“Truly exciting” is how the test drive event for Nippon Goodyear Ltd.’s Vector 4 Seasons Hybrid could be summed up. Held at Fuji Speedway, the course included slalom time trials and wet road surfaces as well as those with compacted snow. In runs against both EfficientGrip, a Goodyear line of summer tires, and Ice Navi, the company’s line of studless...
Tire manufacturer Nippon Goodyear Ltd. recently held a test drive event at Fuji Speedway, one of Japan’s top race tracks, where the company showed off its Vector 4 Seasons Hybrid line of all-season tires. While the tires are designed with high drainage capability for wet and snowy surfaces, they also exhibit excellent drivability on dry surfaces, allowing for year-round use....
Rubber transmission belt manufacturer Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (TYO:5192) is moving aggressively into the field of metal parts for automobiles. At its recent global distributor meeting held in Kobe, the company has introduced its new product Smastar, a spring-loaded alternator pulley. The pulley’s built-in coil spring allows it to absorb engine rotational fluctuations, helping, the company says, to control belt noise,...
Resin hose manufacturer Togawa Industry Corp. has recently developed and launched its Mega High-Pressure Hose, a flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) hose with high-pressure capability that boasts four times the pressure resistance of general-purpose blade hoses. The company’s new product is a transparent, high-pressure hose that combines a special blend that is highly elastic with a structure able to handle high-pressure...
Both production volume and shipment value of rubber hoses was down year-on-year for the month of July, according to records collated by the Japan Rubber Hose Manufacturers Association. Based on statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the records reveal that production volume of hoses for July was 2,863 tons in terms of new-rubber volume, which represents...
Shipment volume of carbon black in July was down 7.3 percent to 49,900 tons from the same period last year, marking the eighth consecutive year-on-year decline, according to the Japanese Carbon Black Association. Carbon black shipments for rubber products dropped by 6.5 percent for tires and 10 percent for general rubber products. The total shipment volume for rubber products was...
