Yokohama Rubber has launched the Geolandar A/T XD all-terrain tire for full-size pickup trucks and other commercial vehicles as a new product under its Geolandar tire brand for SUVs and pickup trucks. The new product has been launched in North America and Australia starting in March 2023. A total of 28 sizes will be available. The Geolandar A/T XD is...
Demand for rubber hoses has been improving. According to the Japan Rubber Hose Manufacturers Association, the value of shipments in 2022 was 138.64 billion yen ($1.04 billion), up 0.4% and thus almost unchanged from the previous year. However, high-pressure hoses remained at a high level throughout the year, and automotive hoses, which account for 70% of the total, recovered in...
The Japan Glove Manufacturers Association has published its 2022 glove sales volume statistics for the Japanese domestic market. Household glove sales in 2022 remained flat at 83.19 million pairs, down 1% from the previous year. Only rubber gloves grew by 6% year-on-year, but none of the categories recovered to the 2019 levels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, sales...
Toyoda Gosei, a member of the Toyota Group, has donated goods to welfare facilities in the vicinity of its plants, using the reserve fund from the special menu (Heartfull Menu) in the company cafeteria. Since fiscal 2010, the company has been offering the Heartfull Menu in its cafeteria as a social contribution activity in which employees can easily participate. This...
Yokohama Rubber has begun production and sales of high load capacity (HLC) tires for EVs, hybrid cars, large SUVs, and other heavy vehicles equipped with large-capacity batteries. The company is currently promoting tires for use on new vehicles (OE) and for aftermarket use, with a view to expanding into products for the aftermarket in the future, in line with market...
sSumitomo Rubber is in March launching the Falken e.Ziex after-market EV tire in the European market, where the shift to EVs is rapidly advancing. The tire is the company’s second production EV tire, following the Dunlop e.Sport Maxx, which was launched for the Chinese market last year, and boasts the highest level of fuel efficiency (electricity cost). The e.Ziex uses Advanced 4D...
