The Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers Association (JATMA) has announced its forecast for Japanese domestic demand for automobile tires in 2024 and 2025. According to the report, total demand in 2024 is expected to be 102,768,000 tires, down 4% from 2023, as demand for all tire types for new vehicles, replacement tires, and motorcycles are seen to be lower than in...
Takashi Shimizu, President & CEO of Toyo Tires, recently spoke at a year end press conference. “Looking back on 2024, we need to maintain a strong awareness of our origins, continue to reform, and make full use of the flexibility and suppleness that are characteristic of our company. For 2025, we will strive to return to the basics, and strengthen...
Yokohama Rubber MB Japan, a Japanese domestic industrial products sales company of Yokohama Rubber, has released a product with excellent flame retardant and oil resistance from its original brand Criterion steep inclined conveyor belt series Z (Zeta). This product is a conveyor belt that combines a special shape that enables conveyance at steep inclines and vertical conveyance, which is impossible...
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...
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