Yokohama Industries Americas Inc. (YIA)

Business activities

Production and sale of hose assemblies for auto air-conditioners, power steering units and transmission oil coolers.

Total site area

YIA Inc. (DIV.1) 15,100m2
YIA South Carolina LLC. (DIV.3) 11,200m2
YIA Ohio Inc. (DIV.5) 12,820m2
YIA Mexico (DIV.6) 9,300m2

Number of employees

1,068 (as of February 2024)

Location

Versailles Plant 105 Industry Drive, Versailles, KY 40383, U.S.A.

Contact for consultation and complaints

Tel: +1-864-850-2342　Fax: +1-864-306-2004
E-mail: Matthew.OShields@yokohamaia.com

Message from Senior Vice President

Brian Franklin

Yokohama Industries Americas (YIA) strives to provide the best conditions of employment and the greatest opportunity for advancement for each employee. The safety and well- being of our employees is and will remain of prime importance to YIA and its management. YIA believes in providing each employee the opportunity for meaningful and rewarding employment in a safe and healthful working environment. YIA wants each of its employees to have the freedom necessary to exercise his talents and skills to the fullest extent possible.

We want employees to constantly challenge the norm and therefore we urge employees to exercise creativity and openness among their supervisors and peers. We strive to have employees be proud of their work place and take a sincere interest in what they are doing and give their best every day. It is through these personal characteristics and philosophies that we will succeed in exceeding customer expectations in the areas of Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Service.

Human Rights

YIA respects the rights of all people and rejects all actions that could potentially discriminate against any person directly or indirectly. YIA complies with all state and federal laws protecting human rights. YIA follows all the rules and regulations established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Minority Business Economic Development

YIA actively pursues business opportunities that foster the growth of minority businesses. YIA continuously searches for minority businesses that can provide goods and services that meet our needs. Over the years as our company has grown so have our purchases of products from minority owned business.

Labor Practices

Occupational safety and health

YIA’s top priority is the safety of our employees. Central to our efforts is to identify safety risks and correct them before accidents happen. YIA’s safety efforts shows in its below industry average incident rates. YIA is committed to improving our safety programs to continuously drive risks and injuries out of our operations.

Major Activities

  1. Standardize procedures across divisions to ensure continuity and consistency.
  2. Focus on training for all sites to stay in line with legal and corporate compliance.
  3. Consolidate systems for smoother process flow.

Disaster Preparedness

YIA has a structured organization to handle disasters if they may occur. These volunteers, known as the Emergency Response Team (ERT) are trained to be the initial responders to address injured personnel or other emergency situations. The ERT is trained to assist employees until local authorities arrive on-site.

Education and training for employees

Employee training and development programs are essential to the success of YIA. Not only do these programs offer opportunities for staff to improve their skills, but also for the organization to enhance employee productivity and improve company culture. YIA recently made the switch the ADP Learning Management to assist in assigning and tracking employee training. This module has offered a great deal of additional training for professional development that we will pursue through 2023/2024.

The Environment

Environmental management

All Tier 1 YIA manufacturing facilities are ISO 14001 certified. All YIA US operations are starting their 7th year of being “Zero Landfill”. YIA MX operations achieved zero landfill spring 2022. All facilities are focused on reducing and recycle all waste streams to further lessen our impact on the environment.

YIA DIV.1 (Under the Hose Business Department) Environmental Data

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Category FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Waste disposed (t) 229 160 108 157 148
Proportion sent to landfill (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Landfill waste (t) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy use
(oil equivalent: kl)		 Electric power 2,288 1,987 2,203 2,236 2,082
Fuel 122 42 17 11 12
Total 2,409 2,029 2,220 2,247 2,922
Greenhouse gas emissions (1,000t-CO2) 6.0 5.0 7.4 3.7 2.9
Water usage (1,000m3) 30.1 24.5 26.4 27.8 25.3

YIA DIV.3 (Under the Hose Business Department) Environmental Data

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Category FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Waste disposed (t) 454 321 334 368 406
Proportion sent to landfill (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Landfill waste (t) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy use
(oil equivalent: kl)		 Electric power 1,079 961 959 892 892
Fuel 141 107 79 59 59
Total 1,220 1,068 1,038 951 952
Greenhouse gas emissions (1,000t-CO2) 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.0
Water usage (1,000m3) 5.8 3.8 3.6 5.8 4.5

YIA DIV.5 (Under the Hose Business Department) Environmental Data

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Category FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Waste disposed (t) 124 144 88 58.2 182.9
Proportion sent to landfill (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Landfill waste (t) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy use
(oil equivalent: kl)		 Electric power 867 792 712 663 844
Fuel 516 390 419 538 538
Total 1,383 1,182 1,131 1,201 1,382
Greenhouse gas emissions (1,000t-CO2) 3.5 3.5 3.1 2.1 1.9
Water usage (1,000m3) 10.4 8.8 7.2 9.6 11.4

YIA DIV.6 (Under the Hose Business Department) Environmental Data

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Category FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Waste disposed (t) 11 113 88 125 280
Proportion sent to landfill (%) 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.0
Landfill waste (t) 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0
Energy use
(oil equivalent: kl)		 Electric power 1,449 297 353 414 414
Fuel 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1,449 297 353 414 414
Greenhouse gas emissions (1,000t-CO2) 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.9
Water usage (1,000m3) 4.5 5.5 5.0 8.2 3.8

Fair Operating Practices

Corruption prevention

YIA has taken steps to ensure that corruption does not occur in our operations. We continuously improve our processes to make them more effective with checks and balances to make sure mistakes and fraud cannot happen. In 2023 we continued to improve our internet security to make sure that our employees are not tricked into fraudulent losses.

Community Involvement and Development

Each production location undertakes activities to make donations to support events organized by the local community.

This is the list for 2023.

Reagional contributuin Amount Donated
Blood donation $1,000
Plant tour $4,000
Experience-oriented educations/Interns $3,466
Fund-raising event $500
Donation $4,500
First aid training courses $3,166
Total $16,632

Donation made to a local softball team

community development

Terminal Care Center

vocational training school

Cancer Fund