Yokohama Rubber will in March launch in Japan the BluEarth-Camper, the company’s first campervan tire, offering both high durability and handling stability under heavy loads. The product will be available in five sizes, including the 215/70R15 CP 109/107R, which conforms to the CP standard, a tire standard specifically designed for camper cars. The tire was unveiled for the first time...
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Continental Tire Japan to Launch All-Season Tire with Enhanced Safety Performance
Continental Tire Japan will in February begin selling the AllSeasonContact all-season tire through all sales channels that carry Continental tires. Sales will continue to expand to 26 sizes ranging from 14 to 19 inches. The AllSeasonContact is an all-season tire developed with the goal of ensuring a higher level of safety by responding to temperature and sudden weather changes throughout...
Bridgestone Holds Global TQM Conference
Bridgestone recently held the 12th Bridgestone Group Global Total Quality Management (TQM) Conference. The event targets to raise the quality awareness of the entire Bridgestone Group and the level of TQM activities by sharing innovative examples of improvement globally and mutually studying them to create sustainable social value and customer value. In 2022, 16 of the improvement cases submitted from...
Goodyear Develops Demo Tire Made With 90% Sustainable Materials
Tire manufacturer Goodyear recently announced that it has developed a demo tire made with 90 percent sustainable materials. This tire has passed not only internal company testing but also all of the regulatory testing needed for road use. Goodyear has found the new demo tire to have particularly low rolling resistance, even when compared to tires made from more conventional...
Sumitomo Rubber Launches Comfort Tire Combining Safety and Comfort Performance
Sumitomo Rubber will from Feb. 1 sequentially launch Dunlop Le Mans V+ comfort tires, which combine at a high level safety and comfort performance – the two most important factors for consumers when purchasing tires. The tires will be available in 67 sizes. This product is an evolution of the Le Mans V tire, which has won first place for...
Sumitomo Rubber President Yamamoto Reviews 2022, Maps out Initiatives and Policies for 2023
Sumitomo Rubber President Satoru Yamamoto recently looked back on the year 2022 and discussed the company’s EV tires and sensing core business initiatives. Looking Back at 2022 Yamamoto said that with regard to the economic environment, the outlook remained uncertain due to the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the situation in Ukraine, as well as further inflationary pressures....