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Bridgestone’s Turanza T005A Selected for Mazda’s New Mild Hybrid MX-30

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has announced that it will supply its Turanza T005A tire as OE for the mild hybrid version of the new Mazda MX-30. This follows Mazda Motor Corp.’s (TYO:7261) recent reveal of the new compact SUV. Based on the idea of “Living True to Yourself,” the Mazda MX-30 was designed with the aim of letting drivers spend time...

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Sumitomo Rubber Makes Upward Revision to Results Forecast for 2020

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has released its business results for the first three quarters of calendar 2020. But despite figures here being considerably down versus the same period last year, the company announced that it was making an upward revision to its projected results for this year as a whole. Sales revenue for the period came to 540.25 billion...

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Bridgestone Targets Growth for Retread Tire Business

With the transport sector facing a difficult business environment amid COVID-19, Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is seeing effects on both demand and sales for its retread tires. Nonetheless, such tires continue to make up a rising portion of Bridgestone’s sales with each passing year. And going forward, the company aims to continue growing its sales of retreads, which reliably provide both...

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Yokohama Rubber Adds Four New Sizes for Advan Street Sports Tire

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has added four new 19-inch sizes to its lineup for the Advan A052, a street sports tire under the company’s flagship Advan brand. The Advan A052 is a next-gen street sports radial tire that not only exhibits a high level of grip and handling performance but was also designed with noise and fuel efficiency in...

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Yokohama Rubber Plans Integration to Strengthen Global Business for Off-Highway Tires

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) is looking to unify its group’s global operations for off-highway tires (OHTs) in an effort to strengthen business in the sector. Plans here are to integrate Yokohama Rubber’s OHT business with Alliance Tire Group (ATG), a subsidiary acquired by the Yokohama Rubber Group four years ago. The resulting organization will be named Yokohama Off-Highway Tires....

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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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