, commonly known as Toyo Tires, is a

tire A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a Rim (wheel), wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide Traction (engineering), t ...

and

rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...

products company based in Itami,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

History

The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the

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as ''Toyo Tire USA Corporation''. In 1999, ''Nitto Tire North America'' was established.

Timeline

Lines of business

Manufacturing and marketing of car tires, industrial rubber and synthetic resin products, soft and rigid polyurethane products, waterproof sheets, anti-vibration rubber for automotive parts, seat cushions, and sporting goods.

Tire brands

* Toyo * Nitto * Silverstone

Sponsorship

Toyo has sponsored off-road

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drivers including

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Kyle LeDuc Kyle LeDuc (born July 29, 1981) is an American professional racing driver. He mainly competes in short course off-road truck racing, where he has seven Pro 4 class championships, six of which came in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) ...

, BJ Baldwin,

Tavo Vildósola Gustavo Vildósola Perez Tejada, better known as Tavo Vildósola, (born February 1, 1982) is a Mexican off-road racer and entrepreneur. Racing career Born in Mexicali, Vildosóla started racing at a very young age. He raced his first official of ...

Gus Vildósola Gustavo Vildósola Ramos (born May 19, 1953, in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican off-road racer and entrepreneur. Racing career Gus Vildósola has been in off-road racing since 1968. He started racing in local races in the Mexica ...

, Andy McMillin and Bryce Menzies. As well as rally and stunt driver Ken Block. Meanwhile, Nitto has sponsored the

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rock crawling race, and drifting drivers

Vaughn Gittin Vaughn Gittin Jr. (born September 20, 1980), commonly known as JR, is an American, self-taught, professional drifter from Maryland who competes in Formula Drift in a Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D sponsored by Monster Energy, Nitto Tire, and Ford ...

(since 2013), Chelsea DeNofa (since 2017),

Ryan Tuerck Ryan Tuerck (born April 10, 1985) is an American professional drifter from Derry, New Hampshire who currently competes in the U.S. Formula Drift series in his Toyota Corolla Hatchback for Rain-X and Nitto Tire. Formula Drift Biography Rya ...

(since 2019),

Fredric Aasbø Fredric Aasbø (born 18 August 1985) is a professional drifter and stunt driver originally from Ski, Norway. He now competes in the Formula Drift Championship. In 2015, and recently in 2021, he became the Formula Drift World Champion. He also hol ...

(since 2020), and Adam LZ (since 2021). The company has also sponsored the

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mixed martial arts promotion from 2006 to 2008 and later since 2011.

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References

External links

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