An exhibition of Yamaha equipment was arranged by the Russian branch office of Yamaha Motor as part of the 4th meeting of the company’s official dealerships in Moscow on November 29, 2008.
To the delight of motorbike lovers, Yamaha debuted its new version of the legendary V-MAX motorbike, as well as key models of the 2009 line, i.e. the sportsbike YZF-R1, Grizzly 550 and YFZ450R all-terrain vehicles, the new FX Nytro RTX SE 2009 snowmobile, and the latest releases in water equipment.
Yamaha is a major Japanese motor equipment concern. Its business is divided into four main segments: motorcycles (motorcycles, scooters and parts), water equipment (outboard engines, hydrocycles, wave runners, fishing boats and other kinds of boats, diesel engines), power equipment (ATVs, moto ATVs, snowmobiles, golf cars, generators, compact snowplows, multi-functional engines), and other products (industrial robots, car engines, automobile parts, electrical bikes, pilotless industrial helicopters, electrical wheelchairs, etc.).
Yamaha Motor was founded on July 1, 1955. As of September 30, 2008, its authorized capital was equal to 48.34bn yens. The company’s president is Takashi Kajikawa. In early 2008, the total number of employees was 46,850. The annual volume of sales is around 1.7-1.75 trillion yens. Some 60.1% of that comes from motorcycle and scooter sales, 16.5% from water equipment, 15.1% from power products, and 8.3% from other equipment sales. From the regional perspective, 27% of Yamaha Motor’s sales are done in North America, 21.5% in Europe, 28.6% in Asia (Japan not included), 10.3% in Japan and 12.6% in other countries.
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