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CEMA Publishes Construction Machinery Demand Forecasts for Fiscal 2024 and 2025

on March 7, 2025 in Industry, Market Background

The Japan Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) recently released its construction machinery demand forecasts for fiscal 2024 (April 2024-March 2025) and fiscal 2025 (April 2025-March 2026). The forecasts were compiled based on a questionnaire survey conducted in January among 61 construction equipment manufacturers that are regular members of the association. According to the survey, in fiscal 2024, Japanese domestic shipments...

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Toyo Tires Sales and Profits Reach Record Highs: FY Results

on March 6, 2025 in Tires

Toyo Tires reported a 2.3% year-on-year increase in net sales to 565.36 billion yen ($3.78 billion), a 22.2% increase in operating income to 93.98 billion yen, an 18.7% increase in ordinary income to 102.12 billion yen, and a 3.5% increase in net income to 74.81 billion yen for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Sales and profits reached record...

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Yokohama Rubber Reports Record Sales, Profits in 2024: FY Results

on March 5, 2025 in Tires

Yokohama Rubber’s financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, showed revenue from sales of 1.095 trillion yen ($7.33 billion), up 11.1% year-on-year; business profit of 134.38 billion yen, up 35.6%; and net income of 74.92 billion yen, up 11.4%. Sales revenue, business profit, and net income were all record highs, with sales revenue exceeding 1 trillion yen...

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Bridgestone Posts Fiscal 2024 Results

on March 4, 2025 in Tires

Bridgestone’s results for the fiscal year ended December 31,2024, showed revenue of 4.430 trillion yen ($29.85 billion), up 2.7% year-on-year; adjusted operating income of 483.30 billion yen, up 0.6%; and net income (including discontinued operations) of 284.99 billion yen, down 14.0%. “The company’s sales and income increased due to a tailwind from exchange rates, despite new threats from structural changes...

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Yokohama Rubber and Zeon to Construct Bench Facility for Sustainable Butadiene

on March 3, 2025 in Industry

Yokohama Rubber and Zeon will construct a bench facility at Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City to demonstrate a highly efficient technology for generating butadiene from ethanol derived from plant materials. The facility will begin operating in 2026, and will collect various data for securing butadiene and for mass production. This initiative is one of two R&D themes selected in...

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Toyo Tires Shifts Tire Production From China to Japan, Malaysia

on February 28, 2025 in Tires

Toyo Tires will transfer its 86% stake in Toyo Tire Zhangjiagang (TTZ), a passenger car and light truck tire manufacturing subsidiary in China, to Liaoning Hengdasheng Investment (LHI), signing a basic agreement on February 14. The company has decided to review its China business in its global business strategy, as the penetration of its brand and product power has been...

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