Yokohama’s U.S. Plant Gets Environmental Certification

(Akron/Tire Review) Yokohama Tire Corp.'s tire plant in Salem, Va., has received ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification.

Published: April 30, 2007

Yokohama said that all of its plants in Japan have been ISO 14001 accredited since 1999, and the company’s plants worldwide are certified or in the process of becoming certified.

"Yokohama is pledged to work toward ‘zero emissions,’ a program that will eliminate industrial waste at landfill sites," said Shinichi Suzuki, executive vice president of manufacturing and technology, plant manager and a Yokohama Rubber Co. vice president. "Our commitment to the environment is very important.

"We work to reuse or otherwise recycle all waste and will introduce cogeneration systems to raise resource efficiency,” Suzuki said. “We work in all our operations to reduce waste and the output of carbon dioxide. Globally, this is our moral obligation."

TBC promotes Don Byrd to president and CEO

Byrd joined TBC in April 2018 as executive vice president of TBC and president & COO of National Tire Wholesale (NTW).

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 25, 2024

TBC Corporation’s new president and chief executive officer will be Don Byrd. Byrd, who currently serves as TBC’s chief strategy and marketing officer, will replace Sam Kato, effective May 1. Kato will return to Sumitomo, one of TBC’s shareholders.

According to TBC, Byrd’s appointment by the board of directors to president and chief executive officer is a natural transition for TBC and follows a strategic plan developed in collaboration with Kato.