Yokohama Rubber’s sales increased by 28.8 percent year-on-year to 391.48 billion yen ($2.81 billion) in the first half (January-June) of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Business profit for the period was 27.73 billion yen, up 5.3 percent; and net income was 23.31 billion yen, down 36.9 percent. The factors for increases and decreases at the business profit level...
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Mitsui Chemicals to Sell Singaporean Phenol Subsidiary to Ineos
Mitsui Chemicals will transfer all shares of its consolidated subsidiary Mitsui Phenols Singapore (MPS) to Ineos effective March 1, 2023. MPS will be excluded from the scope of consolidation of Mitsui Chemicals as a result of the share transfer. MPS has been developing its phenol business – including phenol, acetone, bisphenol A, and α-methylstyrene – in Singapore since its establishment...
Tosoh to Raise Prices of Sodium Hypochlorite
Tosoh will raise the price of sodium hypochlorite by more than 10 yen ($0.07) for shipments from September 11. The products subject to the price increase and the price increase range are 10 yen or more per kilogram for lorry shipments and 20 yen or more per kilogram for Tosoh Cube. The move comes as utility costs and other costs...
Sumitomo Rubber Supplies Falken Tires as OE for New Nissan X-Trail
Sumitomo Rubber has started supplying its Falken Ziex ZE310A Ecorun tire as OE for the new-model Nissan X-Trail, which launched this July. In designing the new X-Trail, Nissan has taken the “tough gear” concept from the car’s first generation and combined it with a renewed emphasis on high quality. The new model employs the automaker’s second-gen e-Power system fitted with...
Bridgestone and Microsoft to Deepen Collaboration
Bridgestone will collaborate with Microsoft to accelerate the strengthening and expansion of its premium tire and solutions businesses using Microsoft Azure, a cloud service that is advanced, reliable, and highly compatible with the mobility industry. The two companies started working together in 2020 to provide a tire monitoring system using the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP) on Azure and share...
Sumitomo Rubber Posts First Half Business Results – Part 2
This article follows part 1 in a series of 2 on Sumitomo Rubber’s first half financial results (January-June of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022). Looking at Sumitomo Rubber’s performance by segment, the tire business posted sales revenue of 430.85 billion yen ($3.13 billion), up 16.7 percent year-on-year, and operating profit of 7.66 billion yen, down 67.4 percent. Japanese...
