Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) has announced that this May it will be launching the Miyagi Beautiful View Project, an initiative aimed at showing the appeal of Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture and encouraging people to take car-based sightseeing trips to there. Miyagi Prefecture is also home to Toyo Tires’ Sendai Plant, a major base located in the city of Iwanuma. The company...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) is looking to cease tire production this June at its Silverstone Bhd. (SSM) plant in Perak, Malaysia. The plant will then be liquidated and shuttered by Dec. 31 following the completion of liquidation procedures. SSM primarily supplies Malaysian automakers with OE tires – and the market with commercial tires – under the Silverstone brand. It also...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) has released its business forecast for calendar 2021, indicating a recovery for the year. The company is projecting 372 billion yen ($3.49 billion) in sales revenue, up 8.2 percent year-on-year; 44 billion yen in operating income, up 21.1 percent; 42.7 billion yen in ordinary income, up 38.2 percent; and 26.4 billion yen in net income, up...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) is looking to cease tire production this June at its Silverstone Bhd. (SSM) plant in Perak, Malaysia. The plant will then be liquidated and shuttered by Dec. 31. SSM primarily supplies Malaysian automakers with OE tires – and the market with commercial tires – under the Silverstone brand. It also produces a number of Toyo Tires-branded...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) and manufacturing subsidiary Toyo Tire Serbia LLC Belgrade recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at the intended site of a new plant in Indjija, Serbia. Approximately 40 guests attended the ceremony – including Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Indjija Mayor Vladimir Gak and Ambassador of Japan Takahiko Katsumata – to show their support for a safe construction process....
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) President Takashi Shimizu recently outlined the approach that the company will take going forward, including on the direction of the company’s next five-year medium-term management plan, which is slated to start in fiscal 2021. While Toyo Tires’ current five-year plan touts lofty goals of reaching high numerical targets, Shimizu noted that for the upcoming plan, the...
