire Materials Development Dept.,
Tire Testing Dept., Tire Technology Development Dept. and O.E. Tire Technical Service
Dept. are re-established under R&D Division No.1.
b. The Rubber Material Development Dept., Rubber Products Development Dept. andPolyurethane Products Development Dept. are re-established under R&D Division No.2.
6) Sales Headquarters
a. In addition to Domestic Sales Division, O.E. Sales Dept. No.1 and O.E. Sales Dept. No.2
are re-established under Original Equipment Sales Division.
b. The International Sales Dept. is established under International Sales Division.
c. The Sales Administration Dept. is directly established under Vice President, SalesHeadquarters.
7) North American Business Development Division
North American Business Development Dept. is directly established under Vice President,
North American Business Development Division.
8) Internal Audit Dept.
The Internal Audit Dept. is re-established as independent structure from existing structure
in order to strengthen audit function.

2.

Changes of Assignment for Corporate Officer (Effective January 1, 2017)

Name
IkuoOhno

3.

New Position
General Manager,
General Affaires Dept.
President,
Showa Estate Co., Ltd.

Former Position

Continuing Position
Corporate Officer,
Division General
Manager,
Administration Division

Personnel Changes (Effective January 1, 2017)

Name
Tsuyoshi
Sasamoto

New Position
General Manager,
Corporate Planning Dept.,
Corporate Planning Division

Yukinori
Morikawa

General Manager,
Information System Dept.,
Corporate Planning Division
General Manager,
Product Planning Dept.,
Product Planning Division
General Manager,Bland Communications Dept.,
Product Planning Division

MasateruAdachi
Yoshiyuki
Morikuni

AkifumiKishi

General Manager,
Cost Management Dept.,
Administration Division

Former Position
General Manager,
Human Resources Planning
Dept.,
Deputy General Manager,
Corporate Planning Dept.,
Corporate Planning Division
General Manager,
Information Systems Dept.,
Administrative Division
Tire Planning andAdministration Dept.
Corporate Communications
Planning Dept., Corporate
Planning Division
Tire Planning and Administration
Dept.
Tire Planning andAdministration Dept.

Continuing Position

Name
HirokiMatsushita

New Position
General Manager,
Human Resources Dept.,
Administration Division

Masatsugu
Yamamoto

General Manager,
Procurement Dept.,
Procurement Division

Mitsuru
Fujii

General Manager,
Procurement Administration
Dept., Procurement Division

Kazuhiko
KitanoGeneral Manager,
SCM Administration Dept.,
SCM Division
General Manager,
Logistic Dept., SCM Division

Takehiro
Sakai
Noriyuki
Isobe

Former Position

General Manager,
Purchasing Administration
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Division
Purchasing Administration
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Division
Tire Supply Chain
Administration Dept.
General Manager,
Tire Logistics Dept.

General Manager,
Quality Assurance Dept. No.1,
Quality Assurance Division
Yuji
General Manager,
Katayama
Quality Assurance Dept. No.2,
General Manager,
Standard Management Dept.,
Quality Assurance Division
MasatoGeneral Manager,
Furukawa
International Technical Service
Dept., Quality Assurance
Division
Yoichi
General Manager,
Kawashima Domestic Technical Service
Dept., Quality Assurance
Division
Shinichi
General Manager,
MurataCompliance Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Division

General Manager,
Tire Quality Assurance Dept.

AtsushiIwanaga

General Manager,
Legal Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Center
General Manager,
Intellectual Property Dept.,
Central Research Center,
Fundamental Technology
Center
General Manager.
Production Technology Dept.,
Production Engineering Center

Eiji
Azuma

General Manager,
Legal Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Division
General Manager,
Intellectual Property Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Division

Continuing Position

Human Resources & General
Affairs Dept., Administrative
DivisionGeneral Manager,
DT Quality Assurance Dept.,
General Manager,
Standards Management Dept.,
Quality Assurance Division
General Manager,
Overseas Tire Technical
Service Dept.
General Manager,
R.E. Tire technical ServiceDept.
General Manager,
Compliance Promotion Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Center

Toshiyuki
TanakaGeneral Manager,
Production Technology Dept.,
Production Engineering
Division

Kenji
Akamatsu

General Manager,
General Manager,
Safety & Emergency Management Environment, Safety &HealthDept.,
Enhancement Dept.,
Environment & Safety Division
Fundamental TechnologyCenter

Deputy General Manager,
Quality Assurance Division

NameTomoyukiUriu

New Position
General Manager,
Environment & Health Dept.,
Environment & Safety Division

Former Position
Environment, Safety &HealthEnhancement Dept.,
Fundamental Technology CenterToshiya
KimuraDivision General Manager,
Production Division
General Manager,
Plant Administration Dept.
General Manager,
Production Management Dept.,

Plant General Manager,
Sendai Plant

Plant General Manager,
Kuwana Plant,
Production Division
Deputy Plant General Manager,
Kuwana Plant,
Production Division

Plant General Manager,
Kuwana Plant,
Tire Production Division
Plant General Manager,
Kuwana Plant,
DT Production Division

SatoshiJyoukei

General Manager,
Hyogo Manufacturing Complex,
Production Division

IchiroShima

General Manager,
OE Tire Development Dept.,
R&D Division No.1

General Manager,
Hyogo Manufacturing
Complex, DT Production
Division
OE Tire Development Dept.

Akihiko
Shinkai

General Manager,
Replacement Tire Development
Dept.,
R&D Division No.1
General Manager,
TB Tire Development Dept.,
R&D Division No.1
General Manager,
Tire Materials Development
Dept., R&D Division No.1

R.E. Tire Development Dept.

General Manager,
Tire Testing Dept.,
R&D Division No.1
General Manager,
Tire Technology Development
Dept., R&D Division No.1

General Manager,
Tire Testing Dept.

Kazuhiko
Kawamura

General Manager,
O.E. Tire Technical Service
Dept., R&D Division No.1

O. E. Tire Technical Service
Dept.

NaotoYukimoto

General Manager,
Rubber Material Development
Dept., R&D Division No.2
General Manager,
Rubber Products Development
Dept., R&D Division No.2

General Manager,
Rubber Material Development
Dept., DT R&D Division
General Manager,
Rubber Products
Development Dept.,
DT R&D Division

General Manager,
Polyurethane Products
Development Dept.,
R&D Division No.2

General Manager,
Polyurethane Products
Development Dept.,
DT R&D Division

Toshihiro
Fujiwara
Yoji
Imura
Toshihiro
Miura

HiroakiSugimoto
Takeshi
Nishigami
Toshiyuki
HosomeKatsutoshi
OhishiToshihiko
FurutaJunAkai

Continuing Position

General Manager,
Tire Production Planning Dept.

General Manager,
TB Tire Development Dept.
General Manager,
Tire Materials Development
Dept.

General Manager,
Tire Technology Development
Dept.

President,
Ayabe Toyo Rubber Co.,
Ltd.
General Manager,
Akashi Plant, Toyo
Chemical Industrial
Products Co., Ltd.

Name
SatoshiTaketsugu

New Position
General Manager,
Sales Administration Dept.

Former Position
General Manager,
O.E. Sales Planning andAdministrative Dept.

Hiroyuki
Ohta

General Manager,
International Sales Dept.,
International Sales Division
General Manager,
North American Business
Development Dept.
Senior Vice President,
Toyo Tire Holdings ofAmericas Inc.
General Manager,
Internal Audit Dept.

General Manager,
Tire Overseas Sales Planning
Dept.
President,
Toyo Tire Canada Inc.
President,
Nitto Tire Canada Inc.

KiyohitoHasumi

Hideo
Tsunaka

Continuing Position

General Manager,
Internal Audit Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Center

Corporate Communications Planning Dept.
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