Three products from Toyo Tire – the Open Country A/T Ⅲ all-terrain tire for SUVs, the Tranpath mp7 minivan tire, and the M937 studless tire for community buses – have received the Good Design Award for 2022. The three award-winning products all feature a unique pattern design that concentrates elements that play a functional role on the tread surface: the...
Toyo Tire held the third Truck and Bus Tire Work Contest at Niigata Toyo Nagaoka Shinseisan Office on September 8-9. It was the first time the contest took place in three years after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The common themes of the contest were equalization of work procedures, improvement of service personnel’s work...
Toyo Tire will in October reintroduce the Open Country 785 in the Japanese market to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Open Country SUV tire brand in 2023. The release size will be 205R16 110/108N. The Open Country 785 is one of the four Open Country brand tires (Open Country 784, Open Country 785, Open Country 786, Open Country W-11)...
Toyo Tire will from September gradually expand the size lineup of its Open Country SUV tire brand, adding new sizes to the Open Country A/T EX and Open Country R/T tire series. The additional sizes this time are 205/65R16 95H for Open Country A/T EX and 165/60R15 77Q for Open Country R/T. The size expansion will include additional sizes featuring...
This article follows part 1 in a series of 2 on second quarter financial results (January-June of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022) of the four large Japanese tire manufacturers. Sales increased by double digits year-on-year for all four companies. With its strong demand and weak yen exchange rate, the U.S. market was one of the factors that contributed...
Japan’s four major tire manufacturers have now all posted their financial results for January–June 2022. The four companies – Bridgestone, Yokohama Rubber, Sumitomo Rubber, and Toyo Tires – each achieved double-digit increases to their sales revenue when compared to the first half of the previous year, on top of which the first two of these companies managed a year-on-year increase...
