OREANDA-NEWS. The United States Department of Justice (the "DOJ"), announced that an employee of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., has agreed to plead guilty in the government's ongoing investigation into anticompetitive activity in the automotive anti-vibration rubber products industry.

The TOYO TIRE Group Companies have been fully cooperating with the DOJ's antitrust investigation in the automotive antiivibration rubber products segment.

The TOYO TIRE Group Companies take the investigation seriously, and are fully committed to ensuring compliance with all laws wherever it conducts business.