Yokohama Rubber’s BluEarth 711L, an all-season tire for trucks that emphasizes fuel-efficient performance, has received the 2022 Good Design Award. This product is the first heavy-duty truck tire in Japan to bear the BluEarth brand name for fuel-efficient tires, and achieves the highest fuel efficiency in the company’s truck tire history. In addition, the new tire offers the same or...
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Utsunomiya Seisaku Looks to Eliminate Glove Waste Through Donation Initiative
Utsunomiya Seisaku, a glove manufacturer paying attention to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has launched an initiative that aims to eliminate glove waste. In order to provide safer, higher quality gloves to customers, Utsunomiya Seisaku inspects samples of its products not only at overseas plants but also at its in-house domestic facilities. And this is where the new initiative...
Hose Manufacturer Hakko Obtains Patent for Two Products
Hose manufacturer Hakko has been granted a patent for two products, the Conductive Super Flexible Fluorine Hose Series/E-SJD and the Conductive Super Flexible Fluorine Spring/E-SJSD. The patent registration name is Electrostatic Dissipative Resin Hose, and the patent registration number is 7078531, with a registration date of May 23, 2022. This is the sixth patent for the company. The Conductive Super...
Commercial Tire Price Increase Causes Demand Rush in Japan
The demand rush in Japan in anticipation of price hikes for after-market tires and the reaction to these hikes are now also visible in sales figures. Three of the country’s four tire manufacturers – excluding Toyo Tire – raised the Japanese prices of their after-market tires in September and October, following a first price hike this year in the March-April...
Bridgestone Wins Good Design Award for Four Products
Bridgestone was recently announced to have received a 2022 Good Design Award for four of its products and services. These are the Blizzak VRX3, a premium studless winter tire; the Alenza LX100, an SUV tire focused on comfort; the Ecopia NH200, a series of fuel-efficient passenger car tires; and Mobox, a subscription service for passenger car tires and maintenance. The...
Yokohama Rubber’s BluEarth-GT AE51 Installed on Honda’s New Fit e:HEV RS
Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of BluEarth-GT AE51 tires for new vehicle installation (OE) on the new Honda Fit e:HEV RS, which was launched in Japan in October. The tire size is 185/55R16 83V. This product adopts the basic design and material technology of Yokohama Rubber’s global tire brand BluEarth, which is based on the theme of further improvement of...

