Yokohama Tire Corp. is recalling 6,254 AVID H4S tires, in size P215/60R15 93H, manufactured between Dec. 2, 2007, and Sept. 19, 2009.
Tags: NHTSA, Performance Tires, Recall, Yokohama Avid
Attendees who stop by the Yokohama Tire Corp. booth 14124 at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 22-24, will get daily chances to win premium 101ZL steer tires and iPad 2s.
Tags: Long-Haul Tires, Mid-America Trucking Show, Rick Phillips, Steer Tires, Yokohama 101ZL
On March 1, 2012, the Yokohama Avid Ascend was launched nationwide in 45 T-, H- and V-rated sizes. The all-season touring tire was designed for a wide variety of vehicles from performance sedans to crossover vehicles and minivans.
Tags: Fred Koplin, Green, Low rolling resistance, Touring tires, Yokohama Avid
Continental Tire Canada is announcing a price increase on all Continental, General and Ameri*Steel Brand truck tires of up to 9%. This increase is effective April 1, 2012, and affects all replacement sales channels.
Due to escalating raw material costs Toyo Tire Canada Inc. will increase prices on the Toyo winter passenger and winter light truck tires up to 3.5% effective April 1st, 2012.
Tags: Canadian Tires, Price increase, Raw Material Prices, Toyo Financials, Winter tires
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will raise prices on all its consumer and commercial tire brands effective April 1, 2012.
Tags: Commercial Tires, Consumer Tires, Goodyear financials, Price increase, Raw material costs
Yokohama Tire Corp. is utilizing its orange oil technology once again with the introduction of the AVID Ascend.
Tags: Dan King, Green Tires, Orange Oil Technology, Yokohama AVID Ascend
Double Coin Tires and China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA) have added Les Garner to the position of Western Region Off-The-Road (OTR) Sales Manager.
Tags: Aaron Murphy, China Manufacturers Alliance, Double Coin Tires, Les Garner
Price increases, raw material shortages and supply problems were major issues that confronted retail tire dealers in 2011, according to Dan King, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Yokohama Tire Corp.
Tags: Dan King, Earthquake, Orange oil, Raw material costs, Tire labeling, Touring tires, Yokohama Avid
Yokohama Tire Corp.’s AVID ENVigor now comes with the company’s runflat technology. The company says it set a new standard for premium all-season tires when it launched its AVID ENVigor.
Tags: Runflat Tires, Shawn Denlein, Yokohama AVID ENVigor ZPS
Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) has announced several strategic management promotions, effective immediately, according to Dan King, Yokohama senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Tags: Promotions, Yokohama
Yasushi Tanaka assumed the reins as Yokohama Tire Corp.’s (YTC) president and CEO in July, 2011. Tanaka came from YTC’s parent company, Tokyo, Japan-based Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (YRC), where he was instrumental in developing the company’s Grand Design 100 corporate philosophy.
Tags: Earthquake, Takao Oishi, Yasushi Tanaka, Yokohama financials
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