Goodyear is supporting the “Shirakami Sanchi wo Mamoru Kai”, which is an association engaged in conservation activities in the Shirakami Mountain Range, one of the World Natural Heritage sites in Japan. Launching its support to the organization, Goodyear held on Sept. 2 a ceremony at the Aomori Prefectural Office to present a list of items to be donated to the...
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New Honda Civic Fitted With High-Spec Sports Tires From Michelin
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S, a high-spec sports tire from Michelin Japan, has been adopted by Honda as a new vehicle-mounted tire for the new Civic Type R. The tire is the flagship model of Michelin’s sports tire lineup, which draws out the full potential of the vehicle’s inherent performance and delivers both the high level of sport driving pleasure...
Sumitomo Rubber Succeeds at Visualizing Sulfur Compounds Used in Li–S Batteries
Sumitomo Rubber has used the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility in a joint project to create what it is calling a Tender X-Ray Nanoscope, the world’s first technology able to analyze a substance’s structure and chemical bonds at the nano level. This has then been used to successfully visualize the sulfur compounds employed in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. The project comes as...
Toyo Tire to Commemorate 40th Anniversary of Open Country SUV Tire Brand
Toyo Tire will in October reintroduce the Open Country 785 in the Japanese market to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Open Country SUV tire brand in 2023. The release size will be 205R16 110/108N. The Open Country 785 is one of the four Open Country brand tires (Open Country 784, Open Country 785, Open Country 786, Open Country W-11)...
Bridgestone to Expand Brazilian Production for Passenger Car and Light Truck Tires
Bridgestone will increase production capacity at its Bahia plant, which produces passenger car and light truck tires in Brazil. To this end, the company will invest approximately 270 million Brazilian reais ($53 million). When combined with the investment amount already announced for a production capacity expansion on July 1, 2021, the total investment amount will be around 970 million Brazilian...
Tokai Carbon Set to Relocate Thai Subsidiary to New Plant
Tokai Carbon announced on Sept. 5 that it intends to build a new plant under consolidated subsidiary Thai Tokai Carbon Product (TCP), located in Sriracha, Thailand. The announcement follows the plan’s approval at a special board meeting earlier that day. First established in 1989, TCP handles the manufacture and sale of carbon black, which is used as a reinforcing material...
