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Latest Fuel-efficient Tire Technologies – Sumitomo Rubber

on May 10, 2016 in Innovation, Tires

Tire manufacturers across Japan are focused on making unique technological developments in the bid to differentiate themselves from one another. This includes their respective pursuits in the delivery of driving comfort and the fundamental structures in which they maintain their definitions of fuel-efficient tires through proprietary technologies. Sumitomo Rubber A proprietary technology from Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110), “Silent Core”...

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Latest Fuel-efficient Tire Technologies – Toyo Tires, Goodyear

on May 10, 2016 in Innovation, Tires

Tire manufacturers across Japan are focused on making unique technological developments in the bid to differentiate themselves from one another. This includes their respective pursuits in the delivery of driving comfort and the fundamental structures in which they maintain their definitions of fuel-efficient tires through proprietary technologies. Toyo Tires Nano Balance Technology is the name of Toyo Tire & Rubber...

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Latest Fuel-efficient Tire Technologies – Bridgestone

on May 10, 2016 in Innovation, Tires

Tire manufacturers across Japan are focused on making unique technological developments in the bid to differentiate themselves from one another. This includes their respective pursuits in the delivery of driving comfort and the fundamental structures in which they maintain their definitions of fuel-efficient tires through proprietary technologies. Bridgestone Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has with its “Ultimate Eye” a proprietary testing technology...

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Zeon Reports FY 2015 Results, Synthetic Rubber Sales Volume Up 2%

on May 9, 2016 in Materials

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has announced its consolidated net sales declined by 4 percent year-on-year to 295.6 billion yen ($2.8 billion), and its net income decreased by 5 percent to 18 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 2016. Price drops in export thermoplastic elastomers and rubbers, led by general-purpose rubbers, negatively affected the earnings for the period. Meanwhile, consolidated...

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2015 Sees Drop in Number and Weight of Scrap Tires

on May 9, 2016 in Tires

According to a recent study by the Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association, scrap tires in Japan in 2015 numbered 95 million, a year-on-year decrease of 4 million, and weighed 1 million tons, down 52,000 tons. A look at the breakdown shows that tire replacements accounted for 81 million scrap tires (3-million year-on-year decrease) or 877,000 tons (47,000-ton decrease). These figures...

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Fuel-efficient Tire Manufacturers in Japan: Report (Part 2)

on May 6, 2016 in Interviews, Tires

Continuing on from “Fuel-Efficient Tire Manufacturers in Japan: Report (Part 1),” we are looking at what individual tire manufacturers are doing. Yokohama Rubber – Bringing Added Value With Increased Safety in Driving A bolstered product lineup in Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.’s (TYO:5101) fuel-efficient tires, namely with its BluEarth series, brought a more than two-fold increase in 2013 – with 223...

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