Yokohama Rubber held an opening ceremony on November 22 for its new passenger car tire plant in Hangzhou, China. The event was attended by numerous local officials and business partners, with President and COO Shinji Seimiya representing the company. The new facility is the first one-year plant launched under Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026), the company’s mid-term management plan running from...
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Yokohama Rubber Expands Production Capacity at Mexican Automotive Hose Assembly Plant
Yokohama Rubber has announced plans to expand production capacity at Yokohama Industries Americas de Mexico (YIA Mexico), its automotive hose assembly manufacturing and sales subsidiary in Mexico. The company has acquired approximately 32,000 square meters of land adjacent to the existing plant and will construct a new building, effectively doubling the total site area. Construction is scheduled to begin in...
Yokohama Rubber Adds New Hose Size to Premium Hydraulic Hose Lineup
Yokohama Rubber has expanded its lineup of Versatran premium high-pressure hydraulic hoses for overseas markets by adding a new 3/8-inch (9 mm) inner diameter, four-spiral construction hose to the 42 MPa specification of the ISO Series. Sales of the new size began in September. The newly added 3/8-inch hose complies with the highest durability class “DC” of the international standard...
Yokohama Rubber Holds Test Drive for New Studless Passenger Car Tire
Yokohama Rubber launched on September 1 its new studless passenger car tire, the iceGuard 8, the eighth generation of its Yokohama studless tire lineup and the first to incorporate its new winter tire technology concept Fuyu Tech. To showcase the product, the company held a test drive event on February 10–11 at its Tire Test Center of Hokkaido (TTCH) in...
Yokohama Rubber Acquires Full Ownership of Chinese Conveyor Belt JV
Yokohama Rubber has announced that it has acquired an additional 22.98% stake in Shandong Yokohama Rubber Industrial Products, a consolidated subsidiary engaged in the production and sales of conveyor belts in China. With this acquisition, combined with the 77.02% stake it already held, the company has made Shandong Yokohama a wholly owned subsidiary. The transaction was completed on July 18....
Zeon Begins Construction of Japanese Pilot Plant to Produce Butadiene from Bio-Based Ethanol
Zeon Corporation has begun construction of a pilot facility at its Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to demonstrate technology that efficiently produces butadiene from ethanol derived from plant-based and other renewable sources. The new facility is scheduled to begin operations in 2026. Zeon plans to use the butadiene produced at the site to prototype polybutadiene rubber, aiming to...
