Pirelli Japan announced that it will gradually increase the prices of tires shipped for the Japanese domestic market starting April 1, 2023. The price increase applies to passenger car, SUV, and motorsports tires (summer and winter), as well as motorcycle and scooter tires (Pirelli and Metzler). The average increase will be 6% across all product categories and brand lines. The...
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Michelin Partners With DHL Express for Pilot Test of Next-Gen Airless Tires
Michelin has partnered with DHL Express to trial the Michelin UPTIS Prototype, a next-gen airless tire. This partnership will mark the first real-world use of the innovative tire, with plans for some 50 DHL vehicles in Singapore to be fitted with UPTIS tires by the end of 2023. Michelin first announced in June 2019 that it was targeting a 2024...
Yokohama Rubber Begins Delivering Tires for Toyota’s New Prius and Prius PHEV
Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of BluEarth-GT AE51 and BluEarth-FE AE30 tires for use as new-vehicle (OE) tires for Toyota’s new Prius launched in Japan and overseas in January and for the Prius PHEV scheduled for launch in spring. The installed sizes are 195/50R19 88H for BluEarth-GT AE51 and 195/60R17 90H for BluEarth-FE AE30. BluEarth is Yokohama Rubber’s global tire...
Mitsubishi Chemical to Build New Production Facility for Specialty PVOH Resin Grades
Mitsubishi Chemical will construct a new facility at its Okayama Plant to increase the production capacity of Gohsenx and Nichigo G-Polymer, which are specialty brands of polyvinyl alcohol resin (PVOH resin). Operations are scheduled to begin in October 2024. Gohsenx is used as a surface treatment and emulsifier for thermal recording paper and as a processing material for silicon wafers...
Bridgestone Develops Artificial Tail Fin for Dolphin
Bridgestone and the Okinawa Churashima Foundation have developed an artificial tail fin for the Southern Bottlenose Dolphin nicknamed “Sami”, which has a damaged tail fin and is kept at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. This will help Sami maintain her dignity as a living creature and live in harmony with her friends through the power of technology. Sami is a female...
City of Kawasaki Joins Global Carbon Neutrality Initiative in Joint Effort With Zeon, Others
The city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, has voiced its support for the World Economic Forum’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters Towards Net Zero Initiative, and is set to take part in this initiative via the “Kawasaki Carbon Neutral Industrial Complex.” Kawasaki becomes the first city in Japan to join this global initiative, and will in doing so collaborate with private companies such as...
