Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently announced that its Battlax Hypersport S22 tires have been selected as original equipment for the 2020 Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX, a sport tourer motorcycle released this month by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (TYO:7012). In addition to impressive dry grip and light handling, the Battlax Hypersport S22 provides excellent wet performance. This allows the tire to give riders...
Yokohama Tire Retread Co. Ltd. (YTR) has managed to achieve year-on-year sales growth for this January–September, due in part to customers looking to get in before Japan increased its consumption tax rate in October. However, these results still fall short of the forecasts that YTR had for the January–September period. One of the main factors here has been a shortage...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) recently announced that Alliance Tire Group KK, a subsidiary focused on off-highway tires, has won an Agritechnica Innovation Award Silver Medal for its Alliance 398 MPT agriculture tire. Medals here were awarded based on an advance screening of products exhibited at Agritechnica 2019, which is the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery and was...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has made a downward revision to its earnings forecast for calendar 2019, with both sales and profit estimates being lowered from the company’s previous forecast. By Bridgestone’s estimates, tire demand for calendar 2019 is expected to see a particular drop in Europe, as well as in Asia – the latter being defined here as Thailand, Indonesia, India...
More than half a year has passed since Satoru Yamamoto was inaugurated as president and CEO of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) this March. Talking recently about his plans going forward, Yamamoto said that he intends to utilize the company’s globally constructed Smart Tyre Concept – which incorporates production, sales, tire development and the rollout of related services – to...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has begun sales of the Battlecross E50 Extreme, a new tire for motorcycle enduro racing. Launched on Nov. 1, this new offering has been made available as a rear tire with the size of 140/80-18 70M. It is made specifically for competitive racing specs, and so cannot be used on public roads. The Battlecross E50 Extreme is...
