Yokohama Rubber’s Iceguard 7 studless tires for passenger cars are now in their fourth season. The tire combines ice performance, snow performance, and long-lasting performance at a high level, providing absolute peace of mind on winter roads. In recent years, sales of SUVs and EVs have been on the rise in the Japanese market, but how well does the Iceguard...
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Bridgestone Again Achieves Top Ranking in Securities Analysts Association of Japan Awards
Bridgestone has been ranked first for the third consecutive year in the Automobile, Auto Parts, and Tire category of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan’s Awards for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure for fiscal 2024. The awards have been held annually since fiscal 1995 with the aim of improving corporate disclosure, and this year marks the 30th award. The disclosure study...
Bridgestone to Close Retreading Materials Plant in Belgium
Bridgestone group company Bandag Europe announced at a special meeting of its employees its intention to close its retreading materials (pre-cured tread and cushion rubber) production plant in Lanklaar, Belgium, by the first half of 2025. The truck and bus business in Europe, including retread tires, has been facing many profitability issues, and the company has been restructuring its business...
Sumitomo Rubber Deploys Tire Pressure Monitoring System
Sumitomo Rubber began selling its Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) in July. The company has been offering a tire pressure and temperature management service for trucks using this system at Dunlop’s truck tire dealers since the same month, and is now focusing on developing its tire solution business, which is a key business for the company. At the DTS (Dunlop...
Bridgestone Holds 14th National Skills Grand Prix and 2nd Solution Engineer Contest
Bridgestone Tire Solutions Japan held the 14th National Skills Grand Prix and the 2nd National Solution Engineer Contest at Yume Messe Miyagi in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture on September 4. The purpose of the Skills Grand Prix is to improve the quality of truck and bus (TB) tire maintenance services and to produce key leaders such as skills meisters and...
Yokohama Rubber Ups Expectations for Medium Term Plan
Yokohama Rubber has revised upward its financial targets for its new medium-term management plan Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026) announced on February 16. The company took into account the current strong performance, the realization of technology and production reforms that it will pursue, and the performance of the OTR (off-the-road tire) business to be acquired from Goodyear. It upwardly revised its...