Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108), has announced that the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court ruled in favor of Bridgestone in its patent infringement case against major Chinese tire maker Wanli Tire Corp. Ltd., a joint venture between Guangzhou Wanli Group Co. Ltd. and Guangzhou South China Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. Bridgestone filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Wanli Tire in October 2015...
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Bridgestone Exedra Tires to Feature as Original Equipment on New Yamaha Flagship Motorcycle
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) will have its Exedra G853 front tires and Exedra G852 rear tires featured as original equipment on Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.’s (TYO:7272) new Star Venture cruiser motorcycle. Targeted for markets outside of Japan, the Star Venture will serve as Yamaha Motor’s flagship motorcycle model. The full-dress touring motorcycle features a body design that fuses together dynamic power...
Pirelli Japan Releases Sports Tire With Sidewall Coloring
Pirelli Japan Co. Ltd. has introduced its P Zero Color Edition sports tire with vivid sidewall coloring to the Japanese market. The tire comes in four base colors – red, yellow, white and silver – with other color options available upon request. The P Zero Color Edition sports tire was created to meet the growing demand for personalized tires in...
Bridgestone Holds Opening Ceremony for New Automotive Tire Plant in Russia
Bridgestone Corp.’s (TYO:5108) group company Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing C.I.S. LLC held an opening ceremony for its new passenger car radial tire plant in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, on May 25. At the ceremony, Member of the Board, Chief Operating Officer and Representative Executive Officer Kazuhisa Nishigai expressed his gratitude for the Ulyanovsk Oblast government’s continuous support. In his speech, Nishigai said...
Production at Toyo Tires Malaysian Plant Exceeds 10M Units
Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5105) said that tire production volume at its automobile tire manufacturing subsidiary in Malaysia has exceeded a total of 10 million units. Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn Bhd functions as a global hub for supplying not just Southeast Asia, but also others market segments, including Europe, Japan and North America. The subsidiary was established in Malaysia’s...
Yokohama Rubber Plant in Philippines Resumes Partial Operation After Fire Damage
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has announced that Yokohama Tire Philippines (YTPI) partially resumed tire production after it had been halted due to a fire that occurred on May 14. Production began on May 20 outside of the affected area. The building occupies 205,000 square meters of a site totaling 452,000 square meters. The fire affected the northeast area of...
