Belt, hose and tube maker Nitta has established a new company, Wakutto Nitta Corporation, to plan, propose, and operate a new business utilizing the natural resources of Hokkaido, and will start selling “domestic maple syrup” next spring, taking advantage of the company’s forest holdings. The company owns a vast forest of approximately 6,700 hectares in the Tokachi region of Hokkaido....
Sumitomo Rubber has developed a new simulation method that can predict tire noise on actual road surfaces more accurately and in a shorter time than ever before. By taking into account the vibration input to the tire due to road surface irregularities and the sound absorption characteristics of the road surface, the prediction accuracy has been greatly improved with an...
Toyo Tires has developed Tire SAPRI, a digital application to monitor and manage the usage environment and conditions of truck and bus (TB) tires. The application enables the prediction of tire wear conditions, monitoring of air pressure and temperature, notification of abnormalities detected by the application, and management of installed and stored tires. In July 2020, the company announced the...
Bridgestone, in collaboration with Tohoku University, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and the University of Shiga Prefecture, has begun research aimed at establishing material recycling technology for polyolefin, a type of plastic typified by polyethylene and polypropylene. The research aims to establish guidelines for the development of new resource-recycling polyolefin materials that can be recycled...
Michelin Japan will revise the prices of its Michelin and BF Goodrich brand tires for the Japanese domestic market starting February 1, 2025. The price increases will cover passenger cars, light truck tires (summer and winter), motorcycle tires, truck and bus tires (summer and winter), and tubes and flaps, with an average increase of 5-8%. “Despite our efforts to improve...
Nitta is constructing a second plant on the premises of its consolidated subsidiary Nitta Corporation [Thailand] (NCT), and held an inauguration ceremony on November 26. As part of the company’s shift to further globalization of the hose and tube products business in the medium-term management plan SHIFT2030, the group constructed a second plant on the premises of the NCT plant...
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