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Yokohama to set up new tyre plant in China

Japanese tyre maker Yokohama has announced it will build a new passenger car tyre plant in China, located in the Qiantang New District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The new facility will have an initial production capacity of 9 million…

Yokohama consolidates OHT businesses under new global entity

Japan-based Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Yokohama) will consolidate its various off-highway businesses into one single entity under its Grand Design 2020 (GD2020) medium-term management plan. This new entity, named Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (OHT), will merge the Alliance Tire Group (ATG),…

Yokohama, Continental terminate JV

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. and Continental AG have agreed to terminate their joint venture company, Yokohama Continental Tire Co., Ltd. (YCC), effective end of March 2016. YCC has been formed in 2002, in order to meet Japanese and Korean…