Merger with Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.

Yamaha announces that effective 1^st September, 2016, Yamaha Motor IM Europe GmbH has merged with Yamaha Motor Europe N.V., the headquarters of the Yamaha Motor group in Europe based in the Netherlands.

The modification of our legal structure will not affect our day-to-day operations. Yamaha SMT business will continue from 1^st September, 2016 onwards in the form of a registered German branch of YME under the name: Yamaha Motor Europe N.V., Niederlassung Deutschland, Geschäftsbereich IM German Branch Office, IM Business.

As a result of the merger we will be aligned with the Yamaha Motor group in Europe, enhancing our European operations. Mr. Soichiro Kamijima will continue to manage successfully the branch. He states ”Yamaha’s aim is to strengthen our SMT sales capabilities and the support to our distributors and agents in Europe. Yamaha will continue on the path of growth we have taken since the company was established in 2011.”

Yamaha’s focus remains the commitment to best serve our customers and to continue to deliver our high-quality and reliable products and excellent services.

About Yamaha Robotics SMT Section

Yamaha Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Section is a subdivision of Yamaha Motor Robotics Business Unit in Yamaha Motor Corporation. Yamaha surface mount equipment is highly acclaimed in the market for their “module concept” that enables them to keep pace with the trend toward smaller and more diverse electric/electronic parts being mounted on circuit boards.

Yamaha SMT Section has created a strong business in the surface mount industry that enables design and engineering, manufacture, sales and service to be conducted in one comprehensive system. Furthermore, the Company has used its core technologies in the areas of servo-motor control and image recognition technology for vision (camera) systems to develop solder paste printers, 3D solder paste inspection, 3D PCB inspection machines, flip chip hybrid placers and dispensers. This allows Yamaha SMT Section to offer a full line of machines for electric/electronic parts mounting and propose optimum production-line makeup to answer the diversifying needs of today’s manufacturers.

Yamaha SMT Section has sales and service offices in Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America provide a truly global sales and service network that will safeguard best in class on-site sales & service support for clients.

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