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| Dec 1943 | Hirano Rubber Manufacturing Inc. founded |
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| Aug 1945 | Merged with Toyo Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd. and Renamed Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. |
| May 1949 | Lists on the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| Jul 1953 | Opens Itami Plant for motor vehicle tire manufacturing |
| May 1955 | Lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Sep 1961 | Lists on the Nagoya Stock Exchange |
| Dec 1961 | Sets up the Central R&D Laboratories (currently the Technical Research Center) in Osaka |
| Sep 1964 | Opens Hyogo Plant for polyurethane foam manufacturing |
| Jul 1966 | Establishes its first tire sales subsidiary, Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. (currently Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.) in U.S. |
| Apr 1971 | Opens Akashi Plant in Hyogo for pollution control devices and industrial rubber products manufacturing |
| Jun 1971 | Establishes Toyo Giant Tire Co.,Ltd. (currently Nippon Giant Tire Co.,Ltd.) |
| Feb 1974 | Acquires capital in Vaculug Australia Ltd. (currently Toyo Tyre and Rubber Australia Ltd.) |
| Sep 1975 | Establishes Toyo Reifen GmbH (currently Toyo Tire Europe GmbH) as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation |
| Feb 1979 | Establishes a comprehensive business partnership with Nitto Tire Co., Ltd. |
| Apr 1985 | Toyo Giant Tire Co.,Ltd. (currently Nippon Giant Tire Co.,Ltd.) merges its Off The Road tire business with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
| Apr 1986 | Opens the Automotive Parts Technical Center in Aichi |
| Mar 1987 | Establishes New Pacific Industry Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. in Taiwan for automotive anti-vibration rubber manufacturing |
| Oct 1988 | Establishes Toyo Tire International Inc. (currently Toyo Tire Holdings of America Inc.) in California, U.S.A. |
| Oct 1996 | Merged with Ryoto Tire Co., Ltd. |
| Dec 1998 | Integrates operations of Itami Plant into Kuwana Plant (Itami Plant closed) |
| Sep 1999 | Forms a business alliance with Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd. in the field of anti-vibration rubber parts |
| Apr 2000 | Sets up East Japan Automotive Parts Technical Center |
| Feb 2001 | Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts (U.S.A.), Inc. in Kentucky, U.S.A., for anti-vibration rubber parts manufacturing and sales |
| Nov 2001 | Opens the main building of Toyo Technical Center (currently the Tire Technical Center) |
| Jan 2003 | Establishes Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, as a joint venture with Mitsubushi Corporation |
| Feb 2003 | Establishes Soflan U-board Co., Ltd (currently Soflan Wiz Co., Ltd.) for manufacturing and sales of urethane-based heat-resistant building materials |
| Jun 2004 | Establishes Toyo Tire North America, Inc. (currently Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc.) in Georgia, U.S.A., for tire manufacturing |
| Jul 2004 | Establishes Toyo Advanced Technology Inc. for manufacturing and sales of CMP pads |
| Sep 2004 | Establishes Toyo Automotive Parts (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China, for anti-vibration rubber parts manufacturing |
| Jul 2005 | Establishes Toyo Tyre (UK) Ltd. in Rushden, U.K.,; Toyo Tire Benelux B.V. in Roosendaal, Netherlands; and Nitto Tire North America Inc. (currently Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc.) in Georgia, U.S.A. |
| Apr 2006 | Integrates Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd. and Chubu Soflan Co., Ltd. to establish Toyo Soflan Co., Ltd. |
| Nov 2006 | Acquires Toyo Tire Italia S.p.A in Collesalvetti, Italy |
| Apr 2007 | Integrates 10 tire subsidiaries to establish Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd. |
| Integrates two industrial sales companies to establish Toyo Chemical / Industrial Products Sales Corporation | |
| Jun 2007 | Establishes Nitto Tire Canada Inc. in British Columbia, Canada |
| May 2008 | The business and capital alliance agreement with Bridgestone Corporation concluded |
| Jun 2008 | Opens the Iberia representative office in Madrid, Spain |
| Establishes Toyo Tire North America OE sales LLC in California, U.S.A. | |
| Oct 2008 | Establishes Toyo Tire RUS LLC in Moscow, Russia |
| Apr 2010 | Establishes Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary in Jiangsu, China, for passenger and light truck tires manufacturing |
| Dec 2010 | Completes acquisition of Silverstone Berhad, the motor vehicle tire manufacturer and saler in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Jun 2011 | Completes acquisition of Shandong Silverstone Luhe Rubber & Tyre Co., Ltd., the motor vehicle tire manufacturer and saler in China, and changes its name to Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd. |
