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...
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Toyo Tires to Reorganize European Business Structure Centering on Serbia
Toyo Tires will establish Toyo Tires Sales and Marketing Europe d.o.o. Indija (TSE) in Serbia, which will start sales operations in the European market from January 2025. The sales control function of Toyo Tires Holdings of Europe (TTHE), headquartered in Germany and the current European control company, will be transferred to TSE by the end of 2025. The business structure...
Bridgestone to Expand Main Production Bases in Japan
Bridgestone will increase the production capacity of its main Japanese domestic production bases for premium passenger car larger rim diameter tires (18-inch and larger tires for Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East, and 17-inch and larger tires for other markets) at its Hikone Plant (Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture), Tosu Plant (Tosu City, Saga Prefecture), and Nasu Plant (Nasushiobara City,...
Yokohama Rubber to Join Level 4 Automated Truck Public Road Test
Yokohama Rubber will participate in a public road test of trunk line transportation by Level 4 self-driving trucks conducted by T2, a company that develops self-driving trucks, and will conduct tire verification. The vehicle will be equipped with new truck and bus tires scheduled for release next spring to verify the performance required of tires for self-driving trucks. In the...
Yokohama Rubber to Close Off-Highway Tire Plant in Israel
Yokohama Rubber has decided to close the plant of Alliance Tire, its subsidiary in Israel that produces and sells off-highway tires (OHT), including tires for agricultural machinery, at the end of December. The plant is one of more than 30 production bases that Yokohama Rubber operates globally and has been in operation for more than 70 years. It has 474...
Bridgestone to Increase Production Capacity at Indian Plants
Bridgestone India will increase the production capacity of premium passenger car tires at its Pune and Indore plants. The investment will be around $85 million and will begin in phases starting at the beginning of 2025. The Pune plant will increase its annual production capacity by approximately 1.1 million tires by 2029, and the Indore plant will invest in quality...