The Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association (JATMA) recently published a midyear revision to its forecast of Japan’s automotive tire demand for 2019. The forecast shows that in terms of overall domestic figures – which include tires not only for four-wheeled vehicles but also for two-wheelers and other special vehicles – demand is projected to come to 117,517,000 tires for 2019,...
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Major Tire Companies Plan Production Increases for 2019 While Projecting Rising Sales, Falling Profits
Japan’s four major tire manufacturers have now posted their earnings forecasts for calendar 2019, with the general trend of expectations here pointing to increased sales and decreased profits. And amid this, all four of the companies are planning increases to their production capacity. While a number of factors make 2019 a difficult year to predict – including the U.S.–China trade...
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Toyo Tires Revises Annual Forecast Downward Following Extraordinary Loss, Shifting Conditions
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5105) has downwardly revised its results forecast for calendar 2018, lowering its projections for sales by 1.3 percent, operating profit by 4.3 percent, ordinary profit by 5.2 percent and net profit by 24.1 percent when compared to initial estimates. Explaining the adjustment to operating profit, company president Takashi Shimizu first said that while raw...
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Yokohama Rubber Appears Set to Meet Early 2018 Performance Projections
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.’s (TYO:5101) consolidated results for calendar 2018 appear set to hold to the company’s forecast announced this past February. While this has been helped along by natural rubber prices dropping 7 cents from what had been expected, a surge in crude oil prices has brought increases to synthetic rubber and carbon black prices, with this expected to...
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Sumitomo Rubber Downwardly Revises Results Forecast for 2018
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has announced a downward revision to its forecast of business results for calendar 2018. Compared to the company’s initial forecast, the revision sees sales lowered by 1.1 percent, business profit by 6.8 percent and net profit by 10.4 percent. The main factor behind the revision is Sumitomo Rubber’s tire business, for which both sales and...
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JATMA Releases Midyear Update to 2018 Tire Demand Forecast
The Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association (JATMA) has revised its forecast of tire demand for the business year through next March. Total domestic demand in the updated forecast – covering four-wheel vehicles, two-wheel vehicles and non-four-wheel specialty vehicles – was upwardly revised by 75,000 tires. But with higher figures having been confirmed for 2017 since the previous forecast, this still...
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