Bridgestone will donate over the next four years a total of $1 million to the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF). The company aims to contribute to global road safety activities as road traffic crashes claim 1.35 million lives worldwide each year and are the leading cause of death among young people. More than 90 percent of these occur in...
Toyoda Gosei is aiming to strengthen its supply network for interior and exterior auto parts in central China. Plans here are set to see the company invest in Wuhan Binyu Auto Part by leveraging Toyoda Gosei (China) Investment, a consolidated subsidiary for the Chinese market. Wuhan Binyu is part of the Yibin Group, which supplies interior and exterior auto parts...
Goodyear Japan’s EfficientGrip has been adopted as OEM tire for Honda’s new Stepwgn minivan. The size being used is 205/60R16 96H XL. The EfficientGrip tire adopted this time is a passenger car summer tire with an asymmetrical pattern developed by Goodyear Europe. It offers low rolling resistance suitable for new energy vehicles, while also providing excellent drainage and quietness. Honda’s...
Sumitomo Rubber will release from July 22 Dunlop Sportmax Q-Lite all-round high-grip bias tires for two-wheelers. The tires will be suitable for a wide range of applications from circuits to streets and be available in seven sizes. This product is a bias tire that combines grip performance for sports driving with life performance for street use by optimally combining a...
The blanket division of Japan’s largest rubber roll manufacturer Kinyosha performed well in overseas markets in fiscal 2021 ending March 2022. And although demand in Japan for newspaper printing remained flat, that for offset – sheet-fed and commercial web offset – recovered. The company raised prices of all its products in the second half of the fiscal 2021, as cost...
Japan’s largest rubber roll manufacturer Kinyosha reported year-on-year increases in both sales and profit for fiscal 2021 ending March 31, 2022. Although demand fell due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it recovered by March 2022 as the impact slowly subsided. In particular, blankets geared for overseas, rolls for films, rolls for OA equipment, and iron core-related products contributed...
