With a volatile market impacted by COVID-19, growth in last-mile delivery, and changing needs for alternative-fuel trucks, the truck tire industry is looking forward to a positive future.
Both Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations and Yokohama Tire Corp. recently announced they will be increasing tire prices.
Yokohama Tire’s new all-season tire, the 115R, debuted at the TMC Show in February and is now available in size 225/70R19.5 (14).
After being closed for close to a month, U.S. manufacturing plants for Daimler Trucks North America, Yokohama Corporation of North America, and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company have either restarted production or are in the process of restarting their assembly lines, with Detroit's Big Three still in limbo.
Yokohama Corporation of North America announced that both of its U.S. plants will remain closed until further notice due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yokohama Corporation of North America (YCNA) is temporarily suspending production at its plant in Salem, Va.
Yokohama has recalled more than 4,000 commercial vehicle tires manufactured at the Yokohama manufacturing plant in Mississippi from January 12 to February 15, 2020.
Dan Funkhouser, Yokohama Tire’s vice president of commercial tire sales, recently discussed the current state of the truck tire industry and what to expect moving forward.
Yokohama said it will also debut expanded sizes for the 715R open shoulder regional drive tire and the 114R regional haul ultra-wide-base trailer tire at TMC Show in Atlanta, Georgia, February 24-26.
The Yokohama 114R UWB tire is designed to meet the demands of high-scrub operations, the company said, while delivering improved fuel efficiency.