Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire, a group company of Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone, is set to invest CNY852m ($139m) to expand production capacity at its passenger car radial tire plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. This move by the tiremaker ...
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Titan International Inc. posted net income of $8.1 million on net sales of $497.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013. That compares to income of $24.7 million on sales of $404.7 million for the same period last year. ...
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Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone is set to establish a new plant in Celaya City Guanajuato, Mexico with an investment of JPY1.4bn ($14.3m) for the production of polyurethane foam for automobile seats. This new plant marks the company's ...
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They may not be the cars teenagers have pinned to their bedroom walls, but the Fiat 500, Mitsubishi Mirage, Nissan Micra and Volkswagen Up! are among the cheapest ways first-time drivers can get into a new car. Particularly when parents ...
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Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, has introduced the V-Steel Super Deep Rock (VSDR) premium radial tire in two sizes for mining and waste operations. Bridgestone says the new tire ...
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Plaza Tire Service has opened its 57th outlet in St. Peters, Mo. The newly built store is the company's second location within the city and its seventh store in St. Charles County. The opening of the St. Peters location brings Plaza Tire ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 Sweden’s last remaining medium car, the Volvo S60 sedan – and its Volvo V60 wagon sibling – has been ...
Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam, a subsidiary of Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone, is set to invest JPY41.6bn ($422.8m) in its new passenger car radial tires(PSR) plant in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. This move of the company is aimed at ...
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In Clarksville, Tenn., $800 million will build you a consumer tire plant. Hankook Tire Co. Inc. will begin construction of its eighth tire production facility worldwide – and first in the United States -- in Clarksville in 2014. ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has released a training resource that covers the installation guidelines and safety advantages of winter and studded tires on passenger and SUV/LT vehicles. Winter Tire Replacement is a 15-minute video ...
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The Bridgestone research farm started growing guayule for research use in spring of 2013. This year’s fall planting will provide the first biomass to the BioRubber Process Research Center for tire evaluation in mid-2015. ...
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Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone has unveiled plans to ramp up production at its facility Pune, Maharashtra, India, by 2015-end, with an investment of INR26bn ($421.2m). Bridgestone India operations managing director Tomio Fukuzumi was ...
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The R268 Ecopia is available in size 295/75R22.5 in the U.S. and Canada. Bridgestone Commercial Solutions has rolled out a new edition to its Ecopia product line, the R268 premium all-position radial for regional and pickup and delivery ...
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Brisa Bridgestone Sabanc Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret, an affiliated company of Japanese tire maker Bridgestone, has signed an agreement with Aksaray Province Organized Industrial Zone over the purchase of a site for the construction of a new ...
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Today Bridgestone Commercial Solutions rolls out a new edition to its Ecopia product line. The R268 premium all-position radial is designed for regional and pickup and delivery fleets providing tire performance that stands up to high ...
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