Announcement of Changes of Assignment for Directors, CorporateOfficers and Others, Personnel Changes and Organizational Changes
Osaka, Japan – July 31, 2015 – TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President: Takuji Yamamoto), announced
the following changes of assignment for Directors, Corporate Officers and Others, Personnel Changes andOrganizational Changes.

1. Changes of Assignment for Directors, Corporate Officers and Others (Effective August 1, 2015)
Name

New Position

Former Position

Continuing Position

Sadao

General Manager,

DirectorIchihara

Chemical & Industrial Products

Senior Corporate Officer

Business Unit, DT BusinessGroup Executive Officer,Group Headquarters

DT Business
Deputy General Manager,
Seismic Isolation RubberDivision
In charge of dealing withcustomers and repairing work

Michihiro

General Manager,

Corporate Officer

KawadaRubber Autoparts Business

General Manager,

Unit, DT Business Group

Recall Division, SeismicHeadquarters

Isolation Rubber Division

General Manager,
Rubber Autoparts Production
Dept.
Masaji

General Manager,

Corporate Officer

IshinoDT Strategy and Planning

Deputy Group Executive

Dept., DT Business GroupOfficer,

Headquarters

DT Business
Compliance Officer,
DT Business GroupHeadquarters

Name

New Position

Former Position

Continuing Position

Toshihiko

General Manager,

Corporate Officer

Hombo

Urethane Autoparts BusinessGeneral Manager,

Unit, DT Business Group

Customer Facing Division,

Headquarters

Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division
Compliance Officer,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
DivisionKazuyuki

General Manager,

General Manager,

Advisor (full-time)

Ito

Hyogo Manufacturing Complex,

Hyogo Manufacturing Complex,

Plant General Manager,

DT Production Division

Chemical & Industrial Products

Akashi Plant, Toyo Chemical

Business Unit

Industrial Products Co., Ltd.

General Manager,
Technology & Production
Division, Toyo Chemical
Industrial Products Co., Ltd.

2. Personnel Changes (Effective August1, 2015)
Name

New Position

Former Position

Continuing Position

Koichiro

Assistant toDeputy General Manager,

President,

MasaiGroup Executive Officer,

Chemical & Industrial

WUXI TOYO-MEIFENGDT Business

Products Business Unit

RUBBER PRODUCTS
CO., LTD.

Tadashi

General Manager,

General Manager,

Ogawa

DT Sales Division

Rubber Autoparts Sales Dept.

General Manager,
Automotive Parts Sales Dept.
No.2
Norimasa

General Manager,

YoshidaAutomotive Parts Sales Dept.

Rubber Autoparts Sales Dept.

No.1, DT Sales Division
MasatoGeneral Manager,

President,

Watanabe

DT Production Division

Fukushima Rubber Co., Ltd.

Yasuhiro

General Manager,

Rubber Autoparts Production

Shimizu

DT Production Planning Dept.,

Dept.

DT Production Division

Name

New Position

Former PositionContinuing Position

SatoshiPlant General Manager,

Plant General Manager,President,

Jokei

Kuwana Plant, DT Production

Kuwana Plant, Rubber

Ayabe Toyo Rubber Co.,

Division

Autoparts Production Dept.

Ltd.

Hiroshi

General Manager,

General Manager,

Ohno

DT R&D Division

Product Development Dept.,
Rubber Autoparts R&D
Division

Hideo

General Manager,

Rubber Autoparts Production

TadanoRubber Products Development

Dept.

Dept., DT R&D Division
Toshihiko

General Manager,

Of DT Business Group

FurutaPolyurethane Products

Headquarters

Development Dept., DT R&D

Temporary transfer to Soflan

Division

Wiz Co., Ltd.

NaotoGeneral Manager,

General Manager,

Yukimoto

RubberMaterial Development Dept.,

Material

Development Dept., DT

Rubber Autoparts R&D

R&D Division

Division

Kenji

General Manager,

Deputy General Manager,

MuraseRubber Autoparts R&D

Recall Division, SeismicDivision

Isolation Rubber Division

Hisanari

General Manager,

General Manager,

Takai

DT Administration Dept.

DT Planning andAdministration Dept.

Toshihiro

General Manager,

President,

Miura

Urethane Autoparts

Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd.

Production Dept.

3. Personnel Changes of Subsidiary Companies (effective August 1, 2015)
Name

New Position

Former Position

Yukio

President,

Deputy General Manager,

Takashima

Toyo Automotive Parts

Rubber Autoparts R&D Division(Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
President,
New Pacific Industry Co., Ltd.
KatsunoriPresident,

General Manager,

YamadaFukushima Rubber Co., Ltd.

Production Dept.,
Fukushima Rubber Co., Ltd.

Continuing Position4. Organizational Changes (effective August 1, 2015)
Organizations in DT Business Group Headquarters are changed as follows.
1) Chemical & Industrial Products Business Unit, Rubber Autoparts Business Unit and Urethane Autoparts
Business Unit are dissolved, and they are reorganized into DT Sales Division, DT Production Division andDT R&D Division.
2) Automotive Parts Sales Dept. No.1 and Automotive Parts Sales Dept. No.2 are established under DT Sales
Division.
3) DT Production Planning Dept., Kuwana Plant and Hyogo Manufacturing Complex are established underDT Production Division.
4) Rubber Products Development Dept., Polyurethane Products Development Dept. and Rubber MaterialDevelopment Dept. are established under DT R&D Division.
5) DT Strategy and Planning Dept. is newly established, and it develops business strategy and measures toaccomplish mid- to long-term business plans, promotes cross-sectoral management with project
evaluation by business and by item and radical reform of business.
6) DT Planning and Administration Dept. is renamed DT Administration Dept.

Corporate Communications Planning Dept.
Osaka Head office
Tokyo Branch officeTelephone: +81-6-6441-8803 Facsimile: +81-6-6446-1925
Telephone: +81-3-5822-6621 Facsimile: +81-3-3865-2240