Trelleborg AB has been fined 9.6 million Swedish krone (roughly £750,000; 880,000 euros) by officials at Swedish stock market, Nasdaq Stockholm. Nasdaq Stockholm specifically sanctioned Trelleborg for reacting too slowly to international reporting of the – at the time – proposed sale of its Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS) business to Yokohama.
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is supplying Geolandar G91 tyres as original equipment (OE) for Subaru Corporation’s new Crosstrek (Japanese-market model), which was unveiled in September 2022. The SUV is being fitted with 225/60R17 99H size tyres. As well as the 225/60R17 Geolandar G91 tyre Yokohama is supplying, the Crosstrek will also be fitted with 225/55R18 tyres.
Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has begun supplying its Advan dB V552 tyres as original equipment (OE) to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., for use on its new SUV, the ZR-V. The new SUV will be sold in Japan and overseas is being fitted with 215/60R17 96H and 225/55R18 98H size tyres.
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has reported nine-month 2022 financial results showing record profitability. Despite a 23.6 per cent decline in operating profit to 45.3 billion yen, Yokohama reported a 24.2 per cent increase in business profit, which amounted to 46.1 billion yen (£281.579 million; 321.040 million; US$330.998 million); and a 33.7 per cent increase in sales revenue, to 615.8 billion yen (£3.761 billion; 4.288 billion euros; $4.421 billion).
Adeel Tariq has joined the Yokohama Europe GmbH team in Düsseldorf, Germany as the company’s new Vice President Human Resources & Admin. He comes to Yokohama Rubber’s European sales and marketing business from Prometeon Tyre Group, where he held several roles over a five-year period.
Yokohama Rubber has announced it will cease supplying karting tyres at the end of this year. The tyre maker says its management team reached this decision “after careful consideration of various viewpoints” related to restructuring as part of the company’s mid-term management plan.
This month, Mazda Motor UK is debuting its first plug-in hybrid, the “crafted in Japan” Mazda CX-60 crossover. UK customers will receive their CX-60 with Bridgestone or Yokohama tyres as standard. Depending on specification, Mazda will equip the SUV with either the Yokohama Advan V61 in size 235/60R18 103V or Bridgestone Alenza 001 in 235/50 R20 100W.
Visitors to The Classic at Silverstone will be amongst the first in the UK to see the newest addition to the Yokohama Advan range. Following an official launch at the Nürburgring earlier this year, the Advan Neova AD09 will gain its first public airing this side of the Channel during the show, at which Yokohama will also serve as official tyre partner.
As reported on Tuesday, Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT) has opened its third factory in India. Yokohama Rubber has shared some additional details about the new plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, which alongside existing facilities in Dahej, Gujarat and Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu will produce YOHT’s core Alliance, Galaxy and Primex off-highway tyre brands.
Yokohama Rubber hopes to speed up its tyre development process by implementing new rubber compounding technology that draws upon the power of artificial intelligence (AI). It is turning to a process that utilises AI-based compound generation technology to achieve user-set target property values.
For light commercial vehicle fleet operators, self-employed van drivers and small businesses, getting from one job to another in confidence is crucial. Durability and longevity are therefore a significant factor when choosing the right tyres for their vehicle. Acknowledging this, Yokohama has designed a its van tyre range to address the varying needs of operators in the segment.
In October, Yokohama announced that the company had appointed ex-Pirelli and ex-Prometeon executive Gregorio Borgo as its European president. Roughly nine months later, there are a number of indications that the European business is entering a new chapter, which includes plans to invest in the construction of a factory “in the heart of Europe”.
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