Yokohama Rubber has established a new subsidiary in Singapore named Yokohama Rubber Singapore Pte. Ltd. The new subsidiary will buy natural rubber for the company's plants in Japan in 2015 and for the company's overseas plants from 2016. The company expects to start full operations at the subsidiary from mid-May 2015.

The company says it has appointed Shigeo Komatsu as head of its global procurement division, head of its corporate finance and accounting department, president of Yokohamagomu Finance Co. Ltd, and president of Yokohama Rubber Singapore Pte. Ltd. Currently, Komatsu is director and managing corporate officer, the head of global procurement, head of the corporate finance and accounting department, and president of Yokohamagomu Finance Co. Ltd.