Toyo
Tire enters Canadian market with earthmover tires.
1971
Toyo
Radial Truck Tires are introduced to Canada
1975
Toyo
builds the industry's first tire testing track facility.
1982
Toyo
opens FULL Tire Range distribution facilities in Canada.
1987
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
Toyo
refines its super-computer DSOC theory to apply to truck
and bus tires in addition to passenger car tires.
1991
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
Toyo
gets chosen as the tire of choice for Chilean government
officials.
1995
Toyo
improves computer analysis program and introduces DSOC II
1996
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
Toyo
announces second generation DSOC II tire design technology.
An improvement from the original industry praised DOSC II.
