Yokohama holds tree-planting ceremony in Thailand

ERJ staff report (RD)

Tokyo, Japan - As part of its 'Yokohama Forever Forest' project Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. held a tree-planting ceremony on 5 Dec 2008 at its tyre manufacturing plant in Thailand, the company said 20 Jan.

The ceremony was the third tree-planting event at the company's overseas locations following one at its tyre production plants in the Philippines in August 2008 and China in November 2008.

Around 1500 people attended the ceremony in Thailand, which saw 7200 trees of 25 varieties native to the area planted in just one hour. Prior to the planting, Dr. Akira Miyawaki, a noted ecologist and professor emeritus of Yokohama National University, and Dr. Sirin Kawlaierd, currently working at the Thai Imperial Household Agency, who earned his doctoral degree at Yokohama National University, had investigated trees indigenous to the specific area.

The "Yokohama Forever Forest" project will create forests over ten years at domestic and overseas production sites, concluding in 2017 in conjunction with the centennial celebration of Yokohama Rubber. At seven plants in Japan and eleven overseas plants of the Yokohama Rubber Group, a total of 500,000 trees will be planted. In Japan, the first-phase tree-planting has been completed at six plants (all but the Shinshiro Plant, where an event will be held in May 2009), with 51,900 trees planted so far, the company said.

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Press release from Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.