Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) is relocating its corporate headquarters from Fullerton, Calif., to nearby Santa Ana to accommodate business growth. The move is expected to take place in November.
YTC has signed a 10-year lease for its new 57,000-sq.-ft. headquarters at 1 MacArthur Place. The tire maker will occupy two-and-a-half floors of the high-tech, nine-floor office complex near John Wayne Airport.
“Unlike other companies that moved out of the state, we wanted to stay in California,” said Tom Masuguchi, YTC’s chief strategy officer. “We looked at several buildings in multiple cities and considered many factors. These included layout efficiencies, cost advantages, and employee-commute times. The Santa Ana location provided the best match for all our requirements now and in the future as we expand our business even further.”
Yokohama was located in Fullerton for 28 years. The announcement comes two months after YTC said it was moving its Western Region Distribution Center from a 380,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Fullerton to a newly built 658,000-sq.-ft. facility in Chino, about 22 miles away.
Yokohama Tire Corporation is the North American sales and marketing arm of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, a global manufacturer and seller of premium tires since 1917.
Yokohama Tire Corporation's product lines include tires for high-performance applications, light trucks, passenger cars, commercial trucks and buses, and off-road mining and construction equipment.
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