http://japanbizz.com | Japan | Business | Finance | News | Opportunity | Technology | Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://japanbizz.com/business/automotive-performance-brands-consumer-tire-market-overview-with-yokohama-tire-corporation-dan-king/ http://japanbizz.com/business/automotive-performance-brands-consumer-tire-market-overview-with-yokohama-tire-corporation-dan-king/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:26:46 +0000 info http://japanbizz.com/business/automotive-performance-brands-consumer-tire-market-overview-with-yokohama-tire-corporation-dan-king/ FULLERTON, Feb. 6, 2012: Price increases, raw material shortages and supply problems had been major issues that confronted the consumer tire market in 2011. In this Q&A, Dan King, Yokohama Tire Corporation’s senior vice president of sales and marketing – and a 24-year tire industry veteran – focuses on these and other concerns and how they will play out in 2012. (read the story…) Related items Automotive Performance Brands – Yokohama Tire Corporation To Adjust Prices Up To 8 Percent On All Consumer Tires, Mar. 1 Automotive Performance Brands – Yokohama Announces Organizational Changes, Promotions Automotive Performance Brands – Yokohama Tire Corporation To Adjust Prices On All Consumer Tires Nov. 1 Yokohama Tire Corporation to be a partner in the first accelerating sustainable performance summit by Infineon Raceway Automotive Performance Brands – Yokohama Tire Corporation Partners In First Accelerating Sustainable Performance …]]>

FULLERTON, Feb. 6, 2012: Price increases, raw material shortages and supply problems had been major issues that confronted the consumer tire market in 2011. In this Q&A, Dan King, Yokohama Tire Corporation’s senior vice president of sales and marketing – and a 24-year tire industry veteran – focuses on these and other concerns and how they will play out in 2012.
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