Tires

VRG Japan to Sell Vietnamese Military-made Natural Rubber to Japanese Tire Makers

VRG Japan Rubber Export JSC is progressing in preparations to sell natural rubber that is manufactured by the Vietnamese military to Japanese tire manufacturers. The rubber to be sold is SVR10, which is used in tires, and SVR5S, which has half the odor that is characteristic of rubber. Tire manufacturers are currently running performance evaluation tests and are interested in...

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Yokohama Rubber to Launch New Sport Tires in Pursuit of Spirited Performance

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) will release the Advan Fleva V701, a new product under the company’s global flagship Advan series, in Japan starting in August. The new tire will be sold in 24 sizes, with more to be added in the future. Built upon Advan Sports V105, the Advan Fleva V701 is a sport tire that offers steering stability...

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Goodyear Tires Adopted on Peugeot Compact SUVs

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Vector 4Seasons all-season tire has obtained official technical approval from Peugeot for use on the automotive manufacturer’s 2008 Cross City, a compact SUV that has been available at certified Peugeot dealers in Japan since March 7, 2016. Developed in Europe, the all-season tire boasts exceptional snow traction that allows vehicles to run on highways in...

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Year-on-Year Tire Production Down 16 Straight Months in March

Data compiled by the Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association shows that automobile tire and tube production volume in March totaled 89,547 tons. The 6.8-percent drop compared to the prior year marked the sixteenth straight year-on-year decline. The falloffs in year-on-year volume by product type were 14.6 percent for trucks and buses, 11.9 percent for small trucks and 4.6 percent for...

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Latest Fuel-efficient Tire Technologies – Yokohama Rubber

Tire manufacturers across Japan are focused on making unique technological developments in the bid to differentiate themselves from one another. This includes their respective pursuits in the delivery of driving comfort and the fundamental structures in which they maintain their definitions of fuel-efficient tires through proprietary technologies. Yokohama Rubber “Orange Oil” is one of the base materials in nano-blend rubber...

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Latest Fuel-efficient Tire Technologies – Sumitomo Rubber

Tire manufacturers across Japan are focused on making unique technological developments in the bid to differentiate themselves from one another. This includes their respective pursuits in the delivery of driving comfort and the fundamental structures in which they maintain their definitions of fuel-efficient tires through proprietary technologies. Sumitomo Rubber A proprietary technology from Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110), “Silent Core”...

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