Yamaha Motor Company Limited is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing
company. Yamaha Motor is part of
Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is
located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha
Corporation into the world's biggest
piano maker, then
Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of
motorized vehicles on July 1, 1955. The company's intensive research into metal
alloys for use in acoustic pianos had given Yamaha wide
knowledge of the making of lightweight, yet sturdy and reliable metal
constructions. This knowledge was easily applied to the making of metal frames
and motor parts for motorcycles. Yamaha Motor produces
motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, boats, marine
engines including outboards, automobile engines,
personal watercraft and snowmobiles.
The Yamaha corporate logo is composed of three tuning
forks placed on top of each other in a triangular pattern.
Yamaha Motor Company was founded by
Torakusu Yamaha;
Yamaha
means "mountain leaf".
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