Tire
After a dozen years of using the same tagline, Continental Tire the Americas is in the process of changing both the Conti and General Tire taglines.
Continental Tire North America has struck a deal to to provide race tires for a new single-make racing series, the GR Cup featuring race-prepped versions of the Toyota GR86, starting in 2023.
Toyo Tire Corp. has started production at its tire plant in Serbia, with output initially focused "preferentially" on supplying the U.S. market, where Toyo is experiencing "robust" demand.
Bridgestone Corp. is planning to increase capacity for premium motorcycle tires at its plant in Nasu, Japan, in a $12.5 million, four-year investment project.
The Italian tire maker now anticipates revenues to be between $6.3 billion and $6.45 billion, up from previous estimate of $6.0 and $6.1 billion announced in May.
Nokian Tyres has suffered a significant drop in operating profits in the second quarter. The Nokia, Finland-based tire maker says this is due to its exit from Russia.
Yokohama Off-Highway Tires has introduced the Galaxy LDSR 510 for surface mining.
Bridgestone will increase prices up to 10 percent on select products effective Sept. 1.
The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) has raised its outlook for aftermarket light and medium/heavy-duty truck tire shipments considerably over its previous forecast.
The roughly 4,000 unionized workers at Bridgestone tire manufacturing sites in Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas and Tennessee would be covered under the tentative agreement reached July 29.