To commemorate its 125th anniversary on August 29, Goodyear has produced a commemorative video series that introduces the company’s 125-year history and its efforts to realize the mobility society of the future. It has compiled its 125-year history into seven videos, which are being released sequentially on the official Goodyear Japan YouTube channel. The YouTube channel can be accessed from...
Bridgestone subsidiary Bridgestone Tire Solutions Japan is developing a new retail service solution network called B-select. Consisting of tire retail partners in Japan, B-select is a network of stores that can provide differentiated solutions while retaining the concept of tire dealerships. The objective is to deliver high-quality service solutions anywhere in Japan. In the future, Bridgestone will expand services and...
Asahi Kasei’s synthetic rubber business fell short of its plan in terms of volume for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. Demand for both solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR), mainly for tire applications, and butadiene rubber (BR), mainly for non-tire and resin modification applications, declined in the second half. “All regions performed worse than expected. The rise in raw material...
The environment surrounding the Japanese rubber industry has been changing due to the ongoing depreciation of the yen, the decline in naphtha prices and the slump in China. These changes are a mixture of good and bad news for the rubber industry, but since they are all external factors, it is difficult for individual companies to influence them. Japan Rubber...
Toyo Tires will renew the sponsor agreement it has concluded with Toyota Auto Body. The company will supply the Open Country M/T-R tires for pickup trucks and SUVs to the “Team Land Cruiser Toyota Autobody” (TLC), a rally team run by Toyota Motor Corporation that will participate in the Dakar Rally, to support the team’s challenge in the Dakar Rally...
Toyo Tires’ Proxes Comfort tires have been selected to be installed on the new Toyota Alphard, which went on sale in Japan on June 21. The tire size is 225/60 R18 100H in Japan and 225/65 R17 102H in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The new Alphard was developed in pursuit of comfortable traveling happiness for all passengers, and features...
