Yokohama Rubber swimmer Rikako Ikee competed in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, women’s 50-meter freestyle, and women’s 100-meter freestyle at the international trials held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center from March 17 to 24, and won the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle. She also placed second in the 100-meter butterfly. From last fall to March this year, Ikee has been training...
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Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of the Advan Sport V105 tires for Subaru’s new Impreza for Europe and Latin America. The tire size is 225/40R18 92W, and the product will not be installed on vehicles bound for Japan. The Advan Sport V105 is an ultra high-performance tire from the Advan series, the company’s global flagship tire brand. It delivers high...
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Yokohama Rubber will build a new passenger car tire plant in Mexico to strengthen its ability to supply tires to the North American market. With a production capacity of 5 million tires per year and an investment of $380 million, construction will begin in the second quarter of 2024, and production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of...
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Yokokohama Rubber is involved in the “Action! Disaster Prevention and Mitigation” project being conducted by the Japanese Red Cross Society from March 1 to 31. Disaster prevention and mitigation is an activity to nurture the ability of society as a whole to cope with possible future disasters by drawing on the lessons learned and experiences gained from disasters. Every year,...
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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 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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