Bridgestone aims to address the challenges facing the transportation industry by combining its products, retreading and digital technology-based services, and B-select, a solutions network, to provide four key values: safe operation, environmental impact reduction, cost reduction, and operational efficiency. “We are building a network of bases close to our customers and providing products and services that are tailored to their...
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Bridgestone to Ramp up Retread Business With US Plant Expansion
Bridgestone Americas, a group company of Bridgestone, is set to bolster its production capacity at a truck and bus part manufacturing plant in Abilene, Texas, U.S. The move comes as part of a plan to further ramp up the company’s retread business. Investment here is set to come to $60 million, with the production space expansion and the addition of...
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Bridgestone to Move Some Aircraft Retread Tire Production From China to Thailand
Bridgestone is set to consolidate part of its aircraft retread tire production facilities in Asia. As part of this move, production in Hong Kong, China will cease at the end of June 2023, and will then be consolidated at Bridgestone Aircraft Tire Manufacturing in Thailand. The Hong Kong subsidiary currently supplies retreaded tires to airlines in Asia and Oceania except...
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COVID-19 Shows Little Impact on Japan’s Retread Tire Market
Showing no signs of subsiding, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the world’s economic activities – and the Japanese rubber industry has been no exception to this. So how has the retread tire industry been affected? Japan Rubber Weekly asked a number of domestic tire companies to find out. A common sentiment in the sector was that the impact of...
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Michelin Japan Plans October Launch for Michelin X One Truck and Bus Retreads
Nihon Michelin Tire Co. Ltd. recently announced that it will start selling retreads of the Michelin X One, a wide single tire for trucks and buses, starting from October 1. The launch will see the company accelerate its efforts toward cost-cutting and environmental protection in the transportation industry. As a single tire able to replace the dual tires used at...
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JRA Chairman Discusses Issues Facing Retreaded Tire Market in Japan
Japanese demand for retreaded tires has slowed in recent years, despite steady growth until 2014 driven by environmental and economic factors. Japan Rubber Weekly recently sat down for an interview with Tatsuo Gomi, chairman of the Japan Retreaders Association (JRA), to ask about several issues facing the industry. The JRA chairman started by saying he wants to properly push the...
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