July 22, 2014

YOKOHAMA’s Chinese Subsidiary for Production and Sale of Passenger Car Tires Receives Award as “Energy Efficiency Forerunner”



The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that in June the Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., a producer and seller of tires for passenger cars in China, was commended as an “Energy Efficiency Forerunner” at the 2013 Annual Petroleum and Chemical Energy Efficiency Benchmarking Enterprise Conference. The commendation is aimed at promoting the energy saving policies of the Chinese government. Hangzhou Yokohama was recognized for the lowest consumption of energy per ton of tires produced.