TOYO
MILESTONES
1966
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Toyo
Tire enters Canadian market with earthmover tires. |
| 1971 |
Toyo
Radial Truck Tires are introduced to Canada |
1975
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Toyo
builds the industry's first tire testing track facility. |
| 1982 |
Toyo
opens FULL Tire Range distribution facilities in Canada. |
1987
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Toyo
introduces its first super-computer for designing tires through
vehicle dynamic simulation of driving, braking and cornering. |
| 1989 |
Toyo
began manufacturing driver's side air bags for passenger
cars. |
1991
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Toyo
refines its super-computer DSOC theory to apply to truck
and bus tires in addition to passenger car tires. |
1991
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Toyo
makes one of the largest tires in the world. It measures
3.6 meters in dia. and weighs 3.6 tons. It contains enough
rubber to produce 550 passenger car tires. |
| 1993 |
Toyo
develops a tire specifically for electric passenger cars
with 30% less rolling resistance and 15% less weight. |
| 1993 |
Porsche
makes the Toyo F1S High-performance radial tire its original
equipment tire on the 911 and 968 models in Europe. |
| 1994 |
Porsche
makes the Toyo 920 High-performance winter tire its original
equipment tire on the 911, 928 and 968 models in Europe. |
1995
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Toyo
gets chosen as the tire of choice for Chilean government
officials. |
1995
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Toyo
improves computer analysis program and introduces DSOC II |
1996
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Toyo
obtains approval from the government of the Peoples Republic
of China to establish a joint venture Passenger Car Tire
manufacturing facility in mainland China. Daily capacity
is expected to be 10,000 tires. |
1997
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Toyo
announces second generation DSOC II tire design technology.
An improvement from the original industry praised DOSC II. |
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