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18 New Toyo Sizes

Director of marketing communications at Toyo Tire USA, Julie Sediq, told T&A that the company had introduced 18 new tyre sizes, with products aimed at the performance passenger car segment, as well as light trucks. Some of these are very esoteric; for example the Proxes TQ, which is the first DOT-approved drag radial from Toyo.

Another new tyre, the Proxes R888 is an approved competition radial which is ideal for road racing, track days and high-performance driving schools. It features a semi-slick shoulder area to increase cornering force and a unidirectional tread pattern with v-shaped grooves to enhance wet traction and control. A rounded outer shoulder helps to maintain tyre contact, even during changes in suspension geometry. A continuous centre contact delivers excellent directional control during hard braking.

22nd January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Promotes Corporate Officers

Several key promotions were made by both Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. and its subsidiary, Toyo Tire USA Corp. As of 1 January, Carlos Kibata became chairman of Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas. He had been president and CEO of TTHA, and was the founding president of Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc.

Concurrently, Masaharu Yoshimoto, president and CEO of Toyo Tire USA, was named president and CEO of TTHA. Yasushi Takagi was promoted to president and CEO of Toyo Tire USA, having served as COO and executive vice president of the company since September 2008. (Tire Review/Akron)

6th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Names Three US Promotions

Toyo Tire & Rubber has promoted three members of its US corporate team, effective January 1. New in the position of chairman at Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. is Carlos Kibata, who has worked for Toyo for more than 37 years. Before accepting this latest post, Kibata served as president of subsidiary Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation, president of Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. and most recently, president and CEO of Toyo Tire Holdings.

5th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Proxes to Use Recycled Polyester Tyre Cord Technology

A new tyre launched onto the Japanese market on December 11 utilises the world’s first recycled polyester tyre cord product. The Toyo Proxes Ne features tyre cord manufactured using a substance produced by Teijin Fibers Limited, part of Japan’s Teijin Group. The chemically recycled Ecopet Plus polyester fibres are manufactured through a Teijin developed closed-loop recycling system known as ‘Eco Circle’, and are used in carcass of the environmentally oriented tyre. This is, comments Teijin Fibers, the first time a recycled material has been able to meet the strict requirements necessary for tyre carcass fabric.

15th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Tire USA Unveils First DOT Approved Drag Radial

Toyo Tire USA has introduced its first Department of Transport approved drag radial. Known as the Proxes TQ, the new tyre is specifically designed for high-horsepower muscle cars and street machines. The tyre was unveiled before a crowd of racing enthusiasts at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Orlando, Florida.

12th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

WSCC Fastest Time Recorded on Toyo Tyres

Garry Bunn, a competitor in the Westfield Sports Car Club Speed Series, recorded fastest time of the day (FTD) at a sprint at Thoresby Park in Nottingham in September using the road legal Toyo Proxes R888 (soft compound). To achieve FTD means his time was quicker than all the others cars, irrespective of class, vehicle make or power output competing on the day, some of which were running on full racing slicks.

8th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Returns to Autosport

As 2008 draws to a close, Tyres & Accessories is looking forward to who will be exhibiting what at the 2009 Aftermarket/Autosport show. Arguably the biggest news is that Toyo is returning to the 2009 show, which will run from 8 – 11 January at the NEC in Birmingham, after having stepped back from it in 2008. Toyo Tire has booked a 120 square metre stand at Autosport 2009, and will be exhibiting road going, track day, slick and drag tyres.

According to the company Toyo will be showcasing a “fantastic range of tyres” in front of over 84,000 visitors, including over 28,000 trade buyers and over 800 companies involved in the business of motorsport and related industries. Toyo’s thinking is that, with this number and range of participants, the “it just wouldn’t be the same” without them. Visitors will also have the chance to win a set of the renowned Proxes R888 road legal track tyres.

8th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

BARC Saloon Car Champion Wins on Toyo Tyres

Toyo Tyres is congratulating Richard Brent for becoming class champion and overall champion in the 2008 BARC Dunlop Motorsport News Saloon Car Championship. The championship takes place at some of Britain’s most renowned race tracks including: Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Snetterton, Castle Combe and Lydden Hill.

Brent competed on Toyo tyres throughout the 2008 season and has had a 100 per cent record, with class wins in all 18 rounds of the championship using the Proxes RS1 (slick), Proxes RR1 (wet) and also the Proxes R888, the semi-slick, in intermediate weather conditions.

5th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Maximising Raw Materials Efficiency

During 2000 and early 2001 the BLIC (Bureau de Liaison des Industries du Caoutchouc), predecessor to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association, conducted a full Life Cycle Assessment study (LCA) of a representative European 195/65 R15 passenger car tyre, using both carbon black and silica based versions of the H rated summer tyre in the study. Bridgestone, as a member of the Technical Working Group, played an active role in the study.

While, at 84 per cent, the ‘use’ phase of a tyre’s life cycle was identified by the LCA as making the largest contribution to the environmental load of a car tyre, the impact of raw materials, which accounts for 10 per cent, is the second largest factor. Keeping this in mind, Bridgestone Europe comments in its latest Environmental Commitment and Performance report, published November 2008, that the choice of ingredients used is very important, including the promotion of an environmental oriented supply chain.

28th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Postponing Medium-Term Business Plan Expansions

Officials from Toyo Tire & Rubber have said the company is postponing plans to build a new tyre factory in Asia and expand its tyre output in the US. This decision has been taken in light of lower vehicle sales and the global economic slowdown, and the company has not stated when, or if, these projects will now take place.

25th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Issues Voluntary Tyre Recall

Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. is conducting a voluntary recall – or to use its own words, a ‘customer satisfaction campaign’ – to replace a small number of 18-inch Toyo and Nitto brand tyres the company says “may not have been manufactured to Toyo Tires’ exacting standards’.

25th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo USA Introduces 18 New Sizes

Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. has introduced 18 new tyre sizes. Six new sizes of the low-profile Toyo PROXES 4 ultra-high performance tyre have been introduced including: 225/50ZR18, 215/45ZR18, 235/45ZR18, 255/35ZR19, 275/35ZR20 and 245/30ZR22. The PROXES T1R ultra-high performance passenger car tyre now has three new sizes added to its offerings, including 275/40ZR19, 265/35ZR19 and 285/30ZR21. Proxes R1R now comes in four new sizes: 225/45ZR15, 225/45ZR16, 215/45ZR17 and 245/35ZR17. Other new sizes include: 225/45R13 – R888; P275/60R20 and P255/75R17 Open Country H/T and 31X10.50R15LT and LT285/70R16 Open Country M/T.

17th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Establishes Russian Sales Office

Toyo Tire & Rubber has announced the joint establishment, along with Mitsubishi Corporation, of a Russian tyre sales subsidiary. The new subsidiary, known as Toyo Tire Rus LLC, was formed on October 23. According to the Japanese manufacturer, Toyo Rus LLC was established primarily for expanding the brand presence of Toyo tyres and improving the brand’s position in this growing and increasingly motorised BRIC market.

12th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Sales Up, Income Down in Half Year Results

Toyo Tires has released its consolidated business results for the first half of this fiscal year (ending 31 March, 2009). The report shows that the company’s tyre segment had upped its net sales from 120 billion yen in April-September 2007 to 123 billion yen (£841 million; 1 GBP = 146 JPY) this half-year. However, the company’s operating income in the same period dropped to 1.13 billion yen (£7.77 million), 16.2 per cent of the same period in the previous year, which yielded 6.99 billion yen.

Meanwhile, in the second quarter (July-September 2008) net sales fell to 60.4 billion yen (£419 million) from 61.6 billion in Q2 ’07-’08, while the tyre segment produced a Q2 ’08-’09 operating loss of 126 million yen (£875,000).

12th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Big Name Tyre, Equipment & Accessories Companies Sign Up for 2009

Next September’s Brityrex exhibition in Manchester has got off to a flying start with some of the best-known names in tyres, workshop equipment and accessories committing to exhibit at the UK’s only dedicated tyre trade event. Among those making an early decision to support the show are tyre manufacturers Toyo Tires and Uniroyal truck tyres, together with two of the UK’s leading tyre wholesalers, BITS and Kings Road Tyres.

Brityrex09 will take place from the 22-24 September 2009 at Manchester Central, formerly known as G-Mex. The show is sponsored by the NTDA, who will stage its highly popular Annual Dinner and TAFF Awards presentation as part of the event, on the evening of 23 September.

6th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors