|
|
Article: Yokohama exec vows 'dedication' to HP sales.(executive Hisao Suzuki plans incresed sales for high-performance tires for next 10 years)(Cover Story)
- Article from:
- Tire Business
- Article date:
- January 20, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Vera Fedchenko
For the next 10 years, Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to increase its overall sales by launching new high-performance, truck and bus tires, and by expanding its production capacity in Japan and Asia.
Hisao Suzuki, Yokohama's second highest executive, sat down with Tire Business at Yokohama headquarters in Tokyo to discuss the tire maker's future-including a 10-year strategic plan the company calls ``GD10''-and how it's performing currently. Integral to GD10 is Yokohama's goal to reach $3.8 billion in sales by 2005 and an operating profit of $297 million, said Mr. Suzuki, who is representative executive director and president of the ...