The Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd has announced that it is to consolidate its various off-highway businesses into one single entity, known as Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT).

This includes Yokohama’s off-the-road (OTR) tyre businesses across the globe and Alliance Tire Group (ATG) which includes brands such as Alliance, Galaxy and Primex, which Yokohama bought four years ago.

YOHT have a global footprint with teams based in Tokyo, Boston, Amsterdam and Mumbai.

The group has an off-highway tyre production network of eight plants in four countries and three R&D facilities in Japan, India and USA.