Yokohama Results Show Strong Tyre Sales in Emerging Markets
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has reported a 1.3 per cent increase in net sales, to 123.1 billion yen (£582.1 million), in the three months ended June 30, the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year. This result came on the back of, the company explained, continuing Tire Group expansion that more than offset lower sales in the Multiple Business Group. Within Yokohama’s tyre business, sales increased most markedly in the Japanese OE market and for replacement market sales in emerging economies and natural resource exporting nations, including Russia, Latin America and the Middle East. Sales within the tyre business increased 2.5 per cent to 92.95 billion yen (£439.4 million).