JK Tyre Plans Expansion in China
(Hindu Business Line) JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. is looking to increase its outsourcing activity to China by about 10%.
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Honest, Four-Square Analysis Helps You Make Profitable Decisions There are two old business adages that have been proved time and time again: • Change or perish. • It’s hard to hit a moving target. If you read the stories in last month’s issue of Tire Review about the winner and finalists of our first Top
Goodyear Modernizing Taiwan Plant
(Akron/Tire Review) News reports say that by the end of this year Goodyear will spend NT$300 million on new production equipment for its tire plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Direct Importing: Do the Risks Outweigh the Reward?
(Akron/Tire Review) MEMA recently issued a special report dealing with the direct importation of automotive parts – including tires.
New RMA Chairman Outlines Plans
(Akron/Tire Review) Jim MacMaster, executive vice president of Yokohama Tire Corporation, was recently elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA).
Florida Distributor Adds Warehouse, Plans Expansion
(Akron/Tire Review) South Florida’s Deal Tire and Wheel, founded in 2004, recently opened a new 30,000-square-foot distribution center in Lakeland, Fla.
Cheap Chinese Imports Worry Tyremakers
(Akron/Tire Review – India Business Standard) With the tyre market being flooded with cheaper Chinese bus and truck tyres, the domestic tyre industry is up in arms about the under-invoicing of these imports and their inferior quality.
Consolidating Base in China
(India/Rubber Asia) Kumho Tire Co.’s aggressive forays into China with a view to making the country as its major overseas production base will go a long way in realising the company’s vision to emerge as the world’s 5th largest tyre maker by 2015.
Maxxis on Interbrand List for Fifth Year
(Akron/Tire Review) For the fifth consecutive year, Maxxis has made the top 10 of Interbrand’s list of Taiwan’s top global brands. Maxxis ranked eighth on the list.
Sumitomo Expects Much From China
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) For Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. – Japan’s second largest tyre manufacturer after Bridgestone – the Chinese tyre market has overwhelming potential.