Yokohama Rubber Company

• 1917 – Established in Yokohama as 橫濱護謨製造株式會社 (Yokohama Rubber Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), a joint venture between 橫濱電線製造 (Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company, currently Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.) and BF Goodrich Company. • 1920 – Built a factory in Hiranuma, Yokohama. Installed US-made refining equipment and manufacturing equipment. Started manufacturing rubber belts, tires, hoses, etc. • 1981 - BFGoodrich sells all shares in Yokohama. • 1983 - Launched Performance Y logo for the Yokohama Performance Radials and PRGR ranges; later became corporate logo. • 1983 - Launched the PRGR brand of golf equipment. • 2007 – Established Yokohama India. • On March 25, 2022, Yokohama Rubber announced it would be acquiring Trelleborg Wheel Systems from Trelleborg for 2.1 billion euro ($2.31 billion), its largest acquisition to date. Officials at the Asahi Shimbun investigated that the man had ties to the factory and was a former employee at the plant. He was arrested and charged with a dozen counts of attempted murder. All of the male victims ranged in age from 20 to 60, and out of the fifteen men injured, five of the male victims were taken to nearby hospitals in critical condition but all survived. The former employee was later identified as Masaki Oyama of Mishima (born 1987), who had lived nearly from the plant since November 2020. During an interview, police confirmed that Oyama wielded a survival knife in the attack, indicating that he had a strong intention to kill all the men in the plant after being harassed at his job, ruling the attack as attempted androcide. Two days after the attack, Oyama was indicted on attempted murder on one of the victims, a 28-year-old male employee, with a similar knife-looking object at the same plant. == Tires==

Yokohama Tire Company develops a range of tires for passenger vehicles, crossover utility vehicles (CUVs), sport utility vehicles (SUVs), electric vehicles, commercial trucks, motorsport applications, and off-road use. The company organizes its consumer tire portfolio into several product families designed for different driving conditions and vehicle types. ADVAN The ADVAN family is the company’s performance-oriented tire line. It includes summer tires and all-season tires intended for sports cars, luxury sedans, and high-performance vehicles. ADVAN tires are designed to provide handling precision, cornering stability, and high-speed capability. Products in this line have been used in various forms of motorsport, including grand touring (GT) racing and time attack events, and are also supplied as original equipment on some performance vehicles. GEOLANDAR The GEOLANDAR family is designed primarily for SUVs, pickup trucks, and crossover vehicles. It includes tires suited for all-terrain, mud-terrain, and highway-terrain use, supporting driving on surfaces such as dirt, gravel, and mixed on- and off-road conditions. AVID The AVID family consists of all-season touring tires for passenger vehicles, including sedans, compact cars, and CUVs. The line includes products intended for general driving conditions, with characteristics such as tread durability, ride comfort, and performance in dry and wet conditions. Commercial and industrial tire lines The company also produces tires for commercial and industrial applications, including trucks, buses, and specialized equipment. These tires are designed for uses such as long-haul transportation, regional distribution, construction, and port operations, with emphasis on durability, tread longevity, and retreadability. == Wheels ==

Under the Yokohama Wheel brand Almex, Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. began making rims in 1974. == Motorsports ==

event Yokohama is the official tire supplier of the Super Formula Championship since 2016. It was the official tire supplier of the Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race from 1983 until 2019, with an exception in 2016, when Pirelli was chosen for the tire supplier that year. The company was the supplier of the World Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Cup from 2006 until 2019. In the United States, Yokohama was a tire supplier in the American Le Mans Series, including PTG (from 2005 to 2009) and Alex Job Racing. It was the official tire supplier of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge. It has also participated in Red Line Time Attack, Nitro Rallycross and Stadium Super Trucks. In September 2025, Yokohama was announced as the official tire supplier for the FIA Extreme H World Cup and will use a prototype tire based on the GEOLANDAR X-AT. == Sponsorship ==

From 2015 to 2020, Yokohama was the main sponsor of Premier League football club Chelsea. Yokohama also sponsors the NBA teams the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs. == Logos ==

The Yokohama Rubber logo was first displayed in the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun newspaper in 1917. The company used it until 1987. In 1983, Yokohama launched the "Performance Y" logo for its Yokohama Performance Radials series, which became its corporate logo in 1987. A similar style logo is used by the Taiwanese tire company Nankang Rubber Tire. Yokohama_Tire_old_logo.svg|Yokohama Tire company logo through 1987 Yokohama_Tire_new_logo.svg|Yokohama Tire "Performance Y" since 1983 on tires, since 1987 as corporate logo Nankang_Rubber_Tire_logo.svg|Nankang Rubber Tire logo 优科豪马轮胎.png|Yokohama Tire company logo in China () ==References==