The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced on October30th the phase IV expansion of the tire plant of HangzhouYokohama Tire Co., Ltd., a passenger-car tire manufacturing/salecompany in China, to increase its production capacityfrom current 3 million to 5.1 million tires a year,following the vigorous demand for tires in the Chinesemarket.The expansion facility is scheduled to be operational in