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Toyota Adopts Michelin’s Run-Flat Tires as OE for New Lexus LC500 Convertible

on October 21, 2020 in Tires

Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) has selected the Michelin Pilot Sport Super ZP as OE for its new-model Lexus LC500 Convertible. Offering impressive sporty performance, the high-performance run-flat tire was developed to help realize the world-leading sports car technology and performance of the Lexus LC line. By employing technology developed for endurance races, the Pilot Sport Super ZP exhibits excellent wear...

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Bridgestone Group Wins Good Design Award for Two New Products

on October 16, 2020 in Industry

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) and Bridgestone Cycle Co. Ltd. have each received an award as part of the 2020 Good Design Awards run by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JIDP). The first of these awards was given for a prosthetic sole to be used by athletes, while the other was given for the TB1e electric assist bicycle. The prosthetic sole...

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Sumitomo Rubber Wins EcoPro Award for Enasave Next III Tire

on October 13, 2020 in Tires

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has won an award of excellence for the Enasave Next III, a flagship fuel-efficient tire that launched under the Dunlop brand last December. The company has been bestowed here with an eco-material award under the third EcoPro Awards, which are managed by the Sustainable Management Promotion Organization (SuMPO). The Enasave Next III was chosen for...

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Sumitomo Rubber Supplies Dunlop Enasave EC300+ as OE Tire for New Toyota Yaris Cross

on September 25, 2020 in Tires

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently announced that it is supplying Dunlop Enasave EC300+ tires as OE for Toyota Motor Corp.’s (TYO:7203) new Yaris Cross, which was launched in Japan on Aug. 31. The Enasave EC300+ takes various fuel-efficient technologies cultivated through prior development of the Enasave series and uses these to help provide the high level of fuel efficiency...

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Bridgestone Looks to Close Bethune Plant in France

on September 18, 2020 in Tires

Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has started discussions with stakeholders with the aim of closing its Bethune plant in France. The plant is currently used to manufacture passenger car tires. This comes as the Bethune plant finds itself in an increasingly difficult competitive environment. Business profitability in the European passenger car tire market has fallen in recent years; then there is the...

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Yokohama Rubber Plans Third Indian Plant for Production of Off-Highway Tires

on September 15, 2020 in Tires

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) is looking to bolster its production capacity for off-highway tires, such as those used on agricultural machinery, via production subsidiary Alliance Tire Group (ATG). To this end, the company has announced that it will establish a new plant under new subsidiary ATC Tires AP Pvt. Ltd. within India’s Atchutapuram Industrial Park. With a planned capital...

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