Tires

Toyo Tires Adds New Sizes to Open Country SUV Tire Series

Toyo Tires will add one size to two tires of its Open Country series SUV tire brand, specifically the Open Country A/T Ⅲ all-terrain tire and the Open Country M/T off-road tire lineup. Both products are priced at an open price. The Open Country A/T Ⅲ is an all-terrain type product that is well-balanced for driving in a variety of...

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Sumitomo Rubber and Murata Manufacturing Develop Tire Wear Detection System

Sumitomo Rubber and Murata Manufacturing have jointly developed a tire wear detection system that detects tire wear by capturing the shape of the tire in three dimensions and providing data feedback to users. By combining Sumitomo Rubber’s expertise in tire maintenance and tire development with Murata Manufacturing’s sensing technology based on three-dimensional measurement cultivated in the telecommunications market and its...

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Bridgestone Develops New Tires for Lunar Exploration Vehicles

Bridgestone has developed a new tire for lunar rovers. A concept model of this tire has been exhibited for the first time at the 39th Space Symposium to be held in Colorado Springs from April 8 to 11. The company has been working on research and development of tires for lunar rover vehicles since 2019. The newly developed tires for...

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Yokohama Rubber to Deliver OE Tires for Subaru’s New Impreza

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...

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Continental Tire Introduces New Products for Growing Japanese All-Season Tire Market

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...

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Michelin and JV Partners to Build First Tire Recycling Plant in Sweden

A joint venture between Michelin of France, Scandinavian EnviroSystems (Enviro) and Antin Infrastructure Partners (Antin) has finalized a joint investment plan to build its first tire recycling plant. The first plant, based in Uddevalla, Sweden, has already received all necessary environmental and building permits and approvals for construction. The construction process has begun, and the new plant is expected to...

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