Tires

Yokohama Rubber to Supply Sustainable Racing Tires to Super Formula Championship

Yokohama Rubber will continue to supply dry and wet Advan racing tires with a sustainable raw material ratio of 33% to the All-Japan Super Formula Championship as control tires in 2024, as it did in the previous season. This year’s season opened on March 9, with a total of nine rounds scheduled through November. The supply of racing tires using...

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Goodyear Donates Bus Tires to Ogasawara Village

Goodyear Japan has begun providing tires for buses operated by Ogasawara Village to help preserve the environment in the Ogasawara Islands, one of Japan’s World Natural Heritage sites. On March 3, a ceremony was held at the Takeshiba Passenger Boat Terminal on Ogasawara Day to present a donation catalog. Under its global CSR slogan “Goodyear Better Future,” the company has...

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Japanese Tire Majors Line up Record Profits

The four major Japanese tire makers posted record-high performance figures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, citing the favorable external environment and the strong tailwind of lower ocean freight and raw material prices and a weaker yen as main reasons for the boosted earnings. The combined increase in the three business profit categories (adjusted operating income for Bridgestone...

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Bridgestone to Begin Public Road Testing of Next-Gen Air Free Tires

Bridgestone will in March begin testing its Air Free tire on public roads near Kodaira City, Tokyo, where the Bridgestone Innovation Park is located. In the demonstration test, the Air Free will be installed on a test vehicle to verify the characteristics and functions of the tire in various public road environments that closely resemble actual usage environments, and to...

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Yokohama Rubber Announces New Medium-Term Management Plan YX2026

Yokohama Rubber announced a new medium-term management plan, “Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026),” covering the period from 2024 to 2026. Under YX2026, the company aims to achieve hockey stick growth by 2027 through further promoting the deepening of strengths and exploration of new values in existing businesses that have been promoted since the previous mid-term plan, YX2023. The management targets for...

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Sumitomo Rubber to Start Commercialization of Active Tread and Sensing Core

Sumitomo Rubber will start from this year commercialization of its Active Tread and Sensing Core technologies, which it positions as pillars of growth. Active Tread is a unique rubber technology that synchronizes with the external environment, such as water and temperature, and switches properties. Sensing Core, on the other hand, is a sensing technology that detects tire pressure, wear, load,...

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