Sumitomo Rubber North America promotes Jonathon Bradford as its new brand field specialist manager
A 19-year member of the SRNA team, the company said Jonathan Bradford has experience working with several departments throughout the company.
Sumitomo Rubber North America appoints new director of corporate accounts
Bob Klimm started with SRNA in 2009 and has led Falken’s commercial truck tire business since 2015.
Sumitomo Rubber NA welcomes new director of IT
Prieto has 20+ years of IT experience, with exposure to various industries including warehouse operations, automotive marketing and healthcare.
Sumitomo Rubber Recalls 1,900 Wildpeak Tires
The manufacturer said that due to a manufacturing error the tires may have a puncture in the sidewall and leak air.
Sumitomo Rubber Names New HR Director
Sumitomo Rubber North America (SRNA) has named Maru Trevizo as its director of human resources, overseeing both Falken Tires and Dunlop Motorcycle Tires. Both tire brands are subsidiaries of Sumitomo Rubber and are manufacturers of high-performance tires for cars, trucks, SUVs and motorcycles. Trevizo will assume her duties immediately. Trevizo comes to SRNA with more
Dexterity and Sumitomo Partner on Next Generation of Robots
Dexterity has partnered with Sumitomo Corporation to deploy 1,500 Dexterity-powered robots in warehouses across Japan. The Sumitomo Corporation signed an exclusive distributorship agreement in Japan with Dexterity to push into the Robots as a Service (RaaS) business. Using Dexterity’s SaaS-based robotic intelligence platform will provide customers with full-task robots, the companies say. According to Dexterity,
Sumitomo Recalls Nearly 6,000 Falken Pro G5 CSV Tires
Sumitomo Rubber USA (Sumitomo) announced it is recalling 5,814 Falken Pro G5 CSV tires. An inadequate sulfur level in the tread base compound prevented proper curing of the tread base rubber which the manufacturer says may lead to the tread separating from the tire, causing vehicle instability – increasing the risk of a crash. See
Sumitomo Rubber North America Announces Price Increases
Sumitomo Rubber North America will increase prices in the US and Canada on Falken-brand passenger, light truck and medium truck products and implement online adjustments on a per-size basis. The price increase will be effective July 1, 2022. Sumitomo says several factors have driven the need for this price increase including increased costs in both
Sumitomo Recalls Almost 7,000 Sumitomo and Falken Tires
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo) is recalling certain Sumitomo and Falken tires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a deformation may occur in the tires near the bead, which could result in bead separation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 119, “New Pneumatic
Sumitomo Rubber North America Announces Price Increase
Sumitomo Rubber North America announced it will increase prices in the US and other markets on Falken and Ohtsu brand passenger, light truck and medium truck tires as well as implementing inline adjustments on a per size basis. The price increase will be effective March 1, 2022. Several factors have driven the need for this
