Yamaha Motor Company

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

Teep	Public
Industrie	Automotive
Foondit	July 1, 1955
Heidquarters	Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Area served	Global
Key fowk	Hiroyuki Yanagi, Preses & Representative Director
Products	Motorcycles, Commuter Vehicles & Scooters, Recreational Vehicles, Boats.
Revenue	US$12 billion (2005)
Operatin income	US$900 million (2005)
Net income	US$550 million (2005)
Nummer o employees	39,300 (2005)
Parent	Yamaha Corporation
Subsidiaries	Minarelli MBK
Wabsteid	Yamaha Motor Global

Yamaha Motor Company Limited (ヤマハ発動機株式会社, Yamaha Hatsudōki Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 7272), is a Japanese motorised vehicle-producin company. Yahama Motor is pairt o the Yamaha Corporation an its headquarter is locatit in Iwata, Shizuoka. Alang wi expandin Yamaha Corporation intae the warld's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami teuk Yamaha intae the field o motorised vehicles on Julie 1, 1955. The company's intensive research intae metal alloys for uise in acoustic pianos haed gien Yamaha wide knowledge o the makin o lichtweight, yet sturdy an reliable metal constructions. This knowledge wis easily applied tae the makin o metal frames an motor pairts for motorcycles. It produces motorcycles, aw-terrain vehicles, boats, snawmobiles, ootboard motors, an personal wattercraft.