Yokohama Rubber has launched the Flame Guard Eco conveyor belt, an energy-saving enhancement to its well-received Flame Guard series of flame-retardant conveyor belts. Developed for coal transport lines in ports and thermal power plants where flame-retardant belts are required for fire prevention, Flame Guard Eco leverages technology from Yokohama Rubber’s Ecotex belt, which boasts world-class energy efficiency. Optimized rubber compounding...
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Technologies and Products that Will Win in 2030: Yokohama Rubber
Japan Rubber Weekly – Gomu Hochi Shimbun in Japanese – is commemorating its 3,000th weekly print newspaper issue with a special report on Technologies and Products that Will Win in 2030. This article takes a closer look at Yokohama Rubber. Yokohama Rubber has been advancing the expansion of its industrial products business in recent years under a strategy to align...
Special Report: Yokohama Rubber’s Advan V61 Tire for Premium SUVs
Yokohama Rubber has been selling the Advan V61, a tire designed for premium SUVs, since March. This tire primarily targets medium and large premium SUVs, which have been growing in popularity in recent years. Deliveries as an original equipment tire for new vehicles began in 2022, and with an eye on expanding replacement demand in the repair market, the company...
Yokohama Rubber Reports Record Sales, Profits in 2024: FY Results
Yokohama Rubber’s financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, showed revenue from sales of 1.095 trillion yen ($7.33 billion), up 11.1% year-on-year; business profit of 134.38 billion yen, up 35.6%; and net income of 74.92 billion yen, up 11.4%. Sales revenue, business profit, and net income were all record highs, with sales revenue exceeding 1 trillion yen...
Yokohama Rubber and Zeon to Construct Bench Facility for Sustainable Butadiene
Yokohama Rubber and Zeon will construct a bench facility at Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City to demonstrate a highly efficient technology for generating butadiene from ethanol derived from plant materials. The facility will begin operating in 2026, and will collect various data for securing butadiene and for mass production. This initiative is one of two R&D themes selected in...
Japanese Tire Makers Achieve Record Sales in Fiscal 2024
The four Japanese tire makers, Bridgestone, Sumitomo Rubber, Yokohama Rubber, and Toyo Tires, have released their fiscal 2024 financial results. Although market conditions were generally harsh, all four companies posted record-high sales and record-high operating income (Bridgestone posted adjusted operating income; Sumitomo Rubber and Yokohama Rubber posted operating income), thanks in part to a tailwind from a weaker yen. On...