The Ins and Outs of Ag Tire Maintenance
There’s no doubt that farmers work long hours and place heavy demands on their equipment. This is why, when it comes to keeping ag tire customers up and running, tire dealers must stand at the ready, armed with knowledge, fast service and the right inventory. Successful farm tire dealers and their staff are knowledgeable about
Yokohama Debuts New Motorsports Tire, the ADVAN A055
Yokohama Tire has added a new motorsports tire to its lineup, the ADVAN A055. Yokohama says highlights of the A055 include: Maximum grip is achieved by an advanced motorsports compound that provides outstanding dry grip for extreme cornering, braking and acceleration on the track. Also, symmetric alternating twin grooves maximize the contact patch to increase dry
Yokohama Rubber Provides Tires to Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced that its U.S. subsidiary Yokohama Tire Corporation will be supplying Yokohama tires to about 18 cars competing in the 100th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to be held in Colorado on June 26. The supplied tires will include the first provision of Yokohama ADVAN A052 street sports tires made
Yokohama Rubber support Walkenhorst Motorsport cars in Nürburgring 24-Hour Race
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. supplied its ADVAN racing tires for three BMW M4 GT3 cars entered by the BMW customer racing team Walkenhorst Motorsport in the 50th Nürburgring 24-Hour Race. All three cars competed in the top-level SP9 class. Yokohama Rubber supplied the cars with ADVAN A005 tires for dry conditions and ADVAN A006
Yokohama to Increase Prices on Consumer, Commercial Tires
Yokohama Tire Corporation will implement a price increase on its consumer replacement tires and commercial truck tires sold in the U.S., effective July 1. The company says the increase is in response to the “unparalleled rise in costs associated with materials and operations.”
The Science Behind High-Load Tires
Something in every vehicle needs to carry the vehicle and payload. It just so happens that the black, round objects in the four corners of the vehicle are designed to do the job, and the amount of weight they can carry is known as the tire’s load-carrying capacity. When we started the “Science Behind” series
Yokohama Rubber Technology Can Monitor Tire Wear
Yokohama Rubber says that it has developed a technology that detects the wear condition of passenger car tires by analyzing sensing waveforms transmitted by a proprietary signal processing technology from a sensor attached to the tire’s inner surface. According to Yokohama, this technology uses sensors to capture sensing waveforms of a rotating tire’s changing shape
Size Matters – Why Large Rim Diameter Tires are Here to Stay
Everything seems like it is getting bigger nowadays, right? Our phones barely fit in our pockets, our laptops are becoming desktops again and pizza can’t get large enough. Things are getting bigger in the auto industry, too. Take, for example, the trend of increasing rim diameters- namely in the 18- to 22-in. rim-diameter range in
Yokohama Tire Launches New Regional Trailer Tire
Yokohama Tire says its latest commercial product – the 121T – is now on sale in the U.S. Debuting at the recent TMC trade show, the 121T is specifically engineered for trailer use only. The new tire is severe snow service-rated in all weather conditions and is offered in sizes 215/75R17.5 and 235/75R17.5. Yokohama says
Yokohama Promotes New Sr. Director of Supply Chain, Logistics
Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) announced that Ray Polentz has been promoted to senior director of supply chain and logistics. He will report to Yokohama President and CEO Jeff Barna. Polentz, who works out of YTC headquarters in Santa Ana, California, joined Yokohama in October 2017 as regional distribution center manager. He was promoted to director
Yokohama Rubber Fund to Provide Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine
Yokohama Rubber and its employee-backed Yokohama Magokoro Fund will donate about $500,000 to support Ukrainian refugees, the company says. The company’s contribution will be $410,000, and the employees’ Magokoro Fund will contribute to the rest of the donation. The donations will be made through the Japanese Red Cross Society and the National Federation of UNESCO
Yokohama Halts Production at Russian Tire Plant
Given the current state of affairs and raw material procurement difficulties, Yokohama Rubber says it has decided to gradually halt production at its Russian passenger car tire manufacturing subsidiary, LLC Yokohama R.P.Z. Yokohama says it sincerely hopes that the situation in Russia and Ukraine will be resolved as soon as possible and that peace and
