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Yokohama Achieves ‘Zero Emissions’ at Philippines Production Plant

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI), the company’s production and sales location for passenger car tyres in the Philippines, achieved what the company calls "complete zero emissions" in June 2010. Yokohama Rubber confirmed the achievement by conducting on-site investigations of all contractors commissioned to dispose of waste from the plant (based on the disposal flowchart of each contractor), confirming achievement of "complete zero emissions." By Yokohama’s reckoning, "complete zero emissions" means no waste is subject to direct landfill disposal.

YTPI began efforts towards "zero emissions" – which internally translates as landfill disposal of less than 1 per cent of total waste – in 2006. Starting by recycling paper waste from offices, the company conducted Recycle Collection Events of recyclable resources that grew to include PET bottles, plastic containers and used cans, separated and collected by each department or manufacturing process.

16th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Tire Implements Organisational Changes

Company News

The organisational structure at Yokohama Tire Corporation has been altered following Jim MacMaster’s retirement on June 30. President and CEO of Yokohama’s US operation, Takao Oishi, has not named a direct successor for MacMaster, who served as executive vice president and COO. Instead, Dan King, previously vice president of sales and marketing, will now also be responsible for corporate strategy and planning, while Gary Nash has been promoted to vice president, off-the-road (OTR) division and Yukio Kuroda now oversees technical services and product liability.

5th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Falken-Shod Tajima Retains Title at Pikes Peak

Motorsport

Veteran Pikes Peak International hill Climb winner Nobuhira Tajima has secured a fifth consecutive victory at this year’s 88th running of the Colorado mountain race. Although he did not set a new record with his latest win, achieved one day before his 60th birthday, Tajima continues to hold the current overall record for reaching the peak, beating hill climb veterans Paul Dallenbach and Rhys Millen in the Unlimited Class. Tajima drove his new car, a 910-hp Monster Sport SX4 Hill Climb Special fitted with Falken WildPeak A/T tyres, a new of all-terrain, all-season range Falken launched in April, and finished with the time of 10:11.49, a few seconds faster than his winning time last year.

1st July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to Increase Capacity in Thailand

News

Production capacity at Yokohama’s passenger car and light truck tyre factory in Thailand is to be increased by almost 54 per cent, with the additional production commencing next April. Through a 9.7 billion yen (£72 million) investment an additional 1.4 million units of annual capacity will be added to the Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) plant in Raying Province, pushing total annual capacity up to 4 million tyres.

28th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Eco Display Wins US Exhibitor Award

News, Premium

Yokohama’s eco-sensitive “living wall” display, shown at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show, has been given Exhibitor magazine’s Bronze Award in its prestigious annual Design Awards, announced in the May 2010 issue. Based in Fullerton, California, Yokohama incorporated in its winning display a new technology developed by NaturExhibitsT, featuring a 90-foot, grassy-like "living wall" that was decorative and left virtually zero waste, according to Jim MacMaster, Yokohama executive vice president and COO.

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18th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Pikes Peak Entry to Race on Eco Tyres

Motorsport

Yokohama Tire Corporation has provided further details of the tyre Team Yokohama will use in its conquest of Pikes Peak in an electric vehicle on June 27. The lithium-ion battery powered vehicle will be fitted with Advan ENV-R2 orange oil infused race tyres, a product that Yokohama says cuts petroleum use in the manufacturing process by 20 per cent by utilising sustainable resources such as orange oil and natural rubber.

17th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Team Yokohama Returns with EV to Pikes Peak

Motorsport

Team Yokohama, the Yokohama Rubber racing team, will once again enter an electric vehicle in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event. This year the event will take place on Sunday, June 27, and the Yokohama crew is referring to it as the “Team Yokohama EV Challenge”. The company’s entry into the hill climb, or “Challenge”, is viewed by Yokohama Rubber as part of its efforts to meet its environmental responsibilities.

16th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Launches 2 New OTR Tyres in the US

News

Yokohama Tire Corporation has launched two new OTR tyres in the US – the RL42T and RB42T. Both are designed for dump trucks, but have two different applications according to the company. Gary Nash, Yokohama director, OTR sales, said the RL42 is for hard-packed surfaces and job sites where longer hauls are needed, while the RB42 is made for soft and/or loose surfaces such as mud, sand, gravel and rocks:

"The unique tread and sidewall designs help create specialized tires for specific applications. Yokohama is the only OTR manufacturer that builds tyres to handle specific jobs."

10th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Everyone Comfortable’ With Salem Plant Agreement, says Yokohama

Company News

Yokohama Tire Corporation has published details of the new four-year contract signed with the United Steelworkers for its factory in Salem, Virginia. The tyre maker says that contract highlights include a ‘no closure agreement’ for the plant during the contract’s duration, an improved cost of living structure, continuation of the union’s current pension plan and safety and health measures.

9th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Notts Authorities Sign Vacu-Lug 4 Year Tyre Contract

News

The Nottinghamshire Authorities Vehicle Consortium has confirmed a four-year fleet tyre management contract with Vacu-lug tyres. From 1 April 2010 Vacu-lug Tyres is responsible for inspecting and replacing tyres on over 1,000 vehicles ranging from car-derived vans to refuse collection vehicles.

David Parton, head of direct services at Gedling Borough Council and chair of the Nottinghamshire Vehicle Procurement Group said: “Vacu-lug Tyres offered a great financial package backed up by proven reliability to undertake this contract. This agreement also takes the pressure off the transport managers as Vacu-lug will be responsible for managing every type of tyre within the fleet range and they have to produce performance management reports on a regular basis. We are all looking forward to working with them over the next four years”.

2nd June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Advan ZPS Provides Run-Flat Safety to Yokohama’s Flagship Range

News

Run-flat tyres have been added to the range of Yokohama tyres available in the UK following the arrival of the Advan Sport ZPS (Zero Pressure System). According to Yokohama HPT Ltd, the Japanese brand’s UK distributor, the newly arrived product is designed for fitment on vehicles such as the BMW 3, 5 and 7 series, Lexus GS and SC and the Mini Cooper, to provide drivers with Yokohama performance combined with run-flat capability. The tread pattern on the Advan Sport ZPS is the same as that of the original Advan Sport design, with four central grooves to displace water and the wide shoulder blocks intended to generate high levels of grip while cornering.

25th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Title Sponsor of Italian WTCC Round

Motorsport

Races seven and eight of this year’s FIA World Touring Car Championship – better known to you and I as the WTCC – are scheduled to run at Monza on Sunday May 23, and during this round of the series Yokohama Rubber will be title sponsor. Therefore, prepare yourself for the delights of the “FIA WTCC Yokohama Race of Italy.”

20th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama & USW Reach Salem Plant Agreement

News

In the US, Yokohama Tire and the United Steelworkers failed by exactly seven minutes to secure a last-minute deal regarding the tyre maker’s Salem, Virginia factory. Following a series of negotiations that began in March, a tentative agreement for a new, four-year contract was reached eight minutes before the existing contract’s expiry on May 16.

19th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

CamberTire – Set to Revolutionise the Tyre Industry?

News

US based company Optima Sports LLC has released its patented CamberTire, and believes we will hear this product name much, much more in the coming years. “This advancement will revolutionise the tyre industry and we are ready to bring it to market," said company owner and CamberTire inventor John Robinson Scott. “The benefits this design offers are significant to a traditionally slow changing industry – we have, literally, reinvented the wheel.”

14th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Names New Tire Group President

News

Yokohama Rubber states it is establishing the position of president within its Tire Group. This role, which will be formally approved at a general meeting of shareholders on June 25, is to be undertaken by Hikomitsu Noji, who currently also holds the position of general manager of the company’s Tire Global Production Division. At the same time, Noji is being promoted from the position of director and corporate officer to that of director and managing corporate officer.

12th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

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