Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp., a local sales subsidiary of Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105), announced on June 21 local time that it will be raising its dealer base prices on a range of tires. The decision will see prices rise 5 percent starting Aug. 1 for select passenger car tires, light truck tires, and truck and bus tires. Winter tires for...
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Yokohama Rubber’s BluEarth Series Selected as OE for New Mitsubishi EV
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has begun shipment of BluEarth-FE AE30 tires as OE for the eK X EV, a new electric vehicle (EV) being launched in Japan this month by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211). The size to be used here is 155/65R14 75S. The BluEarth-FE AE30 is a fuel-efficient standard tire under Yokohama Rubber’s BluEarth global tire brand, which...
Nitta Breaks Ground on New Production Building for Namd CNT–CF Compounding
Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) recently held a ceremony to mark the start of construction for an eighth building at its Nara Plant. Construction of the new building is set to be finished by the end of March 2023 for a total cost of 650 million yen ($4.81 million), with operations then beginning in June. The building will be used for production...
Zeon to Raise Synthetic Rubber, Latex Prices
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) plans to raise its prices for synthetic rubber and synthetic latex beginning with July 1 deliveries. The price of ESBR synthetic rubber is to be increased by 20 yen ($0.15) per kilogram; BR, by 35 yen; NBR and PB, each by 50 yen; and ECO, by 90 yen. The CM price will be revised in accordance with...
Japan Break 5,000 Mark With New Seismically Isolated Building Plans in 2020
The cumulative total number of seismically isolated buildings planned through the end of 2020 in Japan was 5,099, up 151 buildings from the end of the previous year, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Japan Society of Seismic Isolation. Significant increases in such plans were recorded in 2012, the year following the Great East Japan Earthquake, with a...
Kitamura Chemicals Launches Cloud Service for Information on Raw Materials Made in China
Kitamura Chemicals Co. Ltd. has launched KcCloud, a cloud service for raw materials and other products produced in China. The free service enables users to search on the cloud for information on Chinese-made raw materials which is unavailable elsewhere on the internet. More than 800 raw materials – including synthetic rubbers, reinforcers, fillers and rubber chemicals – can be searched...
