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Yokohama Rubber to Supply Sustainable Racing Tires to Super Formula Championship

Yokohama Rubber will continue to supply dry and wet Advan racing tires with a sustainable raw material ratio of 33% to the All-Japan Super Formula Championship as control tires in 2024, as it did in the previous season. This year’s season opened on March 9, with a total of nine rounds scheduled through November. The supply of racing tires using...

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Yokohama Rubber Aims for 10% Profit Margin in MB Business

Yokohama Rubber aims to achieve a 10% business profit margin in its Multiple Business (MB) business by 2026, the final year of the new medium-term management plan “YX2026” announced in February. The company has positioned the hose and piping business as a growth driver and wants to achieve stable profitability in the industrial materials business. The performance of the MB...

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Yokohama Rubber Announces New Medium-Term Management Plan YX2026

Yokohama Rubber announced a new medium-term management plan, “Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026),” covering the period from 2024 to 2026. Under YX2026, the company aims to achieve hockey stick growth by 2027 through further promoting the deepening of strengths and exploration of new values in existing businesses that have been promoted since the previous mid-term plan, YX2023. The management targets for...

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Yokohama Rubber Grants its E+ Mark to Truck and Bus Tires for EVs

Yokohama Rubber has begun to use the “E+” mark to indicate that its truck and bus tires are compatible with electric vehicles, following on from its passenger car tires, in order to strengthen its global promotion of tires for electric vehicles. As a first step, the mark will be applied to two tires for route buses sold in Japan and...

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Yokohama Rubber Appoints Shinji Seimiya New President and COO

Yokohama Rubber will appoint Shinji Seimiya, Director and Managing Executive Officer, as President and COO effective March 28. Masataka Yamaishi, President and Representative Director, will become Chairman and CEO. President-elect Seimiya has a background in tire design and development, as well as manufacturing, quality, and technology at the plant, and overseeing technology and production on a global scale. He will...

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Yokohama Rubber Co-Hosts Natural Rubber Seminar in Thailand

In December 2023, Yokohama Rubber and the Surat Thani Branch of the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) jointly held a seminar event for natural rubber farmers in Thailand to improve the quality and productivity of natural rubber. The seminar was attended by 70 farmers in Surat Thani district, who were provided with 250 kg of fertilizer free of charge per...

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