Yokohama Tire Philippines.Yokohama Yokohama (yō'kōhä`mä), city (1990 pop. 3,220,331), capital of Kanagawa prefecture, SE Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay. Tire Philippines Philippines officially Republic of the Philippines Island country, western Pacific Ocean, on an archipelago off the southeast coast of Asia. Area: 122,121 sq mi (316,294 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 84,191,000. , a tire production and sales subsidiary of Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., officially opened its plant in the Clark Special Economic Zone. The plant began mass production at a rate of 600 tires per day in January January: see month. . At present, production is progressing at a rate of 2,500 tires per day, which is slated to increase to 5,000 tires per day by August, for a cumulative 1998 production of 1.2 million tires. Yokohama Tire Philippines was established as a joint venture between Yokohama Rubber and Kawasho Corp. to manufacture and export radial radial /ra·di·al/ (ra´de-al) 1. pertaining to the radius of the arm or to the radial (lateral) aspect of the arm as opposed to the ulnar (medial) aspect; pertaining to a radius. 2. tires for passenger vehicles. |
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