Japanese tire manufacturer Yokohama Rubber is investing $82m to expand passenger car tire production capacity in India. The company is looking to increase its annual production capacity from 2.8 million to 4.5 million tires to meet the growing demand from India’s expanding automobile market. The new capacity will be installed at the Visakhapatnam Plant in the eastern part of India,[Read More…]
To offer customers a global tyre buying experience, Yokohama India has upped the ante with a new Yokohama Club Network (YCN) store. The company has partnered with Mangalore-based tyre dealer Good Wheel in Karnataka for the network expansion. Specialised in after-sales, in tyre changing, wheel alignment, wheel balancing and tyre rotation to name a few, the store is known to[Read More…]
Takaharu Fushimi, a managing corporate officer with Tokyo, Japan-based The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (YRC), has returned to the U.S. to assume the post of CEO for Yokohama Corporation of North America (YCNA). In this new appointment, Fushimi will be responsible for the strategic operations in North America, as well as oversight of the multiple subsidiaries and business units responsible[Read More…]
