Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of the Advan Sport V105 tires for Subaru’s new Impreza for Europe and Latin America. The tire size is 225/40R18 92W, and the product will not be installed on vehicles bound for Japan. The Advan Sport V105 is an ultra high-performance tire from the Advan series, the company’s global flagship tire brand. It delivers high...
The all-season tire category is steadily growing in sales volume in the Japanese domestic tire market. According to Continental Tire Japan, all-season tires account for 1.6% of total domestic tire market sales by volume in 2023, with sales volume being 1.4 times higher than in 2019. Even in 2023, when the overall domestic tire market sales volume was lower than...
Mitsui Chemicals has started manufacturing and selling chemicals and plastics derived from chemical recycling by mass balance method, using pyrolysis oil made from waste plastic. Decomposed waste plastic oil procured from Fukuyama City-based CFP has been fed into crackers at the Osaka Works of Mitsui Chemicals in Takaishi City since March 13. In the future, the Mitsui Chemicals will market...
Nitta’s Nitta Moore division posted lower sales and profits in the third quarter (April-December) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, compared to the same period last year. Sales in the auto business were strong due to an upturn in automobile production at the customers who demanded them, but sales in the general industrial business were sluggish due to...
The first Asian Rubber and Elastomer Federation (AREF) International Conference took place in Phuket, Thailand, from February 27 to March 1 with the participation of Thailand, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, India and China. The conference was attended by a total of 178 participants, including rubber industry representatives from various countries. The overall theme of the conference was “Global Challenges and Opportunities...
Eneos Material announced on March 22 that it will raise the prices of elastomer and latex products for deliveries from May 1. The price increase will be 12 yen ($0.08) or more per kilogram for Eneos Material’s elastomer and latex products, $120 per ton for BST Eneos Elastomer’s elastomer products, and €170 ($184) per ton for Eneos Mol Synthetic Rubber’s...
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