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Toyo’s Snowprox S953 leads winter range

Toyo’s range of winter tyres is designed to tackle all wintry driving conditions, aiming to increase drivers’ safety in more conditions than just the handful of snowy days (or weeks) in the UK. Toyo stresses that its winter tyres do not require snow to appreciate the benefits they offer. Toyo identifies slush, ice, mud and cold December downpours as conditions in which the tyres will “prove their worth in keeping drivers on the move”. The company’s computer-optimised tread designs come in a wide variety of sizes to suit all vehicles, from small compact cars to ultra high performance models to 4×4’s and SUV’s.

13th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Latest Toyo figures show tyre business growth

Toyo Tire & Rubber has reported net sales of 120,474 million yen (£980.8 million) for the first quarter of its current financial year, the three months to 30 June 2012. The company’s tyre business unit accounted for 96,448 million yen (£785.2 million) of these sales, 80.1 per cent of the total. Company operating income amounted to 3,529 million yen (£28.7 million), while tyre business operating income was 2,428 million yen (£19.8 million). Total net income came to 1,252 million yen (£10.2 million).

13th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Fiege to operate Toyo B2B e-commerce platform

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Supported by German logistics provider Fiege, Toyo Tires Europe is now distributing tyres to its business clientele via an internet-based B2B platform. The platform has already been rolled out in Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries and, most recently, the UK.

8th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo launches AB-rated NanoEnergy 1 tyre

During Reifen 2012 Toyo Tire launched its NanoEnergy 1 and Nanoenergy 2 tyres which represent both the company’s latest technology and a unique response to the labelling challenge. With the addition of the new tyres and the AB rating that comes with the NanoEnergy 1, Toyo now offers some of the highest European labelling rated products currently available in the market. With both being production ready products rather than concepts tyres, Toyo appears to be communicating that it is aiming to compete at the very top of the market.

2nd July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo launches flagship eco tyre

Next week Toyo Tire & Rubber will release its Nanoenergy 0, or Zero, for sale in Japan, complete with a very favourable label rating. The new tyre has been given the highest grade possible for rolling resistance and wet grip performance under the voluntary labelling system established by JATMA, the Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association. Toyo claims the Nanoenergy Zero is the first tyre in Japan to achieve an “AAA” grade for rolling resistance and an “a” for wet grip.

28th June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo announces Diver-Tech reorganisation

Toyo Tire & Rubber reports it will make changes to its business structure as of 1 January 2013. On that date, the development, manufacture and sales of railway vehicle parts, OA equipment parts, industrial, construction and waterproof materials products will be consolidated into the Toyo Chemical/Industrial Products Sales Corporation. This consolidation will take place in order to optimise management resources in the company’s Diver-Tech business segment, Toyo says. The company, whose name will change on 1 January to “Toyo Chemical Products/Industrial Co., Ltd”, will be operated as a new company which will oversee this integrated business in the Toyo Group.

22nd June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo to launch three new tyres at Reifen 2012

Toyo Tires is giving three new tyres their global premiere at Reifen 2012. Senior development personnel from the company’s Toyo Technical Centre in Itami, Japan are attending to introduce the products and answer questions.

1st June 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo’s Proxes range focuses on high performance sector

Toyo quips that it already has many car-control world records under its ‘steel belt’, and thus the high performance Proxes range needs little introduction to the discerning enthusiast. The name is solely linked to the high performance segment, and Toyo says the Proxes is widely considered to be one of the finest wet-weather and most consistent dry handling tyres available, a tyre chosen by many car manufacturers as an original equipment fitment. German manufacturer Audi, for example, has chosen Toyo Tires to be fitted to several vehicles; the S6, the RS5, the TT, TT-S and TT-RS. Mazda, Toyota and Westfield, to name a few more, are also rolling out of their factories on Proxes OE fitments.

29th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo tyres OE on new Mazda CX-5

Toyo Proxes R36 tyres have been chosen as original equipment for the new Mazda CX-5 compact SUV. The 225/55 R19 99V Proxes R36 are said to complement the Skyactiv technology introduced on the Mazda CX-5. Skyactiv technology, which is described as a combination of pleasure, efficiency and safety, reportedly offers enhanced handling and stability, greater fuel economy and lower emissions.

17th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo A23 OE on 2013 Mazda crossover SUV

Toyo has announced a new original equipment deal in the US, where its all-season A23 tyre has been selected for the Grand Touring model of the 2013 Mazda CX-5 compact crossover SUV. The Toyo A23 will be supplied in size 225/55 R19.

14th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Spijker appointed as Mitas Benelux director

On 1 March Mitas appointed Jean-Paul Spijker market director for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (Benelux). Operating out of Uden, Spijker has the responsibility of increasing Mitas’ market share and improving customer service in the region.

“I can open a lot of doors,” said Spijker, who has an extensive sales background from Toyo Tyres, Van den Ban Autobanden, Solideal and Alliance Tire Europe. Spijker is a Kiwanis associate and is fluent in Dutch, English and German.

8th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Canada price rise announced

Escalating raw material costs are behind Toyo Tire Canada’s decision to increase prices for winter passenger car and light truck tyres by up to 3.5 per cent. The new pricing will take effect 1 April 2012.

5th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Not just off-road: Toyo's performance 4×4 tyre range

During the last year Toyo Tires held onto the title of fastest ‘SUV in the world’ using the Proxes S/T’s on SPORTEC’s modified Porsche Cayenne Turbo at Germany’s high speed Oval course, the ATP. The Proxes S/T range was specifically selected for its ability to deliver a powerful combination of superb handling, confident performance and smooth assured stability. And according to the Japanese tyre manufacture, this is just one example of how Toyo Tires recognises that not all off road vehicles are driven by off-road enthusiasts. It also helps to explain why the company offers a range of tyres to suit all 4x4s.

20th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Market view: MTS/Southam on 4×4 tyres

Micheldever Tyre Services distributed in excess of 800,000 4×4 tyres in the UK tyre market in 2011, especially through its Southam division which has a history specialising in the 4×4 sector. According to the company, this makes Southam “probably the largest distributor of 4×4 tyres in Europe.”

Looking forward into 2012, company representatives warn that major changes face the 4×4 market, particularly in the off-road sector, where traditional all-terrain and mud-terrain patterns are being forced to change in the face of increasingly tough noise regulations. And with tyre labelling being rolled out from June this year, followed by mandatory implementation in November before the rules are upgrade a few years later, this trend is set to continue.

10th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo net income down

The first nine months of Japan’s 2011 financial year have been described by Toyo Tire & Rubber as being a “severe” business environment. During the nine month period between 1 April and 31 December 2011, the company experienced a 19.4 per cent year-on-year decrease in net income despite rising sales. Net sales increased 6.7 per cent during the timeframe in question, to 241.7 billion yen (£2.0 billion), while operating income and ordinary income rose 10.4 per cent and 11.9 per cent respectively, to 11.59 billion yen (£95.8 million) and 8.99 billion yen (£74.3 million). Despite stronger sales, net income sank by 985 million yen to 4.11 billion yen (£33.9 million) during the first three quarters.

7th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors