Yokohama Tire Retread Co. Ltd. (YTR) has managed to achieve year-on-year sales growth for this January–September, due in part to customers looking to get in before Japan increased its consumption tax rate in October. However, these results still fall short of the forecasts that YTR had for the January–September period. One of the main factors here has been a shortage...
Ever since the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) stopped gathering up-to-date manufacturing statistics on retreaded tires in 2009, the Japan Retreaders Association (JRA) has taken over the task of collecting this information from around the country. JRA Chairman Tatsuo Gomi sat down for an interview recently with Japan Rubber Weekly, discussing the downturn that the country’s retread market...
Toyo Retread recorded its all-time highest production volumes and best ever sales last year at its factory in Otaru, Hokkaido. An important reason for this was that tire casings – the base material for retreaded tires – could be easily obtained. Tire casings have become more readily available because of an increase in the number of factories manufacturing new tires...
