Bridgestone Americas, a group company of Bridgestone, is set to bolster its production capacity at a truck and bus part manufacturing plant in Abilene, Texas, U.S. The move comes as part of a plan to further ramp up the company’s retread business. Investment here is set to come to $60 million, with the production space expansion and the addition of...
Yokohama Rubber has begun supplying Advan V61 and Geolandar X-CV tires for use on Mazda CX-60, the new crossover SUV launched by Mazda in Japan, Europe and other overseas markets in September. The company has now begun deliveries of these tires. The Advan V61 comes in two sizes, 235/60R18 103V and 235/60R18 107V, while the Geolandar X-CV comes in 235/60R18...
Sumitomo Rubber was visited by Lulama Smuts Ngonyama, the South African Ambassador to Japan, on Sept. 14. The day saw Ngonyama welcomed by a number of Sumitomo Rubber officials, including Chairman Ikuji Ikeda, President and CEO Satoru Yamamoto, and Senior Executive Officer Yasuaki Kuniyasu. The group used their time together to exchange ideas and opinions about business in South Africa,...
Asahi Kasei announced on September 22 that it will raise the price of polybutadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR, oil and non-oil) by 30 yen ($0.21) or more per kilogram for shipments from October 1. The company said that the recent sharp rise in crude oil prices and the rapid depreciation of the yen have caused the costs of...
Showa Glove will in September release the Nitrist Pink 100-pack as a new addition to its Nitrist series of nitrile rubber use-up gloves. The thickness is a versatile 0.08 mm, and four sizes (SS, S, M, L, LL) will be available. The new product is being launched in response to the fact that color-coded zoning is often used to prevent...
The Yokohama Magokoro Fund – an employee-backed charity fund at Yokohama Rubber – has made a donation to support the activities of the Disaster Rescue Dog Network, a Japanese NPO that trains rescue dogs and carries out joint drills with rescue teams. Yokohama Rubber itself is also matching the donation from this employee fund, making for a total donation of...
